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WORLD WAR II

DECOLONIZATION PHASE

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Mohandas Gandhi describes his method for fighting for Indian independence. Passive [nonviolent] resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms . . . If I do not obey the law and accept the penalty for its breach [breaking] I use soul force. It involves sacrifice of self. B. In describing the Salt March, in which he used passive resistance, Gandhi said the following:If the awakening of the people in the country is true and real, the salt law is a good as abolished. [raising a lump of salt] With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire. How would India gain its independence from the British Empire?
A
Attacking the British Empire
B
Forcing the British empire to obey a new India
C
India would gain independence peacefully
D
India would not sell products to the British Empire
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The term satyagraha was coined and developed by Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948), who practised satyagraha in the Indian independence movement and also during his earlier struggles in South Africa for Indian rights.

Detailed explanation-2: -Satyagraha were the answers to deal peacefully with a powerful opponent. His means of Satyagraha is a substitute for war and the concept of Non-co-operation is an alternative method to resolve a conflict. He showed a way in which people can live peacefully and work together on the basis of co-operation and harmony.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gandhi’s first passive resistance campaign began as a protest against the Asiatic Registration Bill of 1906. The bill was part of the attempt to limit the presence of Indians in the Transvaal by confining them to segregated areas and limiting their trading activities.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gandhi adopted the term “civil disobedience” to describe his strategy of non-violently refusing to cooperate with injustice, but he preferred the Sanskrit word satyagraha (devotion to truth).

Detailed explanation-5: -Two methods of political struggle founded by Gandhi were Swadeshi & Satyagraha. The Satyagraha movement started in 1906 and ended in 1914. The Swadeshi movement started in 1905 and ended in 1911.

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