Question

Where did Gandhi use Satyagraha for the first time?

Options

• India

• South Africa

• South America

• England

Answer 1

South Africa

Explanation:

The terms arose from a competition in the South African newspaper Indian Opinion in 1906. Mr. Maganlal Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, won the prize for coining the term "Sadagraha." Gandhi later changed it to Satyagraha to make it more clear.

The first satyagraha campaign in India took place in the indigo-growing district of Champaran in 1917. Fasting and economic boycotts were used as methods of satyagraha in India in the years that followed, until the British left the country in 1947.