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| Year | Month | Day | Event / Incident |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | January | 18 | Wrote to Dadabhai Naoroji on motion in Transvaal Legislative Council to restrict renewal of Indians trading licences. |
| 1904 | February | 11 | Wrote to Medical Officer of Health, Johannesburg, about overcrowding and unsanitary condition in Indian Location and forewarned him of possibility of outbreak of epidemic. |
| 1904 | February | (prior to) 15 | Visited Indian Location in Insanity Area, Johannesburg. |
| 1904 | February | 20 | Wrote to Medical Officer of Health reiterating stand taken by him in letter of February 15. |
| 1904 | March | 1 | Intimated Medical Officer of Health that plague had broken out in Johannesburg. |
| 1904 | March | 18 | Informed the authorities that a number of Indians, "dead or dying" were being "dumped" in the Location; visited the suspected area accompanied by Dr. Godfrey, Dr. Pereira and a health inspector. |
| 1904 | March | 19 | Was seen by Town Clerk who informed him that town Council could not assume any financial responsibility; improvised hospital and encouraged earth treatment; informed Towk Clerk of steps Indian community was taking to combat plague. |
| 1904 | March | 21 | Was interviewed by a representative of The Star on plague problem. |
| 1904 | April | 5 | Wrote to Johannesburg Press about plague epidemic; released correspondence with Dr. Porter, Medical Officer of Health, Johannesburg. |
| 1904 | April | 14 | Wrote to The Rand Daily Mail on plague question. |
| 1904 | April | 18 | Forwarded to Public Health Committee detailed valuation of Indian Location at Krugersdorp. |
| 1904 | April | 20 | Wrote to India at length about plague epidemic. |
| 1904 | May | 11 | Supreme Court delivered judgment to the effect that the term "residence" occurring in Law 3 of 1885 did not include place of business. |
| 1904 | September | (prior to) 3 | Memorial sent to Colonial Secretary on behalf of British Indian Association. |
| 1904 | September | 3 | Gandhi wrote to The Star on question of British Indians in South Africa. |
| 1904 | September | 5 | Wrote to Dadabhai Naoroji that matters pertaining to Indian question had reached "a crisis". |
| 1904 | October | Took over entire responsibility for and management of Indian Opinion. Visited Tongaat; read Ruskins Unto This Last while traveling to Durban; decided to set up a colony on the lines indicated therein. | |
| 1904 | October | 10 | Spoke on self-sacrifice at dinner given in his honor and for other leaders of Indian Community in Durban. |
| 1904 | October | 15 | Spoke at function held in Durban to bid fore well to Madanjit, proprietor, Indian Opinion, on eve of his return to India. |
| 1904 | November | 3 | Wired Colonial Secretary, Pretoria, inquiring date of presentation of address to Lord Roberts. |
| 1904 | November | 10 | Anti-Asiatic Convention held at Pretoria demanding drastic steps to eliminate British Indians from the Colony. |
| 1904 | November | 11 | Presented address to Lord Roberts. |
| 1904 | November | 17 | Attended meeting of Transvaal British Indians held to protest against "Convention" proceedings in regard to Asiatic immigration into Transvaal. |
| 1904 | November - December | Founded the Phoenix Settlement. | |
| 1904 | December | 3 | Petition sent to Acting Lieutenant-Governor regarding compensation claims in respect of goods destroyed at instance of Rand Plague Committee. |
| 1904 | December | 9 | Gandhi wrote to The Star regarding Indians trading licences. |
| 1904 | December | 14 | Proposed at meeting of Natal Indian Congress financial assistance to Hoondamal in test case. |
| 1904 | December | (prior to) 24 | Wrote to The Star, replying to venomous attack at Anti-Asiatic Convention. |
| 1904 | December | 24 | First number of Indian Opinion issued from Phoenix settlement. |
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