eventREF E-0011677Revised
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A Day of Prayer Called by the NIC
- Date
- 20 Feb 1946
- Updated
- 14 Feb 2020
A Day of Prayer, called by Natal Indian Congress (NIC), was widely observed. Indian businesses were closed at 1pm, and many Indians took a resistance pledge. Messages such as "After all civil resistance had its birth in Asia" and "Jesus was an Asiatic; if he was reborn and went to South Africa today, he would have to live in a ghetto" were put on display by protesting Indians.
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- 01SAHO, General History Timeline 1940's, from South African History Online, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 30 January 2014]
Last updated · 14 Feb 2020
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). A Day of Prayer Called by the NIC. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011677
South African History Online (2011) 'A Day of Prayer Called by the NIC', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011677 (Accessed: 11 August 2026).
South African History Online, A Day of Prayer Called by the NIC [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011677, (accessed 11 August 2026).
"A Day of Prayer Called by the NIC." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011677. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "A Day of Prayer Called by the NIC." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011677.
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