Natal Indian Ambulance Corps was created by Mahatma Gandhi for use by the British as stretcher bearers during the Second Boer War , with expenses met by the local Indian community . Gandhi and the corps served at the Battle of Spion Kop . It consisted of 300 free Indians and 800 indentured labourers . Gandhi was bestowed with a title of ' kaiser-i-Hind ' by British for his work in Boer war . This title was given up by Gandhi after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Indian Ambulance Corps