Police force open a window to the Indian Congress offices in Johannesburg on July 31st 1952

Updated: 24 Jul 2019

Police force open a window to the Indian Congress offices in Johannesburg on 31 July 1952. They confiscated many documents for inspection. The raid was one of many on Congress branches in the Union on the same day. It was delayed 24 hours by a missing key to the door, and police had to guard the door overnight.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 28). Police force open a window to the Indian Congress offices in Johannesburg on July 31st 1952. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0052810

South African History Online (2011) 'Police force open a window to the Indian Congress offices in Johannesburg on July 31st 1952', South African History Online, 28 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0052810 (Accessed: 29 October 2026).

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"Police force open a window to the Indian Congress offices in Johannesburg on July 31st 1952." South African History Online, 28 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0052810. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Police force open a window to the Indian Congress offices in Johannesburg on July 31st 1952." South African History Online. March 28, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0052810.