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'''Satyagraha''' ({{lang-sa|सत्याग्रह}} ''satyāgraha'') is the idea of nonviolent resistance (fighting with [[peace]]) started by [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] (also known as "Mahatma" Gandhi). Gandhi used ''satyagraha'' in the [[Indian independence movement]] and also during his earlier struggle in [[South Africa]].

''Satyagraha'' helped shape [[Nelson Mandela]]'s struggle in South Africa under [[apartheid]], [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]'s campaigns during the [[civil rights movement]] in the [[United States]], and many other similar movements. Someone who does ''satyagraha'' is a '''satyagrahi'''.