CURRENT AFFAIRS

2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did the University in Ghana remove the statue of Gandhi?
A
to end Africa’s bilateral trade with India
B
saying Mahatma Gandhi is a racist
C
to start communal war
D
to show Africa’s dissatisfaction towards India’s trade
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In December 2018, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was removed from the University of Ghana’s campus in response to protests from students and staff. They argued that the Indian activist had been a racist who denigrated black Africans.

Detailed explanation-2: -The NYPD has asked for the public’s assistance in ascertaining the whereabouts of the miscreants. In a possible hate crime, a group of six unidentified persons destroyed a handcrafted statue of Mahatma Gandhi with a sledgehammer at a Hindu temple in New York after vandalising it earlier this month.

Detailed explanation-3: -The statue is 72 feet (22 m) high with base and is made of bronze. It was sculpted by Ram Sutar’s firm and is located on the western end of historic Gandhi Maidan, in front of St. Xavier’s High School, Patna.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Statue of Mahatma Gandhi is a 16-foot (4.9 m) tall bronze statue of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi located in the precincts of the Parliament House of India in New Delhi. Designed by Ram V. Sutar, it was inaugurated in 1993, and has become iconic as a site for protest by members of the Indian Parliament.

Detailed explanation-5: -The statue of Mahatma Ghandi commemorates the centenary of his experience at the Pietermaritzburg railway station in 1893 when he was cast out from a first class carriage because he was not White. Gandhi had close links to Pietermaritzburg and his passive resistance campaign is closely linked to the city.

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