Gandhi was leading a mass moment against laws which discriminated against Indians in South Africa and he originally used the term passive-resistance for the struggle, but soon came to realize that this could lead to misunderstandings and was searching for Indian word.
On 27 December 1907, in a competition announced in Young India, Gandhi offered a £2 prize to the person who came up with a suitable name. Maganlal Gandhi sent in the best entry. He suggested ‘sadagraha’ (sad-good, agraha- firmness in). Gandhi modified it slightly to ‘ satyagraha’ (sat- truth, agraha- firmness in)
- Sushila Nayar, Mahatma Ghandhi, volume IV: Satayagraha at Work, Ahemedabad: Navajivan, 1989, p119: Gandhi, An Autobiography, p235.
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