Narendra Modi relives Mahatma Gandhi's train journey to Pietermaritzburg
Modi boarded the train in memory of the 1893 incident when Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of a train compartment due to skin colour.
"In the footsteps of the Mahatma. PM @narendramodi relives the train journey to Pietermaritzburg," MEA spokesperson VIkas Swarup tweeted.
"When injustice birthed an unconquerable soul. PM travels alongs the tracks of the Mahatma to Pietermaritzburg," read another tweet.
He visited the place where Mahatma was uploaded from the train at Pietermaritzburg.
Swarup tweeted: "The making of the Mahatma. PM @narendramodi visits the spot where Gandhiji was offloaded at Pietermaritzburg."
Image: VIkas Swarup Twitter page
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
