NIC calls for Passive Resistance against Ghetto Act

Date: 3 Jun 1946
Updated: 3 Jun 2022

Natal Indian Congress (NIC) led by Dr. G. M. Naicker, met in an emergency session in Durban and decided on a hartal on 13 June, which was designated "Resistance Day" to mark the beginning of Passive Resistance against the Ghetto Act or The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act no 28 of 1946, which was passed the previous day. Click here , to read E.S. Reddy's article on Indian Passive Resistance in South Africa from 1946-48.

Search events by date

What happened on your birthday?

How we know this

01SAHO Natal Indian Congress (NIC) [online] Available at:http: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 3 June 2013]
02O'Malley 1946. Asiatic Land Tenure & [Indian] Representation Act No 28 [online] Available at: www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed on 3 June 2013]

Last updated · 3 Jun 2022

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, March 16). NIC calls for Passive Resistance against Ghetto Act. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011682

South African History Online (2011) 'NIC calls for Passive Resistance against Ghetto Act', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011682 (Accessed: 29 July 2026).

South African History Online, NIC calls for Passive Resistance against Ghetto Act [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011682, (accessed 29 July 2026).

"NIC calls for Passive Resistance against Ghetto Act." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011682. Accessed 29 July 2026.

South African History Online. "NIC calls for Passive Resistance against Ghetto Act." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011682.