WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Question
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Armed resistance against the British
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Cooperation with colonial military forces
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Non-violence and civil disobedience
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Alliances with Communist countries for support
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gandhi’s system of Satyagraha was based on nonviolence, non co-operation, truth and honesty. Gandhi used non violence in India’s freedom struggle as main weapon and India became independent from British rule.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Gandhiji’s refusal to abide by the British order to leave Champaran helped farmers get a refund from landlords. This incident taught the people of Champaran that in order to convey their message to the oppressor one need not resort to violence.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gandhi took the religious principle of ahimsa (doing no harm) common to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism and turned it into a non-violent tool for mass action. He used it to fight not only colonial rule but social evils such as racial discrimination and untouchability as well.
Detailed explanation-5: -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).