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Satyagraha

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Sa·tya·gra·ha  (s-tyägr-h, sty-grh)
n.
The policy of nonviolent resistance developed by Mahatma Gandhi as a means of pressing for political reform in South Africa and India.
[Sanskrit satygraha : satyam, truth (from sat-, sant-, existing, true; see es- in Indo-European roots) + graha, determination, insistence (-, to + graha, act of seizing from ghti, he seizes; see ghrebh-1 in Indo-European roots).]
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Noun1.Satyagraha - the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms
nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, passive resistance - peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate


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