Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada fought against apartheid.#Nelsonmandelladay

Today is Nelson Mandela International Day, today is the birth of Nelson Mandela. People are celebrating Nelson Mandela's Yaume-e-Baanish with great pomp, but in the midst of all this we are missing a name from the Indians, and that name is Ahmed Muhammad Kathrada!

Ahmed Muhammad Kathrada, born on 21 August 1929, was a companion of Nelson Mandela, the great hero of the fight against apartheid. He was of Indian origin, whose ancestors had gone to Africa from Surat Gujarat. His elders had helped Mahatma Gandhi form the Natal Indian Congress. And with the help of the same organization, Gandhi agitated in Africa.

Here one thing is worth mentioning is that Ahmed Muhammad Kathrada had spent nearly ten years more than 26 years in prison in Nelson's fight against apartheid. But it is said with great regret that Ahmad Muhammad Kathrada, the hero of the fight against apartheid, was not remembered by any leading Indian newspaper on 28 March 2017. Even if it is not Urdu's newspaper!

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