Mahatma Gandhi · every age

What was Mahatma Gandhi doing at 23?

Thrown off a train at 24; beat an empire without violence

1. Apr 1893

   At 23, left for a one-year job in South Africa

   He stayed 22 years.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. Jun 7, 1893

   Thrown off a train at 23, first-class ticket in hand

   Pietermaritzburg station. He pointed to it as the turn of his life.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Photo: Elliott & Fry (1931), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source