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Teachers' Resource Web Study Questions on Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi's Definition of Satyagraha 1. What is Satyagraha, and how does it differ from the other forms of resistance identified by Gandhi? 2. How does Gandhi, leader of mass movements, distribute the burden of resistance over the entire population? See, for example, what he says about organizing Indians against the Rowlatt Bills. [The Rowlatt Act was passed in March 1919. According to the editors of our selection, the Act "gave arbitrary powers to the authorities to arrest, confine, imprison or otherwise punish persons who were suspected to be concerned in movements prejudicial to the security of the State."] 3. What lesson does Gandhi impart by recounting how he vowed to Kasturba, his wife, to give up salt and pulses for a whole year? In other words, why does the vow serve as an instance of Satyagraha? 4. What danger and responsibility does Gandhi recognize in his position as an organizer of mass campaigns? Refer to the sections on to his arrest and the consequences that followed.
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