The government of India announced that it was cutting India's last remaining link with South Africa by refusing landing and passage facilities to South African aircraft. India was one of the first states in the struggle against apartheid.
eventREF E-0011990Revised
13 July 1963
India intensifies struggle against apartheid
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). India intensifies struggle against apartheid. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011990
South African History Online (2011) 'India intensifies struggle against apartheid', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011990 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
South African History Online, India intensifies struggle against apartheid [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011990, (accessed 12 October 2026).
"India intensifies struggle against apartheid." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011990. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "India intensifies struggle against apartheid." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011990.
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