Synopsis
Businessperson, Vice-President of the NIC, passive resister, political prisoner, philanthropist.
First name
Rustomjee
Last name
Ghorkhodu
Date of birth
August 1861
Location of birth
India
Date of death
14 November 1924
Rustomjee Jiwanji Ghorkhodu, also known as Parsi Rustomjee (or “Kakaji”) was born in India in August 1861. He arrived in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) at the age of seventeen, worked in an aerated waters company, and later became a prosperous businessperson. He was one of the founders of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) on August 22, 1894, and was elected Vice-President.