Question

Q. Consider the following events in the life of Gandhiji in South Africa:

What is the correct chronological sequence of the above events from earliest to latest?

• A. 1-2-3-4
• B. 2-1-3-4
• C. 1-3-4-2
• D. 3-2-4-1

Answer 1

The correct option is A 1-2-3-4

Explanation:

Major events in the life of Gandhiji in South Africa:

• 1893: Gandhi arrives in South Africa to provide legal support.
• 1894: The Natal Indian Congress is founded
• 1896: Gandhi is attacked by a mob after his ship, the SS Courtland, docks in Durban when he returns to South Africa with his family after a home visit
• 1899: Gandhi organises the Indian Ambulance Corps to serve the British in the South African War (Second Anglo-Boer)
• 1900: The Indian Ambulance Corps assists at the Battle of Spioenkop
• 1903: Gandhi founds the weekly Indian Opinion
• 1904: The Phoenix Settlement is established
• 1906: A meeting at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg sows the seeds for the satyagraha movement.
• 1908: Gandhi is imprisoned at the Old Fort in Johannesburg for the 1st time
• 1908: A crowd, led by Gandhi, burn their passes outside the Hamidia Mosque in Fordsburg
• 1909: Gandhi publishes the book Hind Swaraj (Indian Home Rule)
• 1910: Tolstoy Farm is established outside Johannesburg
• 1913: Gandhi leads a march of 2k Indian coal miners & sugar plantation workers across the border to the Transvaal
• 1914: Gandhi & Smuts reach an agreement to relax certain restrictions on Indians in return for ending the satyagraha campaign. Gandhi & Kasturba leave South Africa for good