How Gandhi Became an Activist. On June 7th, 1893, a young Indian lawyer was thrown off a train in South Africa for sitting in the “Whites Only” first-class compartment, even though he held a ...

Why was Joseph Lelyveld’s history of Gandhi’s years in South Africa attacked by India’s Hindu right? At the end of March, the Indian state of Gujarat banned the printing and distribution of ...

South Africa commemorated the 1893 train incident when Mahatma Gandhi was asked to get off a compartment. Speakers from across the world discussed the relevance of Mahatma Gandhi's message for the ...

Mahatma Gandhi's experiences in South Africa between 1893 and 1914 were crucial in shaping his political ideology, particularly his philosophy of Satyagraha.

Gandhi, known as the Mahatma or "great soul," was shot dead by a Hindu hard-liner in 1948 in New Delhi. ... Gandhi first came to South Africa to work as a lawyer in the Indian community.

Mahatma Gandhi (c), as a lawyer in 1903 Johannesburg. ... “It’s not entirely far-fetched for the new South Africa to claim Gandhi as its own,” writes Joseph Lelyveld in Great Soul: ...

If he were alive today, Mohandas Gandhi, one of history’s greatest crusaders against discrimination, ... Gandhi’s South Africa legacy lost in hate Share this: ...

On this day in 1915, Mahatma Gandhi had returned from South Africa to India for good. In 2003, it dawned upon some sensible non-resident Indians that migrant Indians should have a commemoration day.

More Indians are exploring Mahatma Gandhi’s life in South Africa through curated tour packages From January to March this year, about 16,000 tourists from India visited the Rainbow Nation ...

Indian diplomats in South Africa participated in a cycle rally along with cyclists as part of an effort to promote awareness of Mahatma Gandhi's ideals of non-violence and satyagraha to celebrate ...

''The Making of the Mahatma'' was a 1996 Indo-South African period drama, which chronicled Gandhi''s tumultuous 21-year stay in South Africa. The film was based on the book, ''The Apprenticeship ...

Mahatma Gandhi's experiences in South Africa between 1893 and 1914 were crucial in shaping his political ideology, particularly his philosophy of Satyagraha.