Journy of mahatma gandhi from south africa to india
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he walk to south africa to india
After completion of legal education, Mahatma Gandhi struggled to find work as a lawyer. In 1893, he get offer from Dada Abdullah who owned a shipping business in South Africa to serve as his cousin’s lawyer in South Africa. He accepted the offer and went to South Africa which was turning point in his political career.
During his stay in South Africa, faced humiliation on many occasion based discrimination directed towards black and Indian.
Incident happen during rail journey-
Gandhi was seated in the first-class compartment, as he had purchased a first-class ticket. A White person who entered the compartment hastened to summon the White railway officials, who ordered Gandhi to remove himself to the van compartment, since 'coolies' (a racist term for Indians) and non-whites were not permitted in first-class compartments. Gandhi protested and produced his ticket, but was warned that he would be forcibly removed if he did not make a gracious exit. As Gandhi refused to comply with the order, a White police officer pushed him out of the train, and his luggage was tossed out on to the platform.
This humiliation made him activist to fight for his rights.
Being activist, he developed the strategy known as Satyagraha (truth-force), in which campaigners went on peaceful marches and presented themselves for arrest in protest against unjust laws. This tool influenced the civil rights movement in the United States and the African National Congress in its early years of struggle against apartheid in South Africa.
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