Claim: A group photo of Mahatma Gandhi when he served as a Sergeant Major of the British army.
Fact-check: This photo shows Mahatma Gandhi with Passive Resisters soccer club members, not the British Army - FACTLY
Verdict: the image shared in the post shows mahatma gandhi posing along with the passive resistors football club players and staff in south africa, in 1913. during his two-decade stay in south africa, mahatma gandhi started two football clubs with the name 'passive resistors'. mahatma gandhi started these football clubs to use sports venues as a platform to campaign his non-violent political views and issues related to racial discrimination. during the second boer war in south africa, gandhi raised a voluntary ambulance corps service to render medical aid to the british troops. but the ambulance corps volunteers are non-combatants and they were not deployed in on-ground combats. hence, the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Dilip Kumar Sripada
Date published: 2022-06-02T07:30:00