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5 Dec, 2013

Mahatma Gandhi’s march of 1913 re-enacted in South Africa – The Hindu

Hundreds of people in South Africa re-enacted the 1913 march led by Mahatma Gandhi against discriminatory laws to commemorate the centenary of the historic event. A special train was organised from Durban to Newcastle via Pietermaritzburg, Ladysmith and other cities on the way for this historic event.Hundreds of people began their journey at about 2 a.m. from Durban to reach Newcastle for the march at 1.30 a.m. on Sunday.

The 6-km march started at Charlestown to Volksrust prison in a recreation of the historic route that Gandhi and his followers took to protest the discriminatory laws of the time. These laws included a three-pound tax on Indian indentured labourers and nullification of Hindu and Muslim marriages.

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