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Indian South Africans

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  • Manilal Gandhi (1892 - 1956)
    He was the second of four sons by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi. Manilal was born in Rajkot, India. In 1897 Manilal traveled to South Africa for the first time, where he spent time wor...
  • Ramdas Gandhi (1897 - 1969)
    He was the third son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born in South Africa. He outlived his parents and all of his brothers. He and his wife Nirmala had three children; Sumitra Gandhi, Kanu Gandhi...
  • Devdas Gandhi (1900 - 1957)
    He was the fourth and youngest son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born in South Africa and returned to India with his parents as a young man. He became active in his father's movement, spending ...
  • Abhechand Gandhi (1874 - d.)
  • Zaver Gandhi (deceased)

India's community is one of the most vibrant in the world. Yet, the large South African Indian community is just as vibrant. It all started about 150 years ago with the arrival of Indentured Indian Laborers. Then they became the Free Indians. Later the Passenger Indians joined in to complete the community that would come to fight alongside the African community, against the Apartheid Regime.