Discuss the various literary sources which inspired Mahatma Gandhi to adopt the idea of Satyagraha.

July 9, 2023 October 27, 2024

Mahatma Gandhi’s idea of Satyagraha took inspiration from the following-

A Poem of Shamal Bhatt, which he learnt when he was eight year old.
Sermon on the Mount (Saying of Jesus)
New Testament
Bhagavad-Gita
Kingdom of God is within you (Leo Tolstoy).

Shamal Bhatt was a Gujarati author of 18th century. He is special because, Mahatma Gandhi once said that idea of Satyagraha was conceived in a primitive form by him taking inspiration from one of the poems of Shamal Bhatt.
Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite Bhajan “Vaishnav Jan To” was a creation of Narsi Mehta also was an inspiration.

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