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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