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Gandhi museum inaugurated in South Africa
October 19 , 2017
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- Gandhi museum has been inaugurated on a small piece of land once owned by Mahatma Gandhi in the coastal city of Durban, South Africa.
- This Museum is started to show the level of impact that mahatma Gandhi’s life and struggle for truth has created universally.
- An exhibition titled 'Gandhi in Durban' has been set up at the newly-constructed venue by the Durban Local History Museum in consultation with the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Trust (MGMT).
- Gandhi bought the land in 1897 to protest public discrimination shown against Indians, who lived in South Africa.
- Natal Indian Congress was started to fight against discrimination shown by the white people on Indians.
- When Gandhi left Durban in 1914, he transferred the ownership of the premises to the Natal Indian Congress.
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