Mahatma Gandhi founded an Ambulance Corps of around 1100 volunteers in support of the British in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. His trusted friend and supporter ParsiRustomji came to his safety. This time he came with his family.On the arrival of his ship in Durban Harbour, there was a massive protest by the white communitywho would not allow him to disembark.His ship was kept in quarantine for about three weeks and when he was finally allowed to come ashore he was attached by a mob and brutally beaten.

But the same year, on the request of the Natal Indian Congress, he returned to Durban. After three years of stay and struggle in the country, Mahatma Gandhi return to India in 1896. He soon mobilised Indians in Durban and in 1894 the Natal Indian Congress was born to look into the question voting rights for Indians. The humiliation that he went through convinced him to take on a greater call to fight for the rights of Indians in South Africa. The young lawyer spent the night in the Waiting Hall on the deserted railway station. On 7 th June 1893, he was thrown off the First Class compartment of a Pretoria bound train in Pietermaritzburg. Within weeks of Mahatma Gandhi’s arrival in Durban, he was asked to travel to Pretoria to settle the dispute. This was a perfect fit for the Durban based merchantkeen to resolve a family commercial dispute. Gandhi and hiredhim, as he apart from being a London trained lawyer also spoke Gujarati. Dada Abdullah, whohailed from Porbandar, knew of M.K. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi arrived in South Africa to attend to a legal matter of Dada Abdullah Jhaveri. India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians.Information about High Commission of India, Pretoria Under Section 4(1)(b) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.Major Trade Fairs and Exhibitions in India.Consulate General of India, Johannesburg.Scholarship Programme for Diaspora Children.

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