Gandhiji in Prison in South Africa


Original Location + Cardinal Points: South Africa ,  Africa

Present Location: Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi

Date/Period: 10 Jan 1908 

Medium: Illustration

Introduction

This is an illustration of Mahatma Gandhi in a prison in South Africa. He was arrested for the first time on the 10th of January 1908, for refusing to carry the 'pass'. This was an obligatory identity card. Finally, he was released from prison in February after negotiating with the government.