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Mahatma Gandhi lived and worked out his social and political philosophy in the 20th century although his long stay in South Africa began already in the end of the 19th century. He faced discrimination and racism in that British colony and later developed novel methods of challenging the abuse of power and authority. Among those methods the most famous is Satyagraha, or non-violent civil disobedience and resistance. It not only influenced the Indian freedom struggle but also struggles for national liberation and social emancipation in many other parts of the world.