Synopsis
Treasurer of the Transvaal Indian Congress, banned person.
First name
Barasarthi
Last name
Naidoo
Date of birth
22 December 1903
Date of death
September 1980
Barasarthi Naidoo, the eldest son of Thambi and Veerammal Naidoo, was born on 22 December 1903. At a farewell banquet for Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi on 14 July 1914, (Gandhi was returning to India), Thambi Naidoo offered his four sons [Naransamy, Barasarthi, Balakrishnan and Pakirisamy] to Gandhi, saying, “I have the honour to present these four boys to be servants of India”.