24 July (Day 8)History
Pietermaritzburg Railway Station
South Africa · Where mountains meet two oceans
Perhaps the most historically significant railway platform in the world.
Unknown fact
On 7 June 1893, Mohandas Gandhi was thrown off a train here despite holding a valid first-class ticket.
Why it mattered
That single event became the turning point that led him toward Satyagraha — the philosophy of nonviolent resistance that later influenced Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela and countless others.