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| Year | Month | Day | Event / Incident |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 correspondents 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 Indians 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 Selbornes pronouncement that administrative injustice to natives was a blot and a disgrace. |
| 1905 | August | Welcomed Natal legislates rejection of Locations and Land Tax Bills, and Transvaal Supreme Courts 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 Curzons 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 Japans rise to Mikados orders to armed forces concerning education and right conduct. |
| 1905 | September | 5 | Natal Indians objected to Governments proposal to throw open Indian school to Colored children and to make no distinction in education of boys and girls. |
| 1905 | September | 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 Transvaals contentious Ordinances touching rights of Colored persons. |
| 1905 | October | 7 | Urged Indians in South Africa to make suitable provision for education. |
| 1905 | October | Condemning intolerance of Bhownaggrees moderate opinion, held that calm reasoning alone would get full measure of justice for India. | |
| 1905 | October | Dada Osmans 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 | October | Warned South African Indians against plague outbreak. | |
| 1905 | October | Welcomed reported move in India to abolish salt-tax. | |
| 1905 | October | 24 | Received Prof. 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 | November | Drew attention to hardships of Indian passengers on ships bound for South Africa.v | |
| 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 | November | 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 | December | Commended Vande Mataram as Indias 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 | December | 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". |
| 1905 | December | 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". |
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