Mrs. N. S. Pillay (Lachimi), sister-in-law of Veerammal Naidoo, went with Veerammal and her mother to Natal during the third phase of the Satyagraha. She was also part of the 1913 Indian miners’ strike . She served a sentence of three months with hard labour while taking care of an infant in Pietermaritzburg prison.
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Mrs N. S. Lachimi Pillay
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- 01E.S.Reddy. (2012). From an email to SAHO, from Mr E S Reddy, dated 30 June 2012.
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