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Satyagraha (Sanskrit: सत्याग्रह; satya: "truth", āgraha: "insistence" or "holding firmly to"), or "holding firmly to truth", or "truth force", is a particular form of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance. Someone who practises satyagraha is a satyagrahi.

Satyagraha - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Form of nonviolent resistance For other uses, see Satyagraha (disambiguation) . Mahatma Gandhi leading the famous 1930 Salt March , a notable example of satyagraha . Satyāgraha , [ 1 ] or " truth force ", is a particular form of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance . Someone who practises satyagraha is a satyagrahi . The term satyagraha was coined and developed by Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) [ 2 ] as early as 1919. [ 3 ] Gandhi practised satyagraha as part of the Indian independence movement and also during his ea

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