23 August 1933
Mahatma Gandhi is released from Indian jail
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Wallis, F, (2000). Nuusdagboek, Human & Rousseau: Pretoria.
- 02mkgandhi, ’Imprisonment of Mahatma Gandii’,[online],Available at www. mkgandhi.org[Accessed: 16 August 2013]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Mahatma Gandhi is released from Indian jail. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011536
South African History Online (2011) 'Mahatma Gandhi is released from Indian jail', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011536 (Accessed: 22 October 2026).
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"Mahatma Gandhi is released from Indian jail." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011536. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Mahatma Gandhi is released from Indian jail." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011536.
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