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Where was Mahatma Gandhi travelling to in South Africa when he was thrown out of the train?

  1. A
    Pretoria
  2. B
    Johannesburg
  3. C
    Cape Town
  4. D
    Durban

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On 7th June 1893, Mahatma Gandhi was travelling from Durban to Pretoria in South Africa on a first-class ticket. He was racially profiled and forcibly thrown out of the train at Pietermaritzburg station when he refused to move to the third-class compartment. His destination for that journey was Pretoria.

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Where was Mahatma Gandhi travelling to in South Africa when he was thrown out of the train?
A
Pretoria
B
Johannesburg
C
Cape Town
D
Durban

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