Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker

Born: 4 April 1922
Died: 19 January 2003
Updated: 22 Jul 2026

Summary

Teacher, attorney, political prisoner, General Secretary of the Natal Indian Congress and the South African Indian Congress, accused in the 1956 Treason Trial, exiled person

Born 4 April 1922 in Pinetown, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Attorney prominent in the South African Indian Congress. He was active in Natal politics as a supporter of G M Naicker. In the mid-1950s he served as general secretary of the Natal Indian Congress and later became general secretary of the SAIC. He was a defendant in the Treason Trial from December 1956 until charges were withdrawn against him in late 1958. He was detained during the 1960 state of emergency and soon afterwards was banned from participating in any political organisation. Naicker was forced into exile in the United States of America. Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker passed away on 19 January 2003 in Sacramento, California, United States of America.

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South African History Online. (2011, September 16). Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/B-0068193

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