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{{Short description|Civil rights organisation for Indians in South Africa (1894-1960s)}} | {{Short description|Civil rights organisation for Indians in South Africa (1894-1960s)}} | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} | |||
{{Use South African English|date=January 2017}} | {{Use South African English|date=January 2017}} | ||
{{more footnotes|date=December 2016}} | {{more footnotes needed|date=December 2016}} | ||
[[Image:Natal_Indian_Congress.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Founders of the Natal Indian Congress; [[Mohandas Gandhi|Gandhi]] is on the top row, fourth from left.]] | [[Image:Natal_Indian_Congress.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Founders of the Natal Indian Congress; [[Mohandas Gandhi|Gandhi]] is on the top row, fourth from left.]] | ||
'''<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1998-05-01|title=Gandhi's legacy: the Natal Indian Congress, 1894-1994|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/choice.35-5218|journal=Choice Reviews Online|volume=35|issue= | '''<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1998-05-01|title=Gandhi's legacy: the Natal Indian Congress, 1894-1994|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/choice.35-5218|journal=Choice Reviews Online|volume=35|issue=9|pages=35–5218–35-5218|doi=10.5860/choice.35-5218|issn=0009-4978}}</ref>'''The '''Natal Indian Congress''' ('''NIC''') was an organisation that aimed to fight discrimination against [[Indian South Africans|Indians in South Africa]]. | ||
The Natal Indian Congress was founded by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] | The Natal Indian Congress was founded by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] on 22 May 1894.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7C9GM-VYmvoC&q=Natal+Indian+Congress&pg=PA181|title=Indians in Post-apartheid South Africa|last=Singh|first=Anand|date=2005|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=9788180692260|language=en}}</ref> A [[wikisource:Constitution of the Natal Indian Congress on 22 may 1894|constitution]] was put in place on 22 August 1894. | ||
Gandhi was the Honorary Secretary<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mahatma-Gandhi/Sojourn-in-England-and-return-to-India#ref386193|title=Mahatma Gandhi {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts - Sojourn in England and return to India|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-12-27|language=en}}</ref> and Abdoola Hajee Adam Jhaveri (Dada Abdulla) was elected president. | Gandhi was the Honorary Secretary<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mahatma-Gandhi/Sojourn-in-England-and-return-to-India#ref386193|title=Mahatma Gandhi {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts - Sojourn in England and return to India|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-12-27|language=en}}</ref> and Abdoola Hajee Adam Jhaveri (Dada Abdulla) was elected president. | ||
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The Vice-Presidents were: Hajee Mahomed Hajee Dada, Abdool Kadir, Hajee Dada Hajee Habib, Moosa Hajee Adam, P. Dawjee Mahomed, Peeran Mahomed, Murugesa Pillay, Ramaswami Naidoo, Hoosen Miran, Adamjee Miankhan, K. R. Nayanah, Amod Bayat (P. M. Burg), Moosa Hajee Cassim, Mahomed Cassim Jeeva, [[Parsee Rustomjee]], Dawad Mahomed, Hoosen Cassim Amod Tili, Doraiswamy Pillay, Omar Hajee Aba, Osmankhan Rahamatkhan, Rangaswami Padayachi, Hajee Mahomed (P. M. Burg), Camroodeen (P. M. Burg). | The Vice-Presidents were: Hajee Mahomed Hajee Dada, Abdool Kadir, Hajee Dada Hajee Habib, Moosa Hajee Adam, P. Dawjee Mahomed, Peeran Mahomed, Murugesa Pillay, Ramaswami Naidoo, Hoosen Miran, Adamjee Miankhan, K. R. Nayanah, Amod Bayat (P. M. Burg), Moosa Hajee Cassim, Mahomed Cassim Jeeva, [[Parsee Rustomjee]], Dawad Mahomed, Hoosen Cassim Amod Tili, Doraiswamy Pillay, Omar Hajee Aba, Osmankhan Rahamatkhan, Rangaswami Padayachi, Hajee Mahomed (P. M. Burg), Camroodeen (P. M. Burg). | ||
The Members of the Committee included: The Vice-Presidents and Messrs M. D. Joshi, Narsiram, Manekji, Dowjee Mammuji Mutalah, Muthu Krishna, Bissessar, Goolam Hoosen Randeri, Shamshoodeen, G. A. Bassa, Sarabjit, L. Gabriel, James Christopher, Sooboo Naidu, John Gabriel, Suleiman Voraji, Cassimjee Amoojee, R. Kundaswamy Naidu, M. E. Kathrada, Ibrahim M. Khatri, Shaik Farid, Varind Ismail, Ranjit, Perumal Naidoo, Parsee Dhanjisha, Royappan, Joosub Abdool Carim, Arjun Singh, Ismail Kadir, Easop Kadua, Mahomed Esak, Mahomed Hafejee, A. M. Paruck, Suleiman Dawjee, V. Narayana Pather, Lutchman Panday, Osman Ahmed & Mahomed Tayub.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Collected_Works_of_Mahatma_Gandhi/Volume_I/Constitution_of_the_Natal_Indian_Congress-1894}}</ref> | The Members of the Committee included: The Vice-Presidents and Messrs M. D. Joshi, Narsiram, Manekji, Dowjee Mammuji Mutalah, Muthu Krishna, Bissessar, Goolam Hoosen Randeri, Shamshoodeen, G. A. Bassa, Sarabjit, L. Gabriel, James Christopher, Sooboo Naidu, John Gabriel, Suleiman Voraji, Cassimjee Amoojee, R. Kundaswamy Naidu, M. E. Kathrada, Ibrahim M. Khatri, Shaik Farid, Varind Ismail, Ranjit, Perumal Naidoo, Parsee Dhanjisha, Royappan, Joosub Abdool Carim, Arjun Singh, Ismail Kadir, Easop Kadua, Mahomed Esak, Mahomed Hafejee, A. M. Paruck, Suleiman Dawjee, V. Narayana Pather, Lutchman Panday, Osman Ahmed & Mahomed Tayub.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Collected_Works_of_Mahatma_Gandhi/Volume_I/Constitution_of_the_Natal_Indian_Congress-1894|title=The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi }}</ref> | ||
During its formative years, the NIC introduced many [[Natal Indian Congress Early Petitions|early petitions]] for changes to proposed discriminatory legislations. | During its formative years, the NIC introduced many [[Natal Indian Congress Early Petitions|early petitions]] for changes to proposed discriminatory legislations. | ||