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Mahatma Gandhi thrown off train

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He had a first class ticket but they refused to allow him to travel in first class.

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Immediately upon arriving in South Africa, Gandhi faced discrimination because of his skin colour and heritage, like all people of colour.[63] He was not allowed to sit with European passengers in the stagecoach and told to sit on the floor near the driver, then beaten when he refused; elsewhere he was kicked into a gutter for daring to walk near a house, in another instance thrown off a train at Pietermaritzburg after refusing to leave the first-class.[64][65] He sat in the train station, shivering all night and pondering if he should return to India or protest for his rights.[65] He chose to protest and was allowed to board the train the next day.[66] In another incident, the magistrate of a Durban court ordered Gandhi to remove his turban, which he refused to do.[67] Indians were not allowed to walk on public footpaths in South Africa. Gandhi was kicked by a police officer out of the footpath onto the street without warning.[68]

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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi
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