In January 1915, Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa and started the movement Satyagraha. 2. Satyagraha is a novel way of fighting colonial rule in India. 3. It is a non-aggressive, peaceful mass agitation against oppression and injustice. 4. Satyagraha means insistence on truth. 5. Satyagraha emphasized the power of truth and the need to search for truth.