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India in 1906

Historical records for India in 1906, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

18Records
6Events
5Named people
2Places
4Categories

Historical records

September

11 September 1906Natal Indian Congress PartyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Johannesburg · Politics / Natal Indian Congress Party

Calls on his fellow Indians to defy the new law and suffer the punishments for doing so, rather than resist through violent means

11 September 1906Natal Indian Congress PartyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Johannesburg · Politics / Natal Indian Congress Party

Start of a seven-year struggle in which thousands of Indians were jailed (including Gandhi), flogged, or even shot, for striking, refusing to register, burning their registration cards, or engaging in other forms of non-violent resistance.

11 September 1906Natal Indian Congress PartyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Johannesburg · Politics / Natal Indian Congress Party

The Transvaal Government promulgates a new Act compelling registration of the colonys Indian population, at a mass protest meeting Gandhi adopts his evolving methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent protest.

11 September 1906SatyagrahaIndiaMohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Johannesburg · Politics / Natal Indian Congress Party

Calls on his fellow Indians to defy the new law and suffer the punishments for doing so, rather than resist through violent means

11 September 1906SatyagrahaIndiaMohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Johannesburg · Politics / Natal Indian Congress Party

Start of a seven-year struggle in which thousands of Indians were jailed (including Gandhi), flogged, or even shot, for striking, refusing to register, burning their registration cards, or engaging in other forms of non-violent resistance.

11 September 1906SatyagrahaIndiaMohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Johannesburg · Politics / Natal Indian Congress Party

The Transvaal Government promulgates a new Act compelling registration of the colonys Indian population, at a mass protest meeting Gandhi adopts his evolving methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent protest.

December

30 December 1906All India Muslim LeagueHakim Ajmal Khan

Shahbagh · Politics / Indian National Congress

The resolution to found the All Muslim League is moved by Nawab Salimullah which & seconded by Hakim Ajmal Khan

30 December 1906All India Muslim LeagueHakim Ajmal Khan

Shahbagh · Religion / Islam

The resolution to found the All Muslim League is moved by Nawab Salimullah which & seconded by Hakim Ajmal Khan

30 December 1906All India Muslim LeagueNawab Salimullah Khan

Shahbagh · Politics / Indian National Congress

The resolution to found the All Muslim League is moved by Nawab Salimullah which & seconded by Hakim Ajmal Khan. The founding meeting of the party during the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference in Shahbagh, Dhaka hosted by Nawab Salimullah Khan

30 December 1906All India Muslim LeagueNawab Salimullah Khan

Shahbagh · Religion / Islam

The resolution to found the All Muslim League is moved by Nawab Salimullah which & seconded by Hakim Ajmal Khan. The founding meeting of the party during the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference in Shahbagh, Dhaka hosted by Nawab Salimullah Khan

30 December 1906All India Muslim LeagueNawab Viqar-ul-Mulk

Shahbagh · Politics / Indian National Congress

The founding meeting of the party during the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference in Shahbagh, Dhaka presided over by Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk

30 December 1906All India Muslim LeagueNawab Viqar-ul-Mulk

Shahbagh · Religion / Islam

The founding meeting of the party during the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference in Shahbagh, Dhaka presided over by Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk

Other Events

1906Congress PartyGopal Krishna Gokhale

Politics / Congress Party

Tilak advocates civil agitation and direct revolution to overthrow the British Empire, whereas Gokhale is a moderate reformist, the Congress Party splits into two wings

1906CoupGopal Krishna Gokhale

Politics / Congress Party

Tilak advocates civil agitation and direct revolution to overthrow the British Empire, whereas Gokhale is a moderate reformist, the Congress Party splits into two wings

1906CoupGopal Krishna Gokhale

Politics / Indian National Congress

Tilak advocates civil agitation and direct revolution to overthrow the British Empire, whereas Gokhale is a moderate reformist, the Congress Party splits into two wings

1906Indian National CongressGopal Krishna Gokhale

Politics / Indian National Congress

Tilak advocates civil agitation and direct revolution to overthrow the British Empire, whereas Gokhale is a moderate reformist, the Congress Party splits into two wings. Gokhale and Tilak become the respective leaders of the moderates and the "extremists" (the latter now known by the more politically correct term, aggressive nationalists) in the Congress

1906Natal Indian Congress PartyMohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Johannesburg · Politics / Natal Indian Congress Party

While the Government is successful in repressing the Indian protesters, the public outcry stemming from the harsh methods employed by the South African Government in the face of peaceful Indian protesters finally forced South African General Jan Chr

1906SatyagrahaIndiaMohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Johannesburg · Politics / Natal Indian Congress Party

While the Government is successful in repressing the Indian protesters, the public outcry stemming from the harsh methods employed by the South African Government in the face of peaceful Indian protesters finally forced South African General Jan Chr

Names involved

Gopal Krishna GokhaleHakim Ajmal KhanMohandas Karamchand GandhiNawab Salimullah KhanNawab Viqar-ul-Mulk

Places involved

JohannesburgShahbagh

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.