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Place that transformed Gandhi into 'Mahatma'

Durban, Mar 26: India sent Gandhi to South Africa and South Africa sent back to India a Mahatma. This is often quoted by South Africans to reflect the strong bonding the two nations share. And



At the Pietermaritzburg station, four plaques in the waiting area, where Gandhi spent the night, and a granite column, where he was evicted from the train, have been installed as a memorial to that incident and a tribute.



Durban's proximity to Gandhi does not end with that incident.

It was in Phoenix Settlement, around 20 km from this city, where Gandhi first used his so-called weapons - satyagraha, sarvodaya and ahimsa - which loosely translate into insistence on truth, universal uplift and non-violence.

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