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… Victoria on her birthday. August 14, Defends indentured Indian, Chellagadu, charged for absenting from work without … Commissioner objecting to rigorous enforcement of anti-Indian regulations, such as exclusion from walking on … attends farewell meetings and receives address from Natal Indian Congress and gifts from well wishers. Places costly …

… series of ten articles on vegetarianism. The first six on "Indian Vegetarians" appeared in the Vegetarian between February 2 and March 14. The next three on "Some Indian Festivals" between March 28 and April 25. The last … ticket. On his refusal, a constable was brought and the “Indian stranger was forcibly ejected, his bundles pitched out …

… trading rights for Indians 1911 13 March, Colonial Born Indian Association formed due to the Immigration Bill’s … labour prohibited from 1 July. October, The South African Indian Committee (SAIC) is formed with the aim of repealing … would also not be allowed to enter. 26 April, Natal Indian Congress  meeting in which all secretaries resigned …

… studies. He became an executive member of the Edinburgh Indian Students' Association, edited its handbook and played … future political action. 1941-45 - He drew close to the Indian trade union movement and identified himself with a … Agreement in terms of which the then leaders of the Natal Indian Congress, A.I. Kajee and P.R. Pather, undertook on …

… Africa (CPSA) Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Natal Indian Congress (NIC) Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) United Democratic Front (UDF) …

… regulations. African people were not allowed to served in Indian restaurants but had to resort to take-aways. As a … Hotel started out as a vegetarian restaurant to cater for Indian immigrants. The restaurant occupied the ground floor … restaurant had operated for 80 years. Markets From 1876, Indian market gardeners sold their fruit and vegetables in …

… of its kind in South Africa; census taking has a long history dating back to the 18th century. Census surveys were … other things. The 1996 census was path breaking in the history of South African censuses as it was the first time … Act categorised South Africans as ‘White’, ‘Coloured’, ‘Indian’ and ‘African’. Earlier censuses did not include any …

… of Transvaal Indians. June 4 , Gandhi establishes the  Indian Opinion .  The newspaper becomes Gandhi's, the Transvaal Indian Congress, Natal Indian Congress and the Indian community’s principle vehicle …

… and on 15 March introduced the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill, which was in two sections. One … this. The other section conferred communal franchise on Indian men. Under the first section, two kinds of areas were … Act" was a "complete misnomer and exaggeration". From the Indian point of view, this was not so. They defined a ghetto …

… Indian immigration into Natal brought with it strained … Natal Colonial Secretary was forced to set up a special Indian Immigrants Commission in 1885, to investigate the conditions and complaints of Indian immigrants. The Governor, Sir Henry Ernest Bulwer …

… by Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, Chairperson of the South African Indian Congress and Chairperson of the underground South … and was the first ever national strike in the country’s history.  In particular, the African work force in the Cape … has been seen by some as a turning point in South African history. Kgosana agreed to disperse the protestors in if a …

… and 121 ministers-was nearly R50 million a year. The Indian and Coloured MPs justified their participation in the … baulked at the prospect. While it agreed to accept ‘non-Indian’ pupils in principle, it sent a confidential … to abide by three conditions while considering ‘non-Indian’ pupils: ‘the character of the school must not be …

… Club (Whites-only) is established. 1880 African and Indian soccer clubs are active in Durban and Johannesburg … SAFA affiliates to the English Football Association 1896 Indian football clubs come together to form the Transvaal … FIFA World Cup. It is the first time in the tournament’s history that it was hosted by a country on the African …

… to control the entry of Indians into the Transvaal. Every Indian man, woman and child older than 8 years had to … be allowed to stay in the Transvaal. The law required Indian people to have their fingerprints taken in order to be … on demand to any policeman who asked to see them. An Indian who could not produce a certificate could be fined and …

… place among the new urban Black South African – African, Indian and Coloured – communities.  The magazine became an … of East and West African editions of the magazine. A brief history of ‘Drum’ 'In the teeming Negro and coloured … exhibition at the Market Photo Workshop, entitled 'The Indian in Drum Magazine in the 1950s', displayed several …

