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 ...

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

Henry Guttmann / Getty. Gandhi was 24 years old when he arrived in Natal, South Africa in May 1893, the month in which white settlers celebrated the 50th anniversary of Natal’s annexation by the ...

Mahatma Gandhi arrived in South Africa in 1893 and remained there until 1915, spending a considerable period in Durban, where he established the Phoenix Settlement in 1904.

A controversial new book by two South African university professors reveals shocking details about Gandhi’s life in South Africa between 1893 and 1914, before he returned to India.

Mahatma Gandhi's experiences in South Africa between 1893 and 1914 were crucial in shaping his political ideology, ... South Africa to National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi." ...

External affairs minister S Jaishankar received historical artefacts and documents related to Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa's Phoenix Settlement Trust-Gandhi Development Trust. These items will ...

Notably, Mahatma Gandhi established the Phoenix Settlement, his first ashram-like community, in 1904 in Inanda, near Durban, South Africa. In a post on ‘X’, Mr. Jaishankar expressed his ...