Salt Satyagraha

April, 1930. The coastline in Dandi, India is dotted with millions of people illegally extracting their own salt from the water, each feeling a mixture of triumph and fear. They have come together to protest the British salt laws, which they believe are wrong. But it is also understood that in doing so, many will face consequences. Civil disobedience is vital to bringing a positive change to society, under the circumstances of tyranny and/or discrimination. However, fear is induced by the danger…

The Salt March was a form of protest led by Gandhi against the British government in India after World War I around the year 1930. This protest focused on resisting the British tax on salt production. Gandhi marched 24 days to India’s west coast and taking salt from this area. This action was considered illegal because India was currently under British control. The Salt March left a message for India’s economic standing that they [India] should declare independence from Britain. 2. The…

Conformity can leave someone blind to reality and seeing what other people can’t can lead to nonconformity. Although conformity can end in a negative outcome there are specific cases in which both conformity and nonconformity are positive and beneficial to society. In the novel Animal Farm, Boxer, a very work- focused horse, is a prime example of a conformist. All throughout the novel Boxer puts himself through so much suffering only so that the farm strives and becomes great, he does end up…

Gandhi felt that since salt was a nutritional necessity for India’s people the British government’s control over this product was a crime against the people. The British government forbid the people from manufacturing salt and they placed such a high cost on it no one could afford it. The protest began as a march involving Gandhi and a few dozen supports marching 240 miles…

Satyagraha is the name of a nonviolent resistance movement involving protests that are not passive, but rather an active “clinging to the truth” (“Satyagraha,” para 1). Gandhi once described it as “Truth (Satya) implies Love, and Firmness (Agraha) engenders and therefore serves as a synonym for force … that is to say, the Force which is born of Truth and Love or Non-violence” (Graham, para 4). Examples of Gandhi’s use of Satyagraha to resist British imperial rule include a boycott of British…

brahmacharya vow, he could also focus on developing the concept of Satyagraha, or passive resistance. That is, in its simplest form that is the basic idea. However, Gandhi said that passive resistance was not able to capture the true spirit of Satyagraha, as passive resistance is normally done out of a lack of option concerning active resistance and is also done out of anger. Gandhi used Satyagraha to name his new form of resistance, with Satyagraha literally meaning “truth force”. Gandhi…

world. Whether with words or weapons, people have fought for their ideals. Gandhi fought for his ideals using satyagraha which is the idea of firmness in truth. Gandhi was peaceful in his protest and stood for the idea that it possible to be harmless and powerful. He was persistent even when the government put him behind bars. Gandhi used his voice to inspire and persuade people. Satyagrahas is one of the backbones for non violent protests that is in place today. Gandhi first found this idea in…

Jocelyn Jones 8 December 2015 3:30 English 1001 Zordani Research Paper Draft 3 Mahatma Gandhi In a world where oppression has touched many societies, great leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Dalai Lama, and Nelson Mandela have used methods of passive resistance to promote equality in their nations. Mahatma Gandhi executed different ways to change the injustice Indians experienced in India and South Africa. Gandhi can be considered an important individual because of his ability to combat…

the leader of the Indian Independence movement, and believed in a philosophy based on truth, and nonviolence called, Satyagraha. He’s also inspired many movements for civil rights, and freedom. The most important ways he impacted India were by, the Salt March, the six day fast protesting against the segregation of the untouchables in an election, and the Quit India movement. The Salt March took place on March 12th, 1930. Thousands of people…

opportunity to stop any protesting activities. Mahatma called out his followers of the satyagraha campaign to perform peaceful protests and strikes. This resulted in the broke out of violence, in 1919 the Massacre of Amritsar happened, the British Brigadier General Reginald Byer fired out a gun machine and killed around 400 people and over 1000 people were injured. From this incident on Mahatma started advocating satyagraha so that their protest won’t get to the result of violence. His fame was…