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Ived great suffering for the whole peo- he made on 29th August 1939, Mahatma ple. This suffering was borne by all willi- Gandhi had said that he would advise ngly and patiently, with the result that Hitler to use Satyagraha weapons in the waging of the war left no scars which order to gain his just demands from remained unhealed. Despite the waging the foreign powers of Europe. There of a relentless war between the Indians are others who think that the use of and the British, the ralations between satyagraha weapons alone in an interthe Indians and the British people are national war would be unwise. Our today cordial and happy. Ahimsa own Government, although generally philosophers ascribe this happy result committed to pursuing the policies for wholly to the fact the weapons used on which Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the side of the Indians were non-violent the Nation, had stood, is, for instance, (satyagraha).
finding it difficult to do away with the How far it is possible to employ the armed forces and to forsake recourse weapons of satyagraha for waging awar to arms. Among the Jain and Buddhist against a foreign power in our present rulers in history also the same diffetransitional stage, is a question upon rence of view is noticeable as evidenwhich Ahimsa thinkers are not quite ced by the practice followed by, for agreed. There are those who feel that instance, Ashoka and Kanishka among satyagraha weapons can be as effectual the Buddhist rulers and Samprati and and powerful against foreign aggressors the rulers of Rajasthan in medieval as against domestic ones. In a statement times among the Jains.
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