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.
eventREF E-0011677Revised
20 February 1946
A Day of Prayer Called by the NIC
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- 14 Feb 2020
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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]
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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
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