S Africa to cover trains with khadi to mark Gandhi eviction
Train compartments at South Africa's Pietermaritzburg station will be covered in khadi cloth on June 7 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi being evicted from a first-class train compartment over racial discrimination. The incident had prompted him to fight racial oppression through non-violence. A 400-metre cloth order has been given to Khadi and Village Industries Commission.