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Mahatma Gandhi – His Chronology (कालक्रम) 1910

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YearMonthDayEvent / Incident
1910January1Indian Opinion reduced in size for  financial reasons.
1910January5Gandhi attended Boksburg meeting, where  certificates were handed in to be destroyed.
1910January6Rev. Charles Phillips and J.C. Gibson had  interview with Gandhi following their conversations with Lord Selborne, High Commissioner  of Transvaal.
1910In letter to J.C. Gibson, Gandhi refuted charge  that South African movement was engineered and controlled from India and that British  Indians continually shifted their ground regarding their demands.
1910January7Spoke at dinner to Joseph Royeppen and others in  Johannesburg.
1910January13Gokhale wrote to Gandhi that disposal of the  sums remitted was left to the latter’s discretion.
1910January20Natal Legislative Council passed Indian  Immigration (Licences) Act Amendment Bill.
1910February1Joseph Royeppen, David Andrew and Samuel Joseph  tried t Volksrust and sentenced to three months’ imprisonment with hard labor.
1910February9In Gandhi’s office, Mrs. Amacanoo and Mrs. Packirsamy took off their ornaments, vowing not to wear them till struggle was over.
1910February14Gandhi spoke at Chinese reception at Cantonese  Club, Johannesburg, in honor of Rev. J.J. Doke, on eve of latter’s departure for  America.
1910February18Spoke at banquet in Masonic Hall in honor of  Rev. Doke. Chairman, BIA, in letter to General Manager, C.S.A.R., submitted draft railway  regulations to replace those applicable to Asiatics.
1910February20Gandhi addressed meeting of Natal Indian  Congress in Durban.
1910February23Explained Transvaal struggle at meeting of  Kathiawad Arya Mandal, Durban.
1910February25Transvaal BIA, Johannesburg, sent telegram to  Earl of Crewe on treatment of Royeppen and Rustomjee in Transvaal prisons and on  diet-scale of prisoners.
1910Indian Legislative Council at Calcutta passed  Gokhale’s resolution to prohibit recruitment of indentured labor for Natal.
1910February26Gandhi wrote in Indian Opinion supporting  the resolve of Dr. Abdurahman and Cape Colored people in view of their disfranchisement  to observe day of prince of Wales’s arrival as day of mourning.
1910Spoke at Durban Indian Society meeting in honor  of passive resisters.
1910March11Accompanied a number of passive resisters to  Transvaal to violate immigration laws.
1910In letter to Moulvi Ahmed Mukhtiar, explained  that Phoenix debt was incurred during struggle.
1910March17Told the Star representative that Indians  had come to Johannesburg not to arrest their personal rights, but to take part in  struggle.
1910President and Secretaries of Natal Indian  Congress forwarded petition to Colonial Secretary against Indian Immigration Law Amendment  bill.
1910March23Bill to amend Indian Emigration Act 1908, was  moved by Robertson in Viceroy’s Council, to give effect to Gokhale’s resolution  of February 25.
1910March24Bombay Government Gazette notified that Hind  Swaraj; Universal Dawn, - Gujarati rendering of Ruskin’s Unto This Last -;  Mustafa Kamel Pasha’s Speech, - a Gujarati translation of the Egyptian  patriot’s speech delivered just before his death, in Cairo-; and Defense of  Socrates or The Story of a True Warrion - all publications of International Printing  Press - had been forfeited to His Majesty for reason that they "contain matter  declared to be seditious".
1910April4Letter to Leo Tolstoy with copy of Indian  Home Rule for comment.
1910April8, 9Director of Transvaal Prisons replied to  Chairman, BIA, denying complaint that prisoners were sent to Diepkloof Prison to associate  them with hardened criminals, and declined to send them elsewhere and change present  diet-scale.
1910April12Question on emigration of indentured Indians  from India to Natal raised in Commons by O’Grady and Rees.
1910April14Fifty-nine Indians deported to India from  Transvaal by the Umhloti.
1910Gandhi addressed letter to Attorney General  regarding Karodia case and requested Government to use judicious discretion in obtaining  warrants of arrest against Indians of standing.
1910April25Wrote to Gokhale indicating how Passive  Resistance Fund was being used.
1910May5Madras public meeting protested against  deportation of Indians without trial by Transvaal Government.
1910May5King Edward VII passed away.
1910May8Leo Tolstoy, in letter to Gandhi, commenting  upon Indian Home Rule, said question of passive resistance was of greatest  importance not only for India but for all humanity.
