Editing Pacifism (section)

====Nonviolent resistance====
[[File:WeFightCartoon.jpg|thumb|left|"Leading Citizens want War and declare War; Citizens Who are Led fight the War" 1910 cartoon]]

In [[Colony of New Zealand|colonial New Zealand]], during the latter half of the 19th century [[European settlers in New Zealand|European settlers]] used numerous tactics to confiscate land from the indigenous [[Māori people|Māori]], including [[New Zealand Wars|warfare]]. In the 1870s and 1880s, [[Parihaka]], then reported to be the largest Māori settlement in New Zealand, became the centre of a major campaign of non-violent resistance to land confiscations. One Māori leader, [[Te Whiti-o-Rongomai]], quickly became the leading figure in the movement, stating in a speech that "Though some, in darkness of heart, seeing their land ravished, might wish to take arms and kill the aggressors, I say it must not be. Let not the Pakehas think to succeed by reason of their guns... I want not war". Te Whiti-o-Rongomai achieved renown for his non-violent tactics among the Māori, which proved more successful in preventing land confiscations than acts of violent resistance.<ref>{{cite web |last=Winder |first=Virginia |title=Conflict and Protest – Pacifist of Parihaka – Te Whiti o Rongomai |url=http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/conflict/pacifistofparihaka.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705092832/http://www.pukeariki.com/en/stories/conflict/pacifistofparihaka.htm |archive-date=5 July 2009 |access-date=29 July 2007}}</ref>

[[Mahatma Gandhi]] was a major political and spiritual leader of India, instrumental in the [[Indian independence movement]]. The Nobel prize winning great poet [[Rabindranath Tagore]], who was also an Indian, gave him the honorific "[[Mahatma]]", usually translated "Great Soul". He was the pioneer of a brand of nonviolence (or ''[[ahimsa]]'') which he called ''[[satyagraha]]''{{snd}}translated literally as "truth force". This was the resistance of tyranny through civil disobedience that was not only nonviolent but also sought to change the heart of the opponent. He contrasted this with ''duragraha'', "resistant force", which sought only to change behaviour with stubborn protest. During his 30 years of work (1917–1947) for the independence of his country from [[British Raj|British colonial rule]], Gandhi led dozens of nonviolent campaigns, spent over seven years in prison, and [[Hunger strike|fasted nearly to the death]] on several occasions to obtain British compliance with a demand or to stop inter-communal violence. His efforts helped lead India to independence in 1947, and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom worldwide.