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1907-1988

Sushila Gandhi

… land-owning family who gave much support and money to  Gandhi ’s resistance campaigns. Having fallen ill to malaria … her hearing. In March 1927, at the age…

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1869-1944

Kasturba Gandhi

… one older than her. Her father was a friend of Karamchand Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s father. In 1876, Gokuldas Kapadia and Karamchand Gandhi…

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1892-1956

Manilal Gandhi

… Manilal Gandhi was born  on 28 October 1892 in Rajkot, India, the second son of Kasturba and  Mohandas Gandhi . He had three brothers, with whom he first…

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1940

Ela Gandhi

… Ela Gandhi was born in 1940 in Phoenix Settlement  in the Inanda … tarred roads, public water supply and no electricity. The Gandhi home was a basic family…

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1869-1948

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

… *Note: The focus of this biography is on Gandhi's life and times in South Africa. Early life and education Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born to a Hindu…

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1968

Gandi Hlekani

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1888-1956

Sonja Schlesin

… at the Cape of Good Hope in June 1892.  In 1903,  M.K Gandhi , who had decided to settle in South Africa after his … that she had exceptional speed and…

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1930-2019

Hassim Mohamed Seedat

… outside India. Seedat contributed to The South African Gandhi 1893-1914 , edited by Professor Fatima Meer , and wrote a series of articles on Mohandas…

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1852-1927

Elizabeth Maria Molteno

… to work with the Gandhis, and moved to Umhlanga for Mr Gandhi ’s Satyagraha campaign . During and after this campaign, she worked with prisoners (such as Mrs…

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1903-1980

Barasarthi Naidoo

… At a farewell banquet for Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi on 14 July 1914, (Gandhi was returning to India), Thambi Naidoo offered his … [Naransamy,…

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Hermann Kallenbach

… Johannesburg. He became a devoted friend and co-worker of Gandhi's and he placed his Tolstoy Farm at the disposal of … march and confronted white protesters…

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Rev. Joseph J Doke

… Reverend Doke Became acquainted with Gandhi during the plague outbreak in Johannesburg. He was the … unacceptable to his congregation. He and his wife nursed…

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1918

Shapurji Sorabji

… and was a cousin of Parsee Rustomjee , a loyal friend of Gandhi . He was a bookkeeper and manager of a store owned bya … times and had served the longest in…

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1860-1930

Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo

… Naidoo collaborated with Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi , when the latter settled in Johannesburg, in … the Transvaal British Indian Association in…

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Abdullah Haji Adam Jhaveri

… directors of Dada Abdulla and Company. Dada Abdulla met Gandhi in Durban, when Ghandi first arrived in South Africa, Dada looked after him. Gandhi lived with…

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1905-1962

Goolam H. Gool

… India. He returned home in 1919 when Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s passive resistance campaign, against British …

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1870-1945

Nadirshah Ardeshir Cama

… He joined the British Indian Association founded by M K Gandhi in 1903 and became a member of the executive in 1906. … end of January, however, an agreement…

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Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia

… Indian Community admired and respected Cachalia's courage. Gandhi himself described Cachalia as one of the most … September of 1910. His son Ali lived at…

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1914

Valiamma Munuswami Mudaliar

… a young girl who decided to join in the last phases of  Gandhi ’s  Satyagraha  in 1913. On 29 October  Mudaliar  and … a provisional agreement had been…

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S. S. Tema

… to a missionary conference in India in 1939, Tema had met Gandhi and discussed South African problems with him; he … organisational efforts partly on the…

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1912

Goolam Hoosein Ismail Pahad

… interested in the nationalist movement in India . They met Gandhi in 1925 and also organised a big reception for the … Africa the following year to support…

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1862-1944

Mohamed Hajee Joosub

… turning point in Joosub’s life for two reasons.  Mohandas Gandhi , who had just qualified as a lawyer in England, arrived on his doorstep. The Joosub and…

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1932-2016

Mewa Ramgobin

… the African National Congress (ANC) President and Sushila Gandhi , the daughter-in-law of Mahatma Gandhi . In 1960 Ramgobin married Ela Gandhi a fellow…

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1928-2010

Professor Fatima Meer

… was also involved in organising a week-long vigil at the Gandhi Settlement in Phoenix . The vigil was led by Sushila Gandhi , Mahatma Gandhi ’s daughter-in…

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Coopoosamy Naidoo

… without licence. He went hawking again with Manilal Gandhi in February 1910. Again, he was arrested and charged …

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1908-1992

Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay

… four years old when her family moved to the Tolstoy Farm. Gandhi, with the help of Hermann Kallenbach , established the … Thunga Dharmalingam (later Kollapen…

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1924-2020

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

… His father, Mr E.V. Narasa Reddy, was a follower of Gandhi and president of the Congress in the small town of … Reddy recalls that his mother gave all her…

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1895-1960

Sorabjee Rustomjee

… promoting the strike. The charges were withdrawn later. Gandhi wrote in Satyagraha in South Africa about the bravery … went to prison. Rustomjee and his…

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Veerammal Naidoo

… again. As many Tamil families faced such problems, Gandhi , with the help of Hermann Kallenbach , established … in the Harijan (a newspaper in India ) on 11…

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1924-1992

Zuleika Sarojini Christopher

… Congress (SAIC), had been involved in politics during Gandhi’s stay in South Africa and took a particular interest …

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