Gandhi and the train

One of the precipitating incidents for the South African struggle is when Gandhi was thrown off a train because of the color of his skin.


Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ( R ) is accompanied by his wife, Kaur Singh (L),as they take a train ride from the Pentrich railway station to the Pietemaritzburg railway station, some 90 kilometres north of Durban, 30 September 2006. The train ride is a symbolic gesture that Singh undertook to commemorate the ride taken by the Father of Indian freedom struggle Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi exactly a century ago. Gandhi was thrown out of the train by the minority racist government.Singh is on a four day official tour to attend the Gandhi' Centenary celebrations taken on by the South African government. AFP PHOTO / RAJESH JANTILAL (Photo credit should read RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images)