South Africa
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Gandhi Memorial on the Phoenix Settlement |
Gandhi's house at the Phoenix Settlement The house is named Sarvodaya |
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Gandhi in Turban c. 1906 |
Gandhi in a turban |
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Gandhi in traditional dress towards end of Passive Resistance (1913) |
Gandhi in traditional dress |
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Gandhi in South Africa - banners |
Gandhi in South Africa 1893 to 1914 |
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Gandhi in South Africa - an interpretation |
M. K. Gandhi’s years in South Africa—from 1893 to 1914—and his writings of that time provide an indispensable lens through which to view South African intellectual life during the twentieth century. South African intellectual life today is largely cut off from its past. |
Gandhi in Pretoria |
At the meeting held in the Empire Theater in Johannesburg, Gandhi introduced the idea of Satyagraha resistance through non-cooperative, non-violent action and sacrifice. |
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Gandhi in Pretoria |
In 1894 Gandhi helped found the Natal Indian Congress, to unify local Indians into a political force, and became the first secretary. In September of the same year, Gandhi became the first Indian to be enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Natal. |
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Gandhi in Loincloth with stick |
Gandhi in a loincloth with a stick |
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Gandhi Desia School |
Gandhi Desia School Building |
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Gandhi Desia School |
Gandhi Desia School Building |
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Gandhi Desai High School |
View of the Gandhi Desai High School court yard and building |
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Gandhi Captain Indian Ambulance Corps during the Zulu Rebellion in SA - 1906 |
The Natal Indian Ambulance Corps was created by Mahatma Gandhi for use by the British as stretcher bearers during the Second Boer War, with expenses met by the local Indian community. Gandhi and the corps served at the Battle of Spion Kop. |
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Gandhi at Satiniketan with Rabindranath Tagore |
Passive resisters |
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Gandhi and Professor Gokhale |
Gandhi at a reception to Professor Gokhale in Durban |
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Gandhi and Passive Resistance c. 1908 |
Group photo of Passive Resistance Movement |
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Gandhi and Africans in South Africa |
Message to South Africa, May 18, 1947"... |
Gandhi addressing farewell meeting at Durban, 1914 |
Black and white print 25.8 x 18.8cm |
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GANDHI : MAHATMA IN THE MAKING 1893-1914 by |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar in Indiaon 2 October 1869. |
Gandhi - Satyagraha |
Gandhi (Satyagrahi) |
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Gandhi - Desai School library |
Group of students inside the library at the Gandhi-Desai School |