Where did Mahatma Gandhi start his Individual Satyagraha in 1940?

Question

Mahatma Gandhi started an Individual Satyagraha on October1940. The Indian National Congress had demanded an Indian Government responsible to the Central Legislative Assembly and independence for India at the end of the War in return for India's participation in WW-II. The demands had not met with a response, prompting Mahatma Gandhi to protest in this way. I'd like to know where he began this.

Answer 1

south Africa

Answer 2

Individual Satyagraha

Answer 3

He was born in Porbandar, Gugarat, India. He was a British educated solicitor who went to Sth Africa (of all places!) from 1893-1914. He was gaoled for 3 years for helping the black population protest against tyranny. He started the movement called "Satyagraha" - the resistance of tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon 'ahisma' or total non-violence; which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. He was imprisoned for many years in both Sth Africa (3years) and India (off and on for over 4 years). He was a student of Hindu philosophy. Because of Gandhi's life and teachings he inspired Martin Luther King Jnr, Steve Biko and Aung San Suu Kuuyi, the American Civil Rights Movement and the freedom struggles in Sth Africa and Myanmar (Burma). He is one of my most favourite people. Imagine if George W. Bush could do that? No mother would be worrying about her son/s! Great question, by the way. Hope it makes big mobs of people think about alternatives to the way we seem to be going! :-} God bless! (If I believed in Him) I personally think he's left us all where we are! But the British trained the Gurkha's - the most hostile and relentless of all their troops! Without them I don't think the British would be what they are today and history states that the 2nd W.W. was partly helped with the very people (Gurkhas) that they trained. Even Aussie ex-servicemen talk with reverence of them - they must have been very formidable indeed!

Answer 4

Oh please. Don't start that 9/11 connection nonsense. It's a complete coincidence, if it's even that. Other things have happened on 9/11 in the past. It isn't always just about 9/11/2001. Now I am NOT knocking 9/11/01 AT ALL, but I AM saying that there has been other historical events on past 9/11's that are not related to the terrorists attacks five years ago.

Answer 5

India.

Answer 6

One person or a group of people can take on a major role of the unification process that brings upon nationalism for their country. To get a better understanding of what nationalism is, one must learn the meaning of “nationalism.” Nationalism is the devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation. Nationalism is a striving force that can help a country thrive. There are also different ways that a country can achieve nationalism. Two different people/organizations with two different tactics were able to achieve a feel of nationalism among their country. The first group that will be discussed is the IRA, or the Irish Republican Army. Mohandas Gandhi started the second movement of nationalism, with his belief of “passive resistance.” These two thoughts were opposite in how nationalism was attempted to be achieved.

The Irish Republican Army (IRA), was started on Easter in 1916, when a group of Irish militants refused to wait any longer for their independence from Britain. The small group launched a revolt against British rule. Although the Easter Rising was quickly suppressed, the execution of 15 rebel leaders stirred wider support for their cause. When Britain again failed to grant home rule in 1919, civil war erupted in Ireland. Members of the IRA carried on a guerrilla war against British forces and their supporters. Civilians were often caught in the crossfire. The constant battle for Irish independence continues today with its gory display of violence. The IRA’s goal was and still is today to achieve Irish nationalism by the abolition of the British political influence in Ireland, especially Northern Ireland.

Mohandas Gandhi came from a middle-class Hindu family. At the age of 19 he was sent to England to study law. After returning to India, he tried to set up his own law practice but soon joined an Indian law firm in South Africa. For 20 years, Gandhi fought laws that discriminated against Indians in South Africa. In his struggle against injustice, he adopted the weapon of nonviolent (passive) resistance. He called it satyagraha, or “soul-force.” In 1914, Gandhi returned to India and joined the Congress Party. His ideas inspired Indians of all religious and ethnic backgrounds and he encouraged them to resist British rule. Above all, Gandhi preached the ancient tradition of ahimsa, nonviolence and reverence for all life. He applied this idea to fight the British rule. By using the power of love, he believed, people could convert even the worst wrongdoer to the right course of action.

Gandhi’s “passive resistance” became more and more popular and he soon had many followers and he encouraged peaceful protests. People still followed Gandhi even though many of them were killed by the British government in the peaceful protests. Gandhi’s campaign of nonviolence and the self-sacrifice of his followers slowly forced Britain to agree to hand over some power to the Indians and to meet other demands of the Congress party.

These two different ways of achieving a feel of nationalism within their countries are different in how they are done, but they are not different in their entirety. They are both very similar but yet very dissimilar. The IRA and Gandhi’s “passive resistance” movement are similar in that they both want to achieve nationalism by attaining their independence from the same country, Britain. They were also successful in gaining a large following for the struggle of freedom, but this is where their similarities end.

The IRA was and is a very violent group when getting their message across. They have killed thousands of Irish civilians in their ever-going quest for complete autonomous rule. Gandhi’s “passive resistance” approach toward freedom through nationalism is a bit different because unlike the IRA, Gandhi preached of a very peaceful way of getting what the Indians wanted. Gandhi’s movement resulted in the loss of civilians but that number was minimal compared to that lost by the IRA. While Gandhi was alive he was able to achieve some freedoms from Britain faster than the IRA has. And due to Gandhi, India has received complete and total autonomy.

Nationalism is the key that unites people, and ideas of how nationalism can be achieved differs throughout the world as shown between Ireland and India.