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Indian Community
… 2010 marks 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Indian indentured workers and the birth of this community in South Africa. Durban is home to the largest…
ArticleAnti-Indian Legislation
… of the Wragg Commission being appointed to investigate Indian immigration laws, yet six years later he became one of the strongest opponents of Indian…
ArticleIndian South Africans
… to freedom - The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South Africa The feature on Indian South Africans forms part of our larger feature on…
Indian education in Natal
… Estate a hospital was converted into a schoolroom for Indian children on the estate. 1865 A report ?Native Schools … Estate a hospital was converted into a…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… The TIC (Transvaal Indian congress) was first called the TBIA (Transvaal British Indian Association) which was founded in 1903. The … under the umbrella…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… The Natal Indian Association (NIA) was formed when the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and the Colonial Born and Settlers Indian Association (CBSIA) amalgamated…
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… The NIC (Natal Indian Congress) was the first of the Indian Congresses to be formed. It was established in 1894 by Mahatma Gandhi to fight discrimination…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… with and resistance to apartheid. Calls were made by the Indian Congress to reject the plans of the newly elected … to an area known as Lenz, despite the…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… is characterised firstly by the introduction of indentured Indian labourers into Natal and of the "passenger" Indians … Gandhi resistance campaign and the…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… - made provision for the appointment of a Protector of Indian Immigrants 1876 The Free State Republic passes … No. 35 of 1908, Transvaal (“Gold Law”)…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… The Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) was formed in Transvaal (now Gauteng) as the youth wing of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) in 1945. Its…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… to settle permanently in the colony. The indentured Indian labourers were also entitled to a gift of crown land … - makes provision for the appointment of a…
Indian South Africans timeline 2000s
… Indian South Africans Timeline: 2000 2008 16 November, Billy … Indian South Africans timeline 2000s …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… The all-white Durban City Council (DCC) began to restrict Indian trade and voting rights. From 1922 the Council stopped … Resuscitation Committee (CRC) to…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
… 1930 The Durban Municipality was a major employer of Indian labour, employing an average of 2 000 workers through … Magazine Barracks found that the average…
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… Act, 1909 (Sections 26, 35, 44, 147 and 151) leaves anti-Indian and other discriminatory legislation against black … that emigration to Natal is prohibited…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… The Significance of Indian Opinion by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie Department of … Media to Commemorate the Centenary of the Founding of Indian Opinion, 4 June 2003…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… Indian South Africans Timeline: 1940-1949 1940 January, A meeting is held between the Nationalist Bloc, Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) leadership and the…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1654-1899
… Indian South Africans Timeline: 1654-1899 1654 Slaves from … Colony. Upon completion of their indenture, the indentured Indian labourers are also entitled to…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… Indian South Africans timeline 1900-1909 1900 The East London Mayor's Minute for 1899-1900 states that 1,000 refugees from war in the Transvaal and the…
Article1949 Anti Indian Pogrom in Durban
… On 13 January 1949 an Indian store-keeper in central Durban assaulted an African … incident resulted in a wave of violence, starting at the Indian market and…
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
… Indian South Africans Timeline: 1950-1959 1950 A.K.M. Docrat … the Magazine Barracks for participating in a strike. When Indian workers went on strike at…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… Indian South Africans Timeline: 1960-1969 1960 19 February, … of the Congo who, he told a meeting of the Queensburgh Indian Ratepayers Association 'was…
Indian South Africans timeline 1980-1989
… Indian South Africans Timeline: 1980-1989 1980 Kay Moonsamy … representative, for six months. 1983 December, 25,160 Indian families (over 60,000 people) had…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… Indian South Africans Timeline: 1970-1979 1970 HA Naidoo … a meeting at the Bolton Hall, Durban to revive the Natal Indian Congress (NIC). An executive was…
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… with each entry. The following is a list of names of Indian Indentured Labourers, their partners and children who … Use this link to find passenger Indians:…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… South African Indian Council (SAIC) In 1961, Indians were officially … part of the South African population and the Department of Indian Affairs was…
Indian South Africans timeline 1990-1999
… Indian South Africans Timeline: 1990-1999 1990 23 July, Billy … in 1994, being 39th on the ANC list of 400 nominees. 1995 1 June, MD Naidoo passes away. 1996…
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
… The majority of Indian South Africans are the descendants of indentured … the sugar industry in this province. A complete list of Indian Indentured…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… shortage forced White settlers in Natal to plead to the Indian Government to send its citizens to work in their cane … was passed. On securing the reluctant…