<P> The armed conflict between the British and Dutch raged on for over three years of often brutal fighting with the British conquering the Transvaal and Orange Free state territories . Gandhi expected that the British victory would establish justice in South Africa and present him with an opportunity to return to India . He wanted to attend the 1901 meeting of the Indian National Congress, whose mission was to provide a social and political forum for the Indian upper class . Founded in 1885 by the British, the Congress had no real political power and expressed pro-British positions . Gandhi wanted to attend its meeting nevertheless, as he was hoping to pass a resolution in support of the Indian population in South Africa . Before he left for Bombay, Gandhi promised the Natal Indian Congress that he would return to support their efforts, should they need his help . </P> <P> As Gandhi attended the 1901 Indian National Congress, his hopes came true . G.K. Gokhale, one of the most prominent Indian politicians of the time, supported the resolution for the rights of Indians in South Africa and the resolution passed . Through Gokhale, in whose house Gandhi stayed for a month, Gandhi met many political connections that would serve him later in life . </P> <P> However, his promise to always aid his friends in Natal soon prompted him to return to South Africa, when he received an urgent telegram informing him that the British and Boers had now formed a peaceful relationship and often acted together to the detriment of the Indian population, as Britain was planning to live local white individuals in power in South Africa, much like it had done in Canada and Australia . </P> <P> Gandhi travelled back to South Africa immediately and met with Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and presented him with a paper on the injustice against the Indian population but Chamberlain indicated that the Indians would have to obey the new rulers of South Africa, now called the "Afrikaners," which included both Dutch and British local settlers . </P>

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