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06 November - Mahatma Gandhi arrested in South Africa for leading miners’ march in 1904

 


On November 6, 1904, Mahatma Gandhi was indeed arrested in South Africa for his role in leading a protest march by Indian miners. This event is a significant moment in Gandhi's early activism and his struggle for civil rights and justice.

Gandhi, who had moved to South Africa in 1893, was already involved in the struggle against racial discrimination and injustice faced by the Indian community there. The protest march in 1904 was organized by Gandhi to oppose the harsh and discriminatory working conditions imposed on Indian laborers in the mines.

Gandhi's arrest marked one of the early instances of his civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance methods, which he would later employ extensively in his fight for India's independence from British rule. His experiences in South Africa played a crucial role in shaping his beliefs and approach to social and political change, and these principles would become the foundation of his later activism in India. Gandhi's dedication to nonviolent resistance and his fight for justice made him an iconic figure in the history of civil rights movements worldwide.

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