Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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On June 7, 1893, Mohandas Gandhi was forced off a train at Pietermaritzburg Railway Station in South Africa despite holding a valid first-class ticket.

The incident exposed Gandhi to the harsh realities of racial discrimination and became a defining moment in his life. In the years that followed, he developed the philosophy of nonviolent resistance, known as satyagraha, which would influence India's independence movement and inspire civil rights leaders around the world.

What began as a single act of injustice became the catalyst for one of history's most influential movements for social and political change.

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Source:
https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/mk-gandhi-forcibly-removed-whites-only-train-carriage

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