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Gandhi Statue Unveiled In South Africa
Gandhi Statue Unveiled In South Africa
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The larger-than-life clay statue at Tolstoy Farm, a commune that was started during Gandhi's tenure as a lawyer in South Africa, was inaugurated by High Commissioner of India to the country.
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An eight-foot-tall statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been unveiled in Johannesburg, South Africa, reports said.The High Commissioner recalled how Gandhi’s friend Herman Kallenbach donated the farm to help the Indian community in South Africa because they were struggling against the discriminatory pass laws of that period. Several people, including women, voluntarily went to jail with Gandhi to resist these laws, Kumar noted.During the occasion, Kumar also commended the Mahatma Gandhi Remembrance Organization (MGRO) for reviving the farm.
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Gandhi Statue Unveiled In South Africa
The larger-than-life clay statue at the Tolstoy Farm, a commune that was started while Gandhi was employed as a lawyer in South Africa, was inaugurated by the High Commissioner of India to the country.
An eight-foot-tall statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been unveiled in Johannesburg, South Africa, reports said.
“This statue probably resembles Mahatma Gandhi when he left South Africa at that time. We have seen Mahatma Gandhi’s photographs from 1914, and here he is much older. I think it’s a grand tribute to him at Tolstoy Farm, where he lived for five or six years. From 1910 to 1914, he intermittently lived here,” Indian envoy Prabhat Kumar was quoted as saying by reports after unveiling the statue.
The High Commissioner recalled how Gandhi’s friend Herman Kallenbach donated the farm to help the Indian community in South Africa because they were struggling against the discriminatory pass laws of that period.
Several people, including women, voluntarily went to jail with Gandhi to resist these laws, Kumar noted.
“They had to also bring up their families and to sustain those families, Kallenbach bought this farm and donated it to Mahatma Gandhi,” the Indian envoy said, recounting how these families grew fruits and vegetables on the Tolstoy Farm to sustain themselves.
During the occasion, Kumar also commended the Mahatma Gandhi Remembrance Organization (MGRO) for reviving the farm.
