Gandhi And Jainism

Author(s): Shugan C Jain
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

Page 90

Notes & References
1 Satya, www.gandhiheritageportal.org, p 413
2 My.Ex. 1 p 104
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My.Ex.1, p 105-108
4 My.Ex., op.cit, p.101
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In 1899, during the Boer War, he organized an Indian Red Cross, which was twice cited for bravery under fire. When the plague broke out in Johannesburg in 1904, Gandhi organized a hospital. In 1906 the natives in Natal revolted. Gandhi organized and served at the head of crops of Brancardiers, and the Government of Natal tendered him public thanks.
Satya, pp 200, 'I have always been loath to hide and connive at weak points of the community or press for its rights without having purged of its blemishes'
15 Satya, p 200
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Ibid, p. 108
Ibid, p.105
Ibid, p 122-124
Ibid, p 129
My.Ex., pp 110-114
My.Ex. p 132
My.Ex., pp.135-6
Satya, MK Gandhi portal p 102 'It is a religious question with me, and I believe with you that I shall serve my community as well as myself by this act of self restraint.'
16 Satya, p 229 'I believe that enterprising youths who could not find
an opportunity in the country should emigrate to other lands. '
Mr. Polak was a vegetarian who used to meet Gandhi at the Vegetarian restaurant every day in Transvaal. He later became a close associate of Gandhi and editor of The Indian Opinion at a fraction of his salary.
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In the 1890s, legislation passed that restricted Indian's freedoms amidst growing anti-Indian sentiment. The Immigration Law Amendment Bill of 1895 stated Indians had to return to India at the end of their five-year indenture period, or they would have to be re-indentured for two more years. Anyone who refused would be charged an annual tax of £3. Additionally, the Franchise
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