In early 20th century india, mohandas gandhi advocated the policy of satyagraha. what best describes this policy?

Satyagraha was based on non-violence. It was a non-violent, p assive, form of resistance which had as its aim to undermine the colonial powers of Great Britain and force the British to give up their rule over India.

The word comes from Sanskrit and it means "insistence on truth".