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History GK · Q593

Modern Indian History

Competitive Exams · History GK · question 593

Q593

In which city of South Africa was Gandhi beaten up and thrown off the pavement by the white people?

A.
Cape town
B.
Durban
Answer
C.
Johannesburg
D.
Pretoria

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Gandhi arrived in Durban, Natal in 1893 to serve as legal council to a merchant Dada Abdullah, he asked him to under take a rail trip, where Gandhi was seated in first-Class compartment. A white person who entered the compartment hastened to summon the white railway officials and ordered Gandhi to remove himself, but he refused to comply with the order then a white police officer pushed him out of the train.