Question
Download Solution PDFIn which of the following years did Mahatma Gandhi lead his first Satyagraha in South Africa protesting against the Asiatic Registration Act?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 1906-1907.
Key Points
- In 1906-07 Mahatma Gandhi led his first Satyagraha in South Africa protesting against the Asiatic Registration Act.
- In 1906, he led the first Civil Disobedience Movement (Satyagraha) against Asiatic Ordinance in Transvaal.
- In 1907, he led a Satyagraha against Compulsory Registration and Passes for Asians (The Black Act) in Transvaal.
Additional Information
- Mahatma Gandhi's timeline in South Africa:
- 1899: Foundation of Indian Ambulance Core during Boer Wars.
- 1904: Foundation of Indian Opinion (magazine) and Phoenix Farm, at Phoenix, near Durban.
- 1906: First Civil Disobedience Movement (Satyagraha) against Asiatic Ordinance in Transvaal.
- 1907: Satyagraha against Compulsory Registration and Passes for Asians (The Black Act) in Transvaal.
- 1908: Trial and imprisonment- Johannesburg Jail (First Jail Term).
- 1910: Foundation of Tolstoy Farm (Later-Gandhi Ashrama), near Johannesburg.
- 1913: Satyagraha against derecognition of non-Christian marriages in Cape Town.
- 1914: Awarded Kaisar-i-Hind for raising an Indian Ambulance Core during the Boer wars.
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