Question

was
also taken out. I refused to go to the other
compartment and the train steamed away.
In pairs, discuss these questions.
1. Gandhiji was thrown out of the train
because at that time in South Africa,
only white people were permitted to
travel first class. Wasn't it a completely
unfair rule?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The platforms of the station are empty — they aren’t expecting any trains anytime soon — but a trip there is bound to make any Indian traveller patriotic. It was at Pietermaritzburg station that a young lawyer named Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was pushed out of a first-class compartment, thus prompting him to think about race and colour prejudices. This nondescript, not-so-busy station in South Africa is known worldwide today as the ‘Birthplace of Sathyagraha’.