Don't have an account? While considering the position of Indians in the previous chapters, we have seen to some extent how they withstood the attacks made upon them. Others have said that it is a preparation for armed resistance. They said: “You yourself have explained to us that this is the first step taken with a view to our ultimate extinction. //--> to our website since 2013. I will not describe my bitter experience in the courts within a fortnight of my arrival, the hardships I encountered on railway trains, the thrashings I received on the way and the difficulty in and the practical impossibility of securing accommodation in hotels. These amenities were of course very useful to the community, but by and by some leading Europeans came to take interest in the movement as it progressed. In the Transvaal, Law 3 of 1885 was in force. Home | Feedback | Contact Us | www.bapukutisevagram.in. I was also afraid of committing a mistake. I do not think they ever intended to kill any one. In a word, we had to invent a new term clearly to denote the movement of the Indians in the Transvaal and to prevent its being confused with passive resistance generally so-called. But I must repeat once more that it has not been my object to describe satyagrahisas they are but to set forth the implications of satyagrahaand the characteristics of satyagrahisas they ought to be. It was not weapon of the weak. It will be helpful to the reader to bear some important dates in mind. Copyright © 2015 SEVAGRAM ASHRAM. Probably there would not have been any scope for satyagrahaif they had the franchise. But I did nothing beyond occasionally talking with the Indians in Pretoria on the subject. # V\u0101laj\u012B Govindaj\u012B Des\u0101\u012B. You can easily create a free account. P.O. In order, however, to give an adequate idea of the origin of Satyagraha, it is necessary to devote special space to the endeavours made with a view to defend Indian interests in the pre-Satyagraha days. During the following years, Would you also like to submit a review for this item? G ANDHI S EVAGRAM A SHRAM P.O. 0 with reviews - Be the first. The reason why satyagrahafound favour among the Indians was that it marshalled their inner most resources, and thereby gave them the dignity which their legal disabilities sought to deny. If without understanding this, those who call themselves either passive resisters or satyagrahisbelieve both to be one and the same thing, there would be injustice to both, leading to untoward consequences. Meetings were held every day and more and more persons attended them. Side by side with external agitation, the question of internal improvement was also taken up. Dr. Clifford and his friends had the vote, but as they were in a minority in the Parliament, they could not prevent the passage of the Education Act. I did not see any objection to my accepting it. The newspapers of South Africa ridiculed the Law Society and some of them even congratulated me. If they had arms, the opposite party would have thought twice before antagonizing them. All rights reserved. Before 1893 Indians had been hounded out of the Orange Free State. I have tried to show in the present chapter the various principles which were then held to be a part and parcel of the connotation of that term. I saw that from the standpoint of self-interest South Africa was no good to me. Some features of WorldCat will not be available. I only knew that some new principle had come into being. This arrangement had been made through my elder brother, now deceased, who was as father to me. Sleep was out of the question. They wired to their Indian agents in various places to look after me.
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