Gandhiji had carried out successful satyagraha in South Africa against the racist regime.
- According to him satyagraha was not a passive resistance but it called for intensive activity.
- It suggested that if the struggle was against injustice, physical force is not necessary to fight the oppressor. Non-violence could also win the battle.
- Only through the power of truth and non-violence, an appeal was made to the conscience of the oppressor.
- Persuasion, not force, would make the oppressor realise the truth. This dharma of nonviolence and truth united people against the oppressor and made them realise the truth.
