A set of two Commemorative Postage stamps on
100 YEARS OF MAHATMA GANDHI’S RETURN was released by the Prime Minister of
India, Shri Narendra Modi during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations
(today) on 8th January, 2015 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
2. Department of Posts, Ministry of
Communications & Information Technology has brought out this set of two
stamps and a miniature sheet on 100 YEARS OF MAHATMA GANDHI’S RETURN from South
Africa to commemorate an important milestone not only in the life of Mahatma
Gandhi, but also in the history of India.
3. Mahatma Gandhi arrived in South Africa at a
young age of 24 years as the legal counsel of Indian traders based in the city
of Pretoria. He spent more than two decades in South Africa, where he developed
the concept of Satyagraha while fighting against the gross injustice,
discrimination and racism prevailing there.
4. Gandhiji returned to India with a
formidable reputation to lead the Indian masses struggling for freedom from
colonial domination through civil disobedience and non-violence, which proved
to be highly effective moral weapon in the India’s struggle for Independence.
