28 March 1924
Natoo Babenia, a political activist first in India, resisting British rule and later in South Africa against the Apartheid government, was born at Coedmore Road, Bellair, Durban. In South Africa he was a member of the African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) and served sixteen years on Robben Island. Babenia passed away on 1 January 1999 at the age of 75.
References

Makhaye, D., (1999), ANC leaders at Natoo Babenia's memorial service, from African National Congress, [online], Available at www.anc.org.za [Accessed: 19 March 2014]|JM, Memoirs of a Saboteur (REVIEW), from South African Communist Party, [online], Available at www.sacp.org.za [Accessed: 19 March 2014]