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Timeline of Mahatma Gandhi's Good Deeds

  • Formed a group of ambulance drivers in an effort to end "Hindu" inequality

    Formed a group of ambulance drivers in an effort to end "Hindu" inequality
  • Negotiated with Prime Minister Smuts, which lead to the passing of the Indian Relief Act of 1914

    Negotiated with Prime Minister Smuts, which lead to the passing of the Indian Relief Act of 1914
    • lessened discrimination on women and 'untouchables'
  • Led the cause to lessen the burden imposed on peasants, farmers, and urban labourers as a result of British Tax Laws

    Led the cause to lessen the burden imposed on peasants, farmers, and urban labourers as a result of British Tax Laws
  • Led nationwide campaigns advocating human rights

    Led nationwide campaigns advocating human rights
    Led nationwide campagisn for...
    -ending poverty
    -expanding women's rights
    -building religious nd ethnic amity
    -ending untouchability ('untouchables' were a separate caste composed of porr people)
  • Led the Dandi Salt March as a non-violence protest against the salt-tax for Indians

    Led the Dandi Salt March as a non-violence protest against the salt-tax for Indians
    His aim was to lessen the burden of tax for a basic human necessity and allow Indians to make their own salt
  • Launched the Quit India campaign, declaring India's indepenence from British rule

    Launched the Quit India campaign, declaring India's indepenence from British rule
  • Fasts in an effort to promote peace between Muslims and Pakistan

    Fasts in an effort to promote peace between Muslims and Pakistan
  • Founds the Natal Indian Congress to give Indians the right to vote in South Africa

    Founds the Natal Indian Congress to give Indians the right to vote in South Africa
  • Refuses to press charges after attacked in keeping with his philosophy of Satyagraha

    Refuses to press charges after attacked in keeping with his philosophy of Satyagraha