WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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Negotiations with British
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Violent Riots
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Extreme Hunger Strikes
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Satyagraha Campaigns
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mohandas K. Gandhi launched and directed three major campaigns in the Indian Independence Movement: noncooperation in 1919-1922, the civil disobedience movement and the Salt Satyagraha of 1930-1931, and the Quit India movement from about 1940-1942.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Gandhi introduced to the world the concepts of ahimsa (nonviolence) and satyagraha (peaceful civil disobedience). Within the framework of these concepts, Gandhi employed a multitude of tactics, such as peaceful noncooperation with the authorities and massive boycotts of goods and services.
Detailed explanation-4: -The three distinct approaches to pursuing social change reflected in Gandhi’s diverse activity-the use of mass protest, structure-based organizing and creating alternatives-are not unique to the drive for Indian independence.