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What does satyagraha mean?

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  1. The policy of nonviolent resistance as used by Mahatma Gandhi during the struggle for Indian independence.
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Therefore: 24 November, world satyagraha day, so that women can form part of this provisional government.
This is where Gandhi developed his concept of satyagraha, translated in the west as passive resistance that, in the end, influenced the whole of the colonial world.
He became a populist leader and satyagraha spread throughout India.
Then in 1919, British plans to intern people suspected of sedition prompted him to announce a new satyagraha.
That's the trek thousands of satyagraha activists made with Mahatma Gandhi during the 1930 Salt March to end the British colonization of India.
For three weeks before the march, Rajaji undertook a quick tour of Tamil districts, apprising the people on the implication of the forthcoming salt satyagraha.

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