Gandhi took the Hindu and Buddhist principle of nonviolence and applied it to the Indian independence movement. He called his approach of nonviolent civil disobedience "satyagraha," aiming to convert opponents through persuasion rather than force. Despite violence during Partition, India achieved independence from Britain through this nonviolent resistance and legal processes rather than war. Gandhi viewed nonviolence as a science with predictable effects on political and social change. However, some critics argue it was only effective because India lacked other means of resistance.
Gandhi took the Hindu and Buddhist principle of nonviolence and applied it to the Indian independence movement. He called his approach of nonviolent civil disobedience "satyagraha," aiming to convert opponents through persuasion rather than force. Despite violence during Partition, India achieved independence from Britain through this nonviolent resistance and legal processes rather than war. Gandhi viewed nonviolence as a science with predictable effects on political and social change. However, some critics argue it was only effective because India lacked other means of resistance.
Gandhi took the Hindu and Buddhist principle of nonviolence and applied it to the Indian independence movement. He called his approach of nonviolent civil disobedience "satyagraha," aiming to convert opponents through persuasion rather than force. Despite violence during Partition, India achieved independence from Britain through this nonviolent resistance and legal processes rather than war. Gandhi viewed nonviolence as a science with predictable effects on political and social change. However, some critics argue it was only effective because India lacked other means of resistance.
Non Violence Non violence is the personal practice of being harmless to self and others under every condition. It comes from the belief that hurting people, animals or the environment is unnecessary to achieved an outcome and refers to a general philosophy of abstention from violence based on moral, religious or spiritual principles Non Violence Revolution • Gandhi took the religious principle of ahimsa (doing no harm) common to Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism and turned it into a non-violent tool for mass action. He used it to fight not only colonial rule but social evils such as racial discrimination and untouchability as well. • Gandhi called it "satyagraha" which means 'truth force.' In this doctrine the aim of any non-violent conflict was to convert the opponent; to win over his mind and his heart and pursuade him to your point of view. Non Violence Revolution in India The beginnings of the nonviolence movement lie in the satyagraha philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, who guided the people of India to independence from Britain. Despite the violence of the Partition of India following independence, and numerous revolutionary uprisings which were not under Gandhi's control, India's independence was achieved through legal processes after a period of national resistance rather than through a military revolution. Mohandas Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Non violence revolution as science Gandhi, for whom nonviolence was entirely a science, was thoroughly convinced that there are laws of spiritual behavior just as rigorous, reliable and predictable as the laws that govern the material world. Since, it has political and religious revolution the scientific approach is more on societal. According to Gandhi “The science of non violence can alone lead one to pure democracy”. This means that if we follow the non violence as a scientific approach that comes from the laws of nature, we can live freely or have our own freedom. Non violence criticism & controversies Non violence of Gandhi had face criticism as well, because of so much involvement of religion and politics. Some criticized the very idea of civil disobedience and nonviolent struggle, especially in a democracy. Gene Sharp, criticise Gandhi’s principled version as being less than productive, other-worldly and confusing. Other criticisms include those that claim Gandhi only employed nonviolence because his forces were weak and he did not have other more productive weapons. He did what he could with what was available. Implication of non violence • Non violence affects the culture of many countries because it is not using force, harassments and other tools for violence. • It affects political and philosophical views as well as civil rights movements. • It protects and connects in religious organization, human rights also the animal and environment protection • It has reduce the society of being violent towards others, but there are other country that practices violence in order to obey or served the country. • If we didn’t practice non violence we can face a terror society, where everyone is fear of going outside and the human rights will ignore.
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