Indian Opinion (newspaper)

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Indian Opinion was a weekly newspaper established in South Africa that became a key platform for Mahatma Gandhi’s early political activism and the development of his philosophy of nonviolent resistance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf newspaper
weekly newspaper
about civil disobedience campaigns in South Africa
conditions of indentured laborers
discriminatory laws against Indians in South Africa
rights of Indian traders and professionals
associatedWith Phoenix Settlement
Satyagraha in South Africa
countryOfPublication South Africa
describedBySource important in development of Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance
key platform for Gandhi’s early political activism
founder Mahatma Gandhi
genre community newspaper
political newspaper
hasEditor Mahatma Gandhi
Manilal Gandhi
hasRoleIn documenting Gandhi’s South African campaigns
mobilizing Indian community in South Africa
propagating the idea of Satyagraha
historicalPeriod early 20th century
inception 1903
influenced Indian independence movement
global nonviolent resistance movements
languageOfWorkOrName English
Gujarati
Hindi
Tamil
locationOfHeadquarters Durban
Phoenix Settlement
locationOfPrinting Phoenix Settlement
mainSubject Indian community in South Africa
Satyagraha
civil rights
nonviolent resistance
medium print
namedAfterEthnicGroup Indians in South Africa
notableContributor Albert West
Henry Polak
Mahatma Gandhi
Manilal Gandhi
politicalAlignment Indian independence movement
surface form: Indian nationalist movement

anti-colonialism
publicationFrequency weekly
publisher Mahatma Gandhi
significantEvent served as communication organ for early Satyagraha movements
used by Gandhi to explain and justify nonviolent resistance
targetAudience Indian diaspora in South Africa
indentured Indian laborers in South Africa

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Mahatma Gandhi founded Indian Opinion (newspaper)
Albert West employer Indian Opinion (newspaper)
this entity surface form: Indian Opinion
Manilal Gandhi employer Indian Opinion (newspaper)
this entity surface form: Indian Opinion
Manilal notableWork Indian Opinion (newspaper)
subject surface form: Manilal Gandhi
this entity surface form: Indian Opinion