SA History Timeline

1906

Gandhi and Natal Indian passive resistance begins

Indian communities in Natal and the Transvaal, with Mohandas Gandhi among their organisers, began passive-resistance campaigns against discriminatory registration and immigration laws.

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Indian communities in Natal and the Transvaal, with Mohandas Gandhi among their organisers, began passive-resistance campaigns against discriminatory registration and immigration laws.

Significance

Opened a major non-violent challenge to colonial racial law and a formative chapter in South African Indian political history.

Why it matters

Opened a major non-violent challenge to colonial racial law and a formative chapter in South African Indian political history.