Celebrating 100 year’s of SATYAGRAHA   The Year 2006 is the 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha. He launched Satyagraha for the first time in South Africa in 1906 to protest against an Ordinance that the Government there was planning to bring against the Indians. Satyagrah is a very powerful nonviolent method of direct action. A satyagrahi exhausts all other means before he resorts to satyagraha. He also uses it as his last weapon against injustice after having exhausted all other possibilities of persuasion and conciliation. It emphasizes four basic ideas: (i) it is essentially the use of soul-force, (ii) it eliminates the use of physical-for him, and the practice of Satyagraha was an evolving science. He preached and practiced it for over three decades. We know Satyagraha is still evolving gradually.   Know about the Bases of Satyagraha in Gandhi’s Philosophy   An insightful perspective on Satyagraha   Some quotes of Mahatma Gandhi on Satyagraha       Commemorative Programmes October 2: Gandhi Jayanti   Every year on October 2 the nation pays homage to the Mahatma at Gandhi Smriti. A ‘Sarva Dharma Prarthana Sabha’ is held at the Martyr’s Column in Gandhi Smriti. A large number of distinguished guests, ambassadors and people from various sections of the society take part in the prayer every year.   January 30: Martyrdom Day   To commemorate the martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, the Samiti organises special prayers on January 30 every year to pay tribute to the Father of the Nation.     A large number of distinguished guests, ambassadors and people from various sections of the society take part in the prayer every year.   March 12 - April 6    Commemorating Gandhiji's Dandi March   Mahatma Gandhi launched the historic  Salt Satyagraha  on March 12, 1930 at 6.30 a.m.  when he started with 78 volunteers on the historic march of Dandi. A huge crowd followed. For miles and miles the roads were watered and bestrewn with green leaves; the flags and festoons gave an appearance of festival. Gandhiji at the head of the procession set a fast pace with his staff in hand. He broke the unjust Salt Law on April 6, 1930. For the past three years, Gandhi Smriti has been organizing a large number of programmes during March 12-April 6 to commemorate the Dandi March.   Gandhi Smriti calls upon all to celebrate every year this Period as a tribute to Gandhiji’s Dandi March.