26-07-2018 : India – South Africa: Joint Issue Mahatma Gandhi A commemorative postage stamp

India’s relations with South Africa date back several centuries. India was the first country to sever trade relations with the apartheid Government in 1946. Since then Indian-South Africa relations have been growing from strength to strength. Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat. In South Africa, Gandhiji had a bitter experience of racial discrimination during his journey from Durban to Pretoria, where his presence was required in connection with the lawsuit. As fallout of the incident Gandhiji made the momentous decision to stay on in South Africa and fight the racial discrimaination against Indians there. from that hour he decided that he will not accept injustice.