Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi- 2 October 1869 - 30 January 194 was India's pre-eminent political and spiritual leader during the Indian independence movement. He is also known as Mahatma which means "The Great Soul". He was committed to pacifism, so that there would be no violence.(1) He had three concepts to follow in his life for India's independence: Satyagraha, Ahimsa and Swaraj. Gandhi introduced the concept of "Satyagraha" which means "passive resistance". . This passive resistance also means “soul strength” or “truth strength”. The words satya means truth and Agraha means insistence, or holding fast to (2). For Gandhi, Satyagraha is more likely a method that consists of the idea of ​​practicing non-violence. Gandhi says: “Truth (satya) implies love, and steadfastness (agraha) generates and therefore serves as a synonym for strength. Thus I began to call the Indian movement Satyagraha, that is, the Force that arises from Truth and Love or from non-violence”. (3)Gandhi engaged in Satyagraha to decolonize India from the British without violence. In his book Home Rule he states: “Passive resistance is a method of securing rights through personal suffering, it is the opposite of resistance with weapons. When I refuse to do something that is repugnant to my conscience, I use the strength of my soul” (5). He implemented this concept in the Indian Independence Movement. For him, Satyagraha has three essential meanings: “Satyagraha is the weapon of the strong; does not condone violence under any circumstances; and always insists on the truth” (6). Furthermore, he presented some rules for this “soul force” to the individuals of India as a campaign to follow and achieve independence. For example, these are the rules he wanted his people to obey without violence...... middle of paper ......United States and South Africa. Works Cited(1) http://wiki.answers. com/Q/Who_was_Mahatma_Gandhi#ixzz17wt8byMT(2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyagraha(3) Satyagraha in South Africa, 1926 by Johnson, p. 73.(4) Gandhi, MK “Letter to Mr. ——” 25 January 1920 (The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi vol. 19, p. 350)(5) http://www.mkgandhi.org/swarajya/coverpage . htm(6) Gandhi, MK “Some Rules of Satyagraha” Young India (Navajivan) 23 February 1930 (The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi vol. 48, p. 340)(7) http://www.kamat.com/ mmgandhi /ahimsa.htm(8) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaraj(9) http://www.mkgandhi.org/swarajya/coverpage.htm(10) http://www.swaraj. org/whatisswaraj.htm(12) King, Jr., Martin Luther (1998). Carson, Clayborne. and. The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.. pp. 23–24(13) http://www.sa-venues.com/nelson_mandela.htm