The correct answer is Pretoria. • Gandhiji was traveling to Pretoria is a place in South Africa on June 7, 1893 night. Explanation & Key Takeaways: • Gandhi was traveling from Durban to Pretoria on a first-class ticket for official purposes. • While he was seated in the first-class compartment, a European man called the railway authorities and asked for the man looking like a ‘coolie’ to be removed from the coach. • Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was pushed out of a first-class compartment at Pietermaritzburg station, thus prompting him to think about race and colour prejudices. • He founded the Natal Indian Congress to fight against the discrimination of Indians in South Africa and was soon regarded as their leader. • It was in South Africa that Gandhi honed his skills in satyagraha. • While he left South Africa in 1914, Pietermaritzburg honoured him by renaming the railway station after Gandhi on his 142nd birth anniversary in 2011. Important Notes: • Movements Started by Gandhiji in India: • Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 • Kheda Satyagrah of 1918 • Khilafat Movement Post World War I • Non-Co-operation Movement • Civil Disobedience Movement • Negotiations over Round Table Conferences • Gandhi Irwin Pact • Quit India Movement