Political Science · Indian Political Thought
Who suggested to Gandhiji the word or term 'Sadagraha', which he refined into Satyagraha?
AMahadev Desai
BGopal Krishna Gokhale
CMaganlal Gandhi ✓ Correct
DChaganlal Gandhi
Correct answer: (C) Maganlal Gandhi — Maganlal Gandhi suggested the word Sadagraha to Gandhiji.
Explanation
★Maganlal Gandhi suggested the word Sadagraha to Gandhiji.
★Gandhi had invited entries for a name for his movement of non-violent resistance.
★Maganlal Gandhi, his relative and close associate, proposed Sadagraha, firmness in a good cause.
★Gandhi refined this into Satyagraha, meaning firmness in or holding fast to truth.
★Satyagraha became the central method of his struggles in South Africa and India.
★It combines satya, truth, with agraha, firm grasping or insistence.
★So the seed term Sadagraha came from Maganlal Gandhi.
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