Natal Indian Congress

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The Natal Indian Congress (named after the colony Natal based on the Indian National Congress ; NIC for short) was a lobby group for immigrant Indians in South Africa in the late 19th century and was initially headed by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as General Secretary.

The founders of the Natal Indian Congress; M. Gandhi is fourth from the right in the top row.

In 1894 Gandhi organized for the first time, with the help of the Natal Indian Congress he founded, a resistance of Indian immigrants against discriminatory laws such as the withdrawal of the right to vote. In 1919 the NIC became part of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), but remained as a sub-organization until the end of apartheid .

In the 1950s, the SAIC allied itself with the African National Congress with the participation of NIC members Monty Naicker , Mosie Moola and Abdulhay Jassat . The NIC also helped found the United Democratic Front in 1983.

See also

literature

  • Surendra Bhana: Gandhi's Legacy. The Natal Indian Congress 1894-1994. Otago University Press, Dunedin 1997, ISBN 978-0869809310 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c NIC at sahistory.org.za , 5 July 2018 (English)