Modern Indian History

Individual Satyagraha
  1. In order to secure the cooperation of the Indians, the British Government made an announcement on 8 August 1940,
  2. The August Offer envisaged that after the War a representative body of Indians would be set up to frame the new Constitution.
  3. Gandhi was not satisfied with is offer and decided to launch Individual Satyagraha.
  4. Individual Satyagraha was limited, symbolic and non-violent in nature
  5. It was left to Mahatma Gandhi to choose the Satyagrahis
  6. Acharya Vinoba Bhave was the first to offer Satyagraha and he was sentenced to three months imprisonment
  7. Jawaharlal Nehru was the second Satyagrahi and imprisoned for four months.
  8. The individual Satyagraha continued for nearly 15 months.