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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Gandhi supports APO's Day of Mourning
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- 22 Aug 2019
South African History Online. (2019, August 22). Gandhi supports APO's Day of Mourning. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148869
South African History Online (2019) 'Gandhi supports APO's Day of Mourning', South African History Online, 22 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148869 (Accessed: 31 October 2026).
South African History Online, Gandhi supports APO's Day of Mourning [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148869, (accessed 31 October 2026).
"Gandhi supports APO's Day of Mourning." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148869. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Gandhi supports APO's Day of Mourning." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148869.
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