11 September 1906: Satyagraha Begins in South Africa

On 11 September 1906, Mahatma Gandhi launched the concept of Satyagraha (non-violent resistance) for the very first time in Johannesburg, South Africa. The movement began in response to the Transvaal Asiatic Registration Act, which required all Indians to carry registration certificates and submit to fingerprinting — a law considered discriminatory and humiliating.