Gandhi demands end to White ‘hooliganism’

Date: 22 Jun 1946
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Gandhi demands end to White ‘hooliganism’

Speaking at a prayer meeting in New Delhi, Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi called on the South African government to stop the hooliganism by Whites. The authorities warned the Passive Resisters to vacate the Volksrust camp. The Attorney-General for Natal, W. J. McKenzie, appealed to the Europeans not to interfere. Violence against the Resisters stopped only on 24 June when the Smuts government took action after wide protests.

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01Reddy, E.S. 1997. Indian Passive Resistance in South Africa, 1946-1948. Mainstream [Online] 5 April. Available at: www.anc.org.za/ [Accessed 18 June 2010]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Gandhi demands end to White ‘hooliganism’. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011685

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