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Gandhi supports APO's Day of Mourning

Gandhi supports APO's Day of Mourning

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22 Aug 2019
Gandhi supports APO's Day of Mourning

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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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: 30 July 2026).

South African History Online, Gandhi supports APO's Day of Mourning [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148869, (accessed 30 July 2026).

"Gandhi supports APO's Day of Mourning." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148869. Accessed 30 July 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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