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REPORT OF COOLIE COMMISSION, APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE CONDITION OF THE INDIAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE COLONY OF NATAL 1872

THIRD SESSION, SIXTH COUNCIL. - L. C. No. 1,
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REPORT
OF
COOLIE COMMISSION,
APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE CONDITION OF THE
INDIAN IMMIGRANTS
IN THE
COLONY OF NATAL;
Indentured Indian Immigration to Natal, 1860- 1870 with special reference to the Hindu Caste System and its implications

While much i s w r i t t e n about the Indians from the time they came t o South
A f r i c a i n 1860 t o the present day, research leading t o the conditions i n
India p r i o r t o 1860 and the possible reasons as t o why they l e f t
LAwS AND ACTS RELATIVE TO ASIATICS

List of Laws (From Chinappa, K History of the Asiatic Bazaar in Pretoria) 
Indentured Indian Migration : an historical investigation into the possible reasons for Indians emigrating from their places of origin (with particular reference to the United Provinces and the Madras Presidency) to the Colony of Natal.

Indentured Indian Migration : an historical investigation into the possible reasons for Indians emigrating from their places of origin (with particular reference to the United Provinces and the Madras Presidency) to the Colony of Natal........
Bamboo square : a documentary narrative of the 'Indian and Native cantonment' at the Point , 1873-1903

The urban poor and their condition has not been a specially popular theme in
local history. This is surprising given that they were in so many ways the
direct result of other significant events and policies of nineteenth century
Letters to Sam from Phyllis Naidoo

Letters from Phyllis Naidoo to Sam
Indentured Indian History - 1860

In Natal, the arrival of the Indentured Indian in 1860 marked the beginnings of an organised scheme whereby approximately 152,184 Indians arrived to seek gainful employment in a fledgling sugar industry.
Indenture Conditions (Indian Patriot, April 1909)

Indian Patriot
Girmitya tales : an odyssey

The British settlers’ (c1840s) saw sugar as a viable export commodity but there was a serious shortage of labour. The fate of the colony “hangs on a thread, the thread is labour (Natal Mercury, April 1859).
TURBANS AND TOP HATS Indian Interpreters in the Colony of Natal, 1880-1910

This dissertation is concerned with an historical examination of Indian Interpreters in the British Colony of Natal during the period, 1880 to 1910.
Apartheid Laws (1948-1994)

Apartheid Legislation in South Africa
Starting in 1948, the Nationalist Government in South
Africa enacted laws to define and enforce segregation.
Letter on behalf of Russel Maphanga from A.N.Verwer

Letter on behalf of Russel Maphanga from A.N. Verwer
Letter to Ron, Eileen and Bernard from Phyllis Naidoo

Letter to Ron, Eileen and Bernard from Phyllis Naidoo
Letter to Rita and Cynthia from Phyllis Naidoo

Letter from Phyllis Naidoo to Rita and Cynthia
Passive Resistance in Natal 1946-8

Lack of development in the de facto Indian residential areas encouraged,
in the early 1940's, a growing nwnber of prosperous Indians to buy homes,
for both residential and investment purposes, in the predominantly European
Valliamma Moodliar (Passive Resister died 1913)

The late Miss Valiamina Moodaly
who died after serving a term of imprisonment as a
Passive Resister
Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC)

The TIC (Transvaal Indian congress) was first called the TBIA (Transvaal British Indian Association) which was founded in 1903. The organization was later named the TIC when India was no longer under British control.
Letters to Vas, Jay, Asheka and Jaya from Phyllis Naidoo

Letters from Phyllis Naidoo to Jay, Vas, Asheka and Jaya
Letter from Phyllis Naidoo to Maggie, Harold, Suzie and Jo

Letter to Maggie, Harold, Suzie and Jo from Phyllis Naidoo
Letter to Judith from Phyllis Naidoo

Letter from Phyllis Naidoo to Judith

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