… make it unique because it will be the first time in the history of our multi-racial nation that its people from all … On 23 March 1954 the executives of the ANC, South African Indian Congress, South African Congress of Democrats and the …

… were dislodged from the land. African, Coloured and Indian and other Asiatic we segregated and banned from owning … However, the Act prohibited more acquisitions of land by Indian people.   Natives (Urban Areas) Act (No: 21) 1923 The … farming areas at any time" ( Leonard Thompson, (1990), A History of South Africa, p.199 ). This finally abolished …

… meeting was held in Durban to propose the introduction of Indian labour. 1852 13 August, The first steamship to sail … possible for the Colony to implement a programme whereby Indian labourers could be brought out to South Africa under a … their ship home. This has since become known in sporting history as the Timeless Test . 3 September, Upon the outbreak …

… the case, he decides to remain in Natal to help the Indian community facing the Indian Franchise Bill. 1894  August 22, Creation of the Indian Natal Congress. 1896 June, M.K. Gandhi leaves his …

… three Dutch Reformed churches between 1850 and 1899. The history of the three churches also reflects the differences … accelerated as a result of this phenomenon. At least one Indian, Bhyat, was not only a very successful business man in … Rosenthal, E. (1979) Rustenburg Romance . Perskor. Indian Community From bondage to freedom - The 150th …

… of Documents Act of 1952, had begun to segregate Black, Indian, and Coloured South Africans. H. F. Verwoerd led the … the Blacks. Verwoerd also suggested that the Black, Indian, and Coloured South Africans would eventually threaten … as ‘ the school syllabuses taught a distorted version of history, emphasising the defeat in war of Africans and …

… throughout the 1950s unrest in African, Coloured and Indian communities escalated, becoming more frequent and … according to whether they were White, Coloured, Black, Indian or Asian. People would then be treated differently … marked one of the most important turning points in the history of the organisation's existence up to that time. The …

… also lived under appalling conditions and Coloured and Indian people fared a little better. Walker (1991:71) quotes … Communist Party Publication In the 1940s the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) also became more assertive and … in the rising tide of black resistance of the 1950s. Indian women and passive resistance in the 1940s Indian …

… of subtle exploitation at the hands of shrewd Chinese, Indian, white and in a few instances, African businessmen, … Sophiatown developed its own colourful character and history. The houses were built according to people's ability …

… make it unique because it will be the first time in the history of our multi-racial nation that its people from all … On 23 March 1954 the executives of the ANC, South African Indian Congress, South African Congress of Democrats and the …

… was one of the first drastic rights infringements for the Indian and Coloured populations (Marquard, 1969: 163). … layer in controlling the movement and life of urban Black, Indian or Coloured persons (Baldwin, 1975: 218). Rural … Patricia Johnson-Castle and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship …

… in Durban in 1939 where he finds a small room with an Indian family. In Durban Abrahams becomes involved with the … while working as the editor of a newsletter for an Indian political group in Durban. 1942 Peter Abrahams … sent to Jamaica by the Colonial Office to write a popular history of the Island. 1956 A Wreath for Udomo is published, …

… was unable to implement its envisaged fare hike. The 1946 Indian Passive Resistance Campaign Dr GM Naicker, President of the Natal Indian Congress, addresses a Passive Resistance rally on 26 … scanned from photocopy Following the bus boycotts, the Indian community launched a Passive Resistance campaign from …

… a Xhosa organization, which prompted an interest in tribal history and encouraged economic independence from whites. … of the ANC, African People's Organization, South African Indian Congress and the Communist Party of South Africa, … meeting of representatives of the ANC and South African Indian Congress in Johannesburg. At this meeting it is …

… at the age of 17 when she was a high school student. The Indian community suffered the enactment of the first … residential rights to specific areas in the country. The Indian community resisted by organising Satyagraha, the first … first women to be elected on to the Executive of the Natal Indian Congress. Founded the Durban and District Women's …