It was a long journey from India to
South Africa. Gandhi reached the port of Natal towards the end of May 1893. The
first thing he noticed was that the Indians there were. Treated with little
respect. Within a week of his arrival in Durban, he visited the court with
Abdulla Seth of Dada Abdulla & co.
No sooner had he sat down than the
magistrate pointed his plum finger at him.
“You must remove your turban,” he
said sternly.
Gandhi was surprised. He looked
around and saw several Muslims and Parsees wearing turbans. He could not
understand why he was singled out to be rebuked.