Nelson Mandela was a key figure in the fight against apartheid in South Africa, eventually becoming the country's first black president and winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. Mahatma Gandhi led India's independence movement through non-violent civil disobedience and faced racial discrimination while advocating for rights in South Africa. Both leaders are celebrated for their contributions to human rights and their legacies continue to inspire global movements for justice.

1. Nelson Mandela
and
Mahatma Gandhi
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2. Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered
statesmen, who led the struggle to replace the
apartheid regime of South Africa with a multi-racial
democracy. Jailed for 27 years, he emerged in 1990
to become the country's first black president four
years later and to play a leading role in the drive for
peace in other spheres of conflict. He won the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1993. His charisma, self-deprecating
sense of humor and lack of bitterness over his harsh
treatment, as well as his amazing life story, are few
reasons among many for his extraordinary global
appeal.

3. Mandela against Apartheid
Nelson Mandela was a
leading member of the
African National Congress
(ANC), which opposed South
Africa's white minority
government and its policy of
racial separation, known
as apartheid. The government
outlawed the ANC in 1960.
Mandela was captured and
jailed in 1962.

4. He began serving the sentence
as prisoner number 46664 on
Robben Island, near Cape
Town, but instead of
disappearing from view,
Mandela became a prison-
bound martyr and worldwide
symbol of resistance to
racism.

5. Mandela in Indonesia

6. Nelson Mandela in Indonesia

7. Mandela remained loyal to dictators like Libya’s
Colonel Gadafy and Cuba’s Fidel Castro, owing
to their long-standing support of the
ANC. However, he rather belatedly condemned
“the tragic failure of leadership” in Robert
Mugabe’s Zimbabwe. After remaining silent
during his presidency, Mandela called for
recognizing South Africa’s AIDS epidemic and
prioritizing measures to combat it, Mandela’s
only surviving son (together with his daughter-
in-law) having succumbed to the disease in 2005.
Death

8. Every year on 18 July, the day Nelson Mandela was born,
the UN joins a call by the Nelson
For 67 years Nelson Mandela devoted his life
to the service of humanity, as a human rights lawyer, a
prisoner of conscience, an international peacemaker and the
first democratically elected president of a free South Africa
Nelson Mandela International Day

9. Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatmas Gandhi was the primary leader of India's
independence movement and also the architect of a
form of civil disobedience that would influence the
world
Born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India,
Mahatma Gandhi studied law and came to advocate
for the rights of Indians, both at home and in South
Africa. Gandhi became a leader of India's
independence movement, organizing boycotts against
British institutions in peaceful forms of civil
disobedience. He was killed by a fanatic in 1948.

10. Gandhi in South Africa
While traveling by train to Pretoria,
Gandhiji experienced his first taste of
racial discrimination. Inspite of carrying
first class ticket, he was indiscriminately
thrown out of the train by the authorities
on the instigation of a white man.
Instead of fleeing from the scene,
Gandhiji stayed back - for 21 years to
fight for rights of the Indians in South
Africa. It yielded fruit. Under pressure
from the British government the attempt
to disfranchise Indians in South Africa
was abandoned.
Gandhi in South Africa

11. Gandhi in India
One of the greatest men in the history of India
is unarguably Mahatma Gandhi. The way he
gave shape and character to India's freedom
struggle is worthy of a standing ovation. He
sacrificed his own life for the sake of his
country. The respect that he earned for himself
despite leading a simple lifestyle is much
appreciable. Mahatma Gandhi played a pivotal
role in the freedom struggle of India. His non
violent ways and peaceful methods were the
foundation for gaining independence from the
British.

13. Mahatma Gandhi, was assassinated on 30
January 1948, shot at close range
by Nathuram Godse. Gandhi was outside on
the steps of a building where a prayer
meeting was going to take place. He was
surrounded by a part of his family and some
followers when three gunshots killed him.
Prior to his death, there had been five
unsuccessful attempts to kill Gandhi, the
first occurring in 1934.
Death

14. Gandhi Jayanti
Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, (Gandhi
Jayanti or Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti) is a gazetted
holiday in India on October 2 each year. It marks the
anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth on October 2,
1869. Gandhi is remembered for his contributions
towards the Indian freedom struggle.

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