1910May10Replying to letter from W.J. Wybergh, M.L.A.  (Transvaal ), Gandhi defended views expressed in Indian Home Rule.
1910May30Wrote to H. Kallenbach expressing thanks for  offer of farm near Lawley for use of passive resisters and their families for duration of  Transvaal struggle.
1910June1Union of South Africa came into being.
1910June2In letter to Press, Gandhi said advent of Union  was no cause for rejoicing and described it as "a combination of hostile forces"  arrayed against Asiatics.
1910June10Sir Charles Hardinge appointed Viceroy of India.
1910June13Twenty-six passive resisters, deported to India  by Transvaal Government in April returned to Durban by S.S. President.
1910June18In Durban, mass meeting of Indians supported  passive resistance.
1910Report of Committee on Emigration from India to  Crown Colonies and Protectorates published.
1910June26Gandhi spoke at Socialist Hall, Johannesburg ,  on "Modern v. Ancient Civilization."
1910June29In Commons, O’Grady raised question of  British Indians in Transvaal and suggested Gandhi-Smuts Conference to arrange compromise.
1910July1Gandhi cabled SABIC on rejection of deportees by  Natal.
1910July3Appealed for gifts to help settlers at Tolstoy  Farm.
1910July8BIA, Transvaal, presented address of welcome to  Lord Gladstone.
1910July9In reply to Secretary of State, Lord Gladstone  communicated decision to increase daily ration of India prisoners serving sentences of up  to 3 months.
1910July21Natal Government Gazette published rules  framed under Indian Immigration Law 1891, requiring employers of indentured Indian  immigrants to provide shelter for children of Indian women working in fields.
1910Gandhi paid tribute to G.C. Natesan for his work  for passive resisters deported to India.
1910July22Lord Morley (Secretary of State for India)  expressed to Lord Crawe (Secretary of State for Colonies) his profound regret at refusal  of Transvaal Ministers to make any concessions regarding observance of Ramzan in  prison or to exempt high-caste Hindu prisoners from tasks involving what they regarded as  religious defilement.
1910July26In Lords, Lord Ampthill raised question of  deportation of Indians from Transvaal.
1910July28BIA cabled SABIC regarding deportation of  Royeppen to Natal and Government’s attempt to make minors prohibited immigrants.
1910July30Gandhi commented on Churchill’s statement  in Commons that he had given instructions that all persons imprisoned as passive resisters  or as suffragettes should be spared unnecessary degradation.
1910August3Resolutions passed at London public meeting  under president ship of Sir Muncherjee Bhownaggree, protesting against treatment of Indians  domiciled in Transvaal and deportation via Mozambique.
1910August5Gokhale asked questions in Indian Imperial  Council regarding Transvaal deportees.
1910August6Transmitting Lord Morley’s communication of  July 22 to Lord Gladstone, Secretary of State for Colonies said that anything offending  religious susceptibilities of Indians must be a serious and permanent obstacle to  settlement.
1910August9Gandhi sent rejoinder to Rand Daily  Mail’s  leader "Asiatic Exaggeration" on Lord Morley’s  reputation of harsh treatment of British Indian deportees during their unforced voyage  from Dalagoa Bay of Bombay.
1910August13Colonial Office wrote to Sir Muneherjee  Bhownaggree and Ritch regarding London meeting of August 3.
1910August15Gandhi wrote a letter to Tolstoy.
1910August23A.E. Chhotabhai, a Krugersdrop merchant,  appealed against decision of Registrar of Asiatics refusing registration to his son on  attaining majority.
1910Public meeting held at Victoria Hall, Madras, to  bid forewell to Transvaal deportees on eve of their departure for Transvaal. Sir S.  Subramania presided; Mrs. Annie Basent attended.
1910August25Cape Town City Council passed resolution  refusing en bloc applications of Indians for trading licences.
1910September2Ritch sent reply to Colonial Office letter of  August 13 regarding registration law and deportation of Indians from Transvaal.
1910September7Tolstoy wrote to Gandhi, supporting passive  resistance.
1910September10Gandhi commented in Indian Opinion on  Magistrate Jordan’s dismissal of Chhotabhai’s appeal and its implications for  minor Asiatics.
1910September13In Supreme Court, Justice Wessels heard in  Chambers Chhotabhai’s case and dismissed it with costs, observing that, if  Government’s decision about minors be true, it were a monstrous and cruel injustice.
1910September17Gandhi left for Durban to receive Polak and  passive resister deportees from India.
1910September20Spoke at a meeting of Colonial-born Indians.
