Natal Indian Congress

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The Natal Indian Congress was a South African political organization that represented the interests of the Indian community and campaigned against racial discrimination under colonial and apartheid rule.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian South African organization
anti-apartheid organization
political organization
alliance African National Congress
South African Indian Congress
Transvaal Indian Congress
areaServed Durban
surface form: Durban metropolitan area

KwaZulu-Natal
surface form: Natal Province
campaignMethod civil disobedience
passive resistance
petitions and deputations
country South Africa
dissolved 1960s
ethnicFocus South Africans of Indian origin
foundedBy Indian merchants in Natal
Mahatma Gandhi
headquartersLocation Durban
ideology Indian nationalism (early period)
anti-apartheid
anti-colonialism
non-racialism (later period)
inception 1894
languageUsed English
Gujarati
Hindi
location KwaZulu-Natal
Natal
movement Indian passive resistance movement in South Africa
South African liberation struggle
notableMember A. I. Kajee
J. N. Singh
M. D. Naidoo
Mahatma Gandhi
Monty Naicker
Yusuf Dadoo
opposed Asiatic Land Tenure legislation
Group Areas Act
discriminatory franchise laws
pass laws
segregation in public facilities
participatedIn 1946 Passive Resistance Campaign
1947 Dadoo-Naicker-Xuma Pact
Defiance Campaign
politicalPosition opposition to apartheid
purpose campaign against racial discrimination
defense of civil rights of Indians in South Africa
representation of Indian community in Natal
reestablished 1971

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J. N. Singh affiliatedWith Natal Indian Congress
Transvaal Indian Congress alliedWith Natal Indian Congress
Indians in South Africa associatedOrganization Natal Indian Congress
J. N. Singh associatedWith Natal Indian Congress
Mahatma Gandhi founded Natal Indian Congress
J. N. Singh memberOf Natal Indian Congress
Yusuf Dadoo memberOf Natal Indian Congress
1946 Passive Resistance Campaign organizer Natal Indian Congress
1946 Passive Resistance Campaign participant Natal Indian Congress
1947 Dadoo-Naicker-Xuma Pact relatedTo Natal Indian Congress