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1905, January 10

Spoke at opening ceremony of library in Durban.

1905, January 13

Wrote to G. K. Gokhale regarding Indian Opinion and his intention to open a school for Indian children.

1905, February 17

Visited Cape Town accompanied by Parsee Rustomjee; left for Johannesburg.

1905, March 4

Delivered first lecture on Hindu religion at Theosophical Society, Johannesburg.

1905, March 9

Spoke at function held in Johannesburg to bid farewell to L. W. Ritch.

1905, March 11

Second lecture on Hindu religion.

1905, March 18

Third lecture on Hindu religion.

1905, March 25

Fourth and final lecture on Hindu religion.

1905, April 7

Sent memorial to Natal Legislative Assembly regarding Bills "to amend and consolidate the law relating to the Municipal Corporations" and to regulate "use of firearms".

1905, May

Was learning Tamil about this time.

1905, May 6

Made efforts to collect funds for earthquake relief in India.

1905, June 7

Presented address to Lord Selborne, new High Commissioner.

1905, June, post 9

Visited Durban and Phoenix Settlement.

1905, June 16

Spoke at meeting of Natal Indian Congress at Durban.

1905, July 1

Gandhi criticized Natal Bills concerning licences, private Locations and tax on unoccupied rural lands and occupied dwelling houses. British Indian Association represented to High Commissioner that municipal legislation discriminatory of Colored persons in Orange River Colony could be vetoed by lt.-Governor.

1905, July 8

Gandhi asked, in Indian Opinion, for abolition of salt-tax in India.

1905, July 13

British Indian Association protested against clause 3 of Ordinance vesting control of Asiatic Bazaars in Town Councils.

1905, July 14

Sought from Johannesburg town Council assurance of facilities to Indians traveling in trams.

1905, July 15

Criticized, in Indian Opinion, Cape Immigration Act.

1905, July, after 17

Wrote to The Daily Express challenging correspondent’s low estimate of the number of Indian traders resident in Pietersburg before Boer War.

1905, July 20

Partition of Bengal announced.

1905, July 22

Gandhi called upon South African politicians to reconsider treatment of British Indians in light of Indian’s contribution to defense of Empire.

1905, August 5

Contributed 10 Shilling to Edwin Arnold Memorial Fund.

1905, August 9

Poll-Tax Bill passed by Natal Legislative Council.

1905, August 12

Gandhi commended, in Indian Opinion, Lord Selborne’s pronouncement that administrative injustice to natives was a blot and a disgrace.

1905

Welcomed Natal legislate’s rejection of Locations and Land Tax Bills, and Transvaal Supreme Court’s judgment permitting transfer of religious property in the name of Colored persons.

1905, August 14

Denied, in letter to Haji Habib, that his lectures on religion were critical of any religion or intended to hurt anyone.

1905, August 19

Called for united opposition to Bengal partition and supported boycott of British goods.

1905, August 26

Praised British Association for Advancement of Science and hoped it would one day meet in India; commented on George Curzon’s term of viceroyalty.

1905, August 30

British Indian Association objected to application to Indians of Municipal Location Bye-laws for Colored persons in Orange River Colony.

1905, September 1

British Indian Association objected to rule requiring Indian refugees to furnish European references.

1905, September 2

Gandhi attributed Japan’s rise to Mikado’s orders to armed forces concerning education and right conduct.

1905, September 5

Natal Indians objected to Government’s proposal to throw open Indian school to colored children and to make no distinction in education of boys and girls.

1905

Peace between Russia and Japan signed at Portsmouth.

1905, September 9

Gandhi condemned, in Indian Opinion, maltreatment of Chinese miners.

1905, September 16

Gandhi considered Gokhale outstanding among candidates for president ship of Indian National Congress.

1905, September 30

Criticized Transvaal’s contentious Ordinances touching rights of colored persons.

1905, October 7

Urged Indians in South Africa to make suitable provision for education.

1905

Condemning intolerance of Bhownagree’s moderate opinion, held that calm reasoning alone would get full measure of justice for India.

1905

Dada Osman’s appeal for trading license dismissed by Licensing board, Durban.

1905, October 9

Potchefstroom Indian Association presented address and statement to Lord Selborne.

1905, October 14

Gandhi led deputation to Lord Selborne at Potchefstroom.

1905

Warned South African Indians against plague outbreak.

1905

Welcomed reported move in India to abolish salt-tax.

1905, October 24

Received Prof. Bhai Parmanand and acted host to him.

1905, October 28

At Johannesburg reception, introduced Prof. Parmanand. Proposed that Natal Indian Congress set up licences committee. Hailed progress of swadeshi movement in Bengal.

1905, November 1

Called for communal harmony in Bengal to strengthen anti-partition agitation.

1905, November 11

Writing about Gokhale-Lajpat Rai delegation to England on behalf of Indian National Congress, appealed to Colonial statesmen to treat India, "an integral part of the Empire", with every consideration.

1905

Drew attention to hardships of Indian passengers on ships bound for South Africa.

1905, November 13

Deputation of Asiatic National Convention, waiting on Lt.-Governor of the Transvaal, demanded board of control to consider applications for entry into Colony.

1905, November 18

Gandhi drew attention to discrimination against Japanese in British Colonies.

1905

Asked British Indian league of Cape Colony to oppose immigration law.

1905, November 25

Called for revision of poll-tax rules and its discretionary applications to poor Indians.

1905, November 29

Led British Indian deputation to Lord Selborne to protest against treatment meted out to British Indians in the Transvaal.

1905, December 2

Criticized prison conditions at Stanger.

1905

Commended Vande Mataram as India’s national anthem.

1905, December 4

As Secretary, British Indian Association, bade farewell to Sir Arthur Lawley, Governor-designate of Madras.

1905, December 6

Cape Colony Supreme Court decided Natal Indians had right of domicile in Cape Colony, on basis of long residence, even when unaccompanied by families.

1905, December 22

British Indians Association protested to High Commissioner about bracketing of British Indians with colored persons in Orange River Colony draft ordinances.

1905, December, after 22

High Commissioner turned down Indian request for amending definition of "colored person" in legislation.

1905, December 23

Gandhi commended cause of education to Indian youth, citing Gokhale.

1905

Deprecated third-party intervention in settlement of communal disputes in India.

1905, December 30

Reviewed position of British Indians in South Africa during 1905 and appealed to Indians to continue struggle "with reasonableness,… with patience and yet with persistence".