1910Spoke at Kathiawad Arya Mandal meeting organized  to discuss questions of welcoming deportees.
1910September24Wrote in Indian Opinion, congratulating  Dr. Bubusana on his election as member of Cape Provincial Council for Tembuland.
1910September26Bluebook issued dealing with Asiatic  legislation in Transvaal up to August 8, 1910.
1910September28Gandhi met Polak, who reached Durban along with  other deportees from India by S.S. Sultan.
1910October4Ritch, who came from England by S.S. Saxon,  gave interview to Cape Argus.
1910October5Gandhi and others spoke at reception by  Kathiawad Arya Manda, Durban, in honor of Polak and passive resisters.
1910October7Cape Provincial Division of Supreme Court heard  application of President, British Indian League, Cape town, against refusal by immigration  authorities of leave to land to batch of Indians who desired to proceed to Transvaal.
1910October8Gandhi wrote to Minister of Interior in  connection with landing of deportees.
1910October16Death of Narayansamy.
1910OctoberAfter  16In letter to SABIC, Gandhi described death of  Narayansamy as "legalized murder".
1910October25Wrote to Registrar of Asiatics, requesting him  to advice Principal Immigration Restriction Office to receive applications for duplicate  registration certificates from British Indians detained at Salisbury Island under court  order.
1910November6After notice to Immigration Officer, reached  Volksrust with Mrs. Rambhabai Sodha, her three children and others on way from Durban to  Tolstoy Farm.
1910November7Appeared in Court for Mrs. Sodha. In telegram to  Immigration Officer, said she did not seek right of permanent residence in Transvaal.
1910November8Chairman, BIA, telegraphed Smuts on Mrs.  Sodha’s arrest and requested withdrawal of prosecution.
1910November9Gandhi spoke at Chinese foundation in honor of  Ritch and Polak.
1910November10BIA wired Minister of Interior for grant of  temporary permit to Mrs. Sodha, adding Association was anxious to avoid importing women  into struggle.
1910November10BIA wired Minister of Interior for grant of  temporary permit to Mrs. Sodha, adding Association was anxious to avoid importing women  into struggle.
1910November11Chhotabhai appeal dismissed by Transvaal  Provincial Division of All-India Muslim League, London, sent representation to Secretary  of State for Colonies regarding treatment of British Indians in overseas Dominions of the  Crown.
1910November12Minister of Interior refused grant of even  temporary permit to Mrs. Sodha.
1910November14Gandhi addressed letter to Press in connection  with Mrs. Sodha’s case.
1910Smuts moved second reading gob Bill to  consolidate and amend laws regarding naturalization of aliens.
1910NovemberBefore 18Gandhi addressed letter to members of Asiatic  Conference regarding Chhotabhai case.
1910November18At Caxton Hall, London, Polak presiding,  Archdeacon Beresford Potter’s paper on "Brotherhood within the Empire - with  special reference to the British Indians in the Transvaal" was read.
1910BIA decided not to join presentation of welcome  address to Duke of Connaught.
1910Ratan Tata sent to Gandhi cheque for Rs.25,000  in aid of Transvaal Indians’ struggle.
1910NovemberAfter 18Chairman, Hamidia Islamic Society, conveyed  respectful welcome to Duke of Connaught but expressed inability to take part in public  celebration.
1910November19Chairman BIA, wrote to Director of Prisons  regarding fast by Indian passive resisters in Diepkloof prison.
1910November20Death of Leo Tolstoy.
1910November22Chairman, BIA wrote again to Director of Prisons  regarding improper treatment of Indian passive resisters in Diepkloof prison.
1910December4Gandhi spoke at Socialist Hall, Johannesburg on  Tolstoy and his message.
1910December9In letter thanked G.A. Natesan for securing  donations and rendering help to deportees.
1910December13Smuts stated Government’s intention to  introduce Immigration Bill for whole of South Africa which would provide suitable  opportunity to review entire immigration policy.
1910December14L.W. Ritch on return from South Africa told  Reuter in interview that there appeared to be an earnest desire in South Africa to settle  Indian problem.
1910December15Gandhi and others met deportees at Diepkloof  after discharge from prison.
1910December27Indian National Congress at Allahabad passed  resolution expressing admiration for Transvaal Indians’ struggle, urging Government  of India to prohibit recruitment of indentured labor and protesting against South African  policy as unwise, unrighteous and dangerous to Empire.
1910December30Gandhi appeared for defense in case against Mrs.  Rambhabai Sodha under Immigrants’ Restriction Act.

 

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