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