Modi relives Gandhi's South Africa train journey
PM Narendra Modi on Saturday relived Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi's 1893 train journey between Pentrich and Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. Sharing Modi's picture from the journey, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup wrote, "In the footsteps of the Mahatma". Gandhi was off-loaded from the train for refusing an order to move from a first-class carriage because of his race.