Satyagraha theory also influenced Martin Luther King, Jr. during the campaigns he led during the civil rights movement in the United States.

Satyagraha theory also influenced many other movements of civil resistance.

Lohia wrote his PhD thesis paper on the topic of Salt Satyagraha, focusing on Gandhiji's socio-economic theory.

Gandhi's Satyagraha was partially influenced and inspired by Shelley's nonviolence in protest and political action.

Gandhi's ideas took shape, and the concept of Satyagraha matured during this struggle.

The political philosophy most closely associated with India is the one of ahimsa ( non-violence ) and Satyagraha, popularized by Mahatma Gandhi during the Indian struggle for independence.

Gandhiji was revered in these parts and on his call the struggle of Saalam Salia Satyagraha led by Ram Singh Dhoni was started which shook the very roots of British rule in Kumaon.

Kheda is also where Gandhi launched a Satyagraha struggle against oppressive taxation by the British at a time of famine.

In India, an excise tax on salt led to Gandhi's famous Salt Satyagraha, a seminal moment in his struggle to win independence from the U. K.

Aurangabad's contribution in the freedom struggle has been immense with outstanding national leader like great Gandhian and the first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of Bihar, Bihar Vibhuti Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha who was a close associate of Mahatama Gandhi and worked with Rajendra Prasad ( the first President of India ) and led the Gandhian Satyagraha movement in Bihar. It is also the birthplace of Satyendra Narayan Singh affectionately called Chhote Saheb, who was also a participant in the Indian independence movement, and a former Chief Minister of Bihar.

* September 11 – Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa.

* 11 September-Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa.

Civil disobedience and non-cooperation as practised under Satyagraha are based on the “ law of suffering ”, a doctrine that the endurance of suffering is a means to an end.

Mahatma Gandhi led at least 100, 000 people on the " Dandi March " or " Salt Satyagraha ", in which protesters made their own salt from the sea, which was illegal under British rule, as it avoided paying the " salt tax ".

A euphemism sometimes used for Satyagraha is that it is a “ silent force ” or a “ soul force ” ( a term also used by Martin Luther King Jr. during his famous “ I Have a Dream ” speech ).

More than thirty years later, Satyagraha and the March to Dandi exercised a strong influence on American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and his fight for civil rights for blacks in the 1960s:

By 1918 the long standing misery of the indigo cultivators came to an end and Champaran became the hub of Indian National Freedom Movement and the launch pad of Gandhi ’ s Satyagraha.

He was also involved in the Vaikom Satyagraha movement against untouchability during 1924 – 25.

On April 23, 1930, Ghaffar Khan was arrested during protests arising out of the Salt Satyagraha.

Gandhi at a public rally during the Salt Satyagraha.

She became an active member of Congress Party after marrying Asaf Ali and participated in public processions during the Salt Satyagraha.

Satyagraha (; satyāgraha ), loosely translated as " insistence on truth "- satya ( truth ); agraha ( insistence ) " soul force " or " truth force " is a particular philosophy and practice within the broader overall category generally known as nonviolent resistance or civil resistance.

While enjoying considerable popularity for some years, its growth and activity were stalled by the rise of Mohandas Gandhi and his Satyagraha art of revolution: non-violent, but mass-based civil disobedience, aimed at complete independence.

On June 25, Narayan and Desai held a massive rally in Delhi, calling for a " Satyagraha "-a campaign of non-violent civil disobedience to force the government to resign.

The Tana Bhagats opposed the taxes imposed on them by the British and they staged a Satyagraha ( civil disobedience movement ) even before Gandhi's satyagraha movement.

Using non-violent methods of civil disobedience known as Satyagraha, protests were organized by the Indian National Congress to challenge oppressive government regulatory measures such as the Rowlatt Act with the ultimate goal of swaraj or independence from British rule.

Its further growth and activity were stalled by the rise of Mohandas Gandhi and his Satyagraha art of revolution: non-violent, but mass-based civil disobedience.

Mohandas Gandhi pioneered the art of Satyagraha, typified with a strict adherence to ahimsa ( non-violence ), and civil disobedience.

In the 1920s, Saint Thomas Christian leaders such as George Joseph were advised by Mahatma Gandhi to detach from Vaikom Satyagraha, an agitation for the temple entry rights of avarna Hindus, as he considered the issue to be one of concern to Hindus alone.

In 1940, he was sent to prison for one year, for offering individual Satyagraha support to the freedom movement.

* GandhiPoetics. com A site that analyzes and previews the poetry associated with Gandhi's Satyagraha movement.

He joined the Indian National Congress and participated in the agitations against the Rowlatt Act, the Non-Cooperation movement, the Vaikom Satyagraha and the Civil Disobedience movement.

Sunderlal Bahuguna ( born 9 January 1927 ) is a noted Garhwali environmentalist, Chipko movement leader and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of Non-violence and Satyagraha. His actual family name is Bandyopadhyay a common family name for Bengali Brahmin.

The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, began with the Dandi March on March 12, 1930, and was an important part of the Indian independence movement.

The Dandi March and the ensuing Dharasana Satyagraha drew worldwide attention to the Indian independence movement through extensive newspaper and newsreel coverage.

I thus began to call the Indian movement Satyagraha, that is to say, the Force which is born of Truth and Love or nonviolence, and gave up the use of the phrase “ passive resistance ”, in connection with it, so much so that even in English writing we often avoided it and used instead the word “ satyagraha ”....

Gandhi's Satyagraha movement was based on a belief in resistance that was active but at the same time nonviolent, and he did not believe in using non-resistance ( or even nonviolent resistance ) in circumstances where a failure to oppose an adversary effectively amounted to cowardice.

He gave the lead to the Payyannur and Calicut salt Satyagraha and was chosen as the first Satyagrahi from Kerala in the individual satyagraha movement launched by Gandhiji.

During India's independence movement, Mohandas Gandhi organized the Salt Satyagraha protest to demonstrate against the British salt tax.

Gandhijii came to Champaran in 1917 and listened to the problems of the cultivators and the started the movement known as Champaran Satyagraha Movement to end the oppression of the British indigo planters.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi started the Satyagraha movement from here in 1917 along with prominent nationalists Rajendra Prasad, Anugrah Babu and Brajkishore Prasad.

During British rule, the region was the location of several uprisings, including Wahabi Movement ( 1831 ), Faraizi Movement ( 1838 – 47 ), Sepoy Rebellion ( 1857 ), Indigo Rebellion ( 1859 – 60 ), Khilafat Movement ( 1920 ), Swadeshi Movement ( 1906 ), Non-cooperation movement, Violation of Law and Salt Satyagraha ( 1920 – 40 ), Quit India Movement or August Revolt ( 1942 ).

In 1940, Pant was arrested and imprisoned for helping organize the Satyagraha movement.

In the 1920s and 1930s he was arrested for participating in the Non-Cooperation movement and Salt Satyagraha respectively.