Mahatma Gandhi supported the resolution of the African People's Organisation (APO) to declare the day of arrival of the Prince of Wales in Cape Town as a day of mourning, in protest against the South Africa Act's disenfranchisement of Indians, Coloureds and Africans in the upcoming Union of South Africa.
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26 February 1910
Gandhi supports APO’s Day of Mourning
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- 26 Feb 2020
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- 01South African History Online,"General South African History Timeline: 1910s",From: South African History Online,[Online],Available at:www.sahistory.org.za,[Accessed on: 28 February 2014]
Last updated · 26 Feb 2020
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Gandhi supports APO’s Day of Mourning. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011324
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