Question

Where was Mahatma Gandhi travelling to in South Africa when he was thrown out of the train?
1. Pretoria
2. Johannesburg
3. Cape Town
4. Durban

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Pretoria

The correct answer is ​Pretoria.

• Gandhiji was traveling to Pretoria is a place in South Africa on June 7, 1893 night.

• Gandhi was traveling from Durban to Pretoria on a first-class ticket for official purposes.
• While he was seated in the first-class compartment, a European man called the railway authorities and asked for the man looking like a ‘coolie’ to be removed from the coach.
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was pushed out of a first-class compartment at Pietermaritzburg station, thus prompting him to think about race and colour prejudices. 
• He founded the Natal Indian Congress to fight against the discrimination of Indians in South Africa and was soon regarded as their leader.
• It was in South Africa that Gandhi honed his skills in satyagraha.
• While he left South Africa in 1914, Pietermaritzburg honoured him by renaming the railway station after Gandhi on his 142nd birth anniversary in 2011.

• Movements Started by Gandhiji in India:
  • Champaran Satyagraha of 1917
  • Kheda Satyagrah of 1918
  • Khilafat Movement Post World War I
  • Non-Co-operation Movement
  • Civil Disobedience Movement
  • Negotiations over Round Table Conferences
  • Gandhi Irwin Pact
  • Quit India Movement