WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True-proper use of the term “nonviolence”
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The life and leadership of Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi, who helped lead India to independence, has been the inspiration for non-violent movements for civil rights and social change across the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was only after his return to India in 1915 that Gandhi developed the concept of non violence. At that time, many radical nationalists in India believed that independence would be won only through violence against the British.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tactics of nonviolent resistance, such as bus boycotts, Freedom Rides, sit-ins, marches, and mass demonstrations, were used during the Civil Rights Movement.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gandhi called it “satyagraha” which means ‘truth force. ‘ In this doctrine the aim of any non-violent conflict was to convert the opponent; to win over his mind and his heart and pursuade him to your point of view.