Independence movements all over the world have drawn inspiration from his struggle to free India of British rule, modelling their own strategies after the marches and strikes that formed his campaign of civil disobedience... Thus the first layer of meaning to ahimsa involves a substantial portion of the Hindu belief system. ... They seem to have learned the most visible portion of the civil rights movement, but have missed its philosophical roots in Gandhi and Hinduism. ...

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Satyagraha can take many meanings and shapes, and is very hard to define in a word or sentence. ... This era marked the high point in civil disobedience and the British eventually decided to speak with Gandhi, and come to some sort of an agreement. ...

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• Grade Level: High School