Photograph collection of History and Politics
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| Mrs Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) was an Indian diplomat and politician who was the first female elected to 6th Governor of ... |
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| Muharram Festival |
Muharram is celebrated as the advent of the Islamic New Year by participating Muslims around the globe. It is regarded as a pious and important festival by the community. ... Muharram also marks the anniversary of the battle of Karbala |
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| Muharram festival |
the Muharram festival, which was held on the tenth day of Muharram, the first month ... Muslims, Muharram remained a central part of the Islam of Indentured workers ... |
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| Natal Indian Association deputation at Cape Town |
A South African Indian deputation, supported by Sir Jamshetji Jeejibhoy and ... The Federation repudiates the Cape Town Agreement, as it is opposed to the ... |
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| Natal Indian Youth Congress at the opening of the Himalaya Hotel |
From left, 2nd Baboo Seedat (nephew of AKM Docrat); 4th Prem Meharchand, Chairman (brother of Oom Meharchand); 5th Yakoob Khan, Secretary; 6th Billy Nair (NIC); 7th Paul Mohan |
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| Natal Sugar Belt |
The Natal Coastal Belt,owing to its peculiar environment and comparative isolation from the remainder of the country, presents ... rise until 1960, and absolute decline only occurred in ... the North coast, twenty-seven sugar mills were in opera-. |
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| Native Huts - Conference - Rhodesia |
British South Africa Company in 1889 to rule Rhodesia, on the grounds that the colony ... |
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| Native Huts - Conference - Rhodesia |
Colony of Southern Rhodesia was a land-locked ........ |
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| Nelson Mandela and Nana Sita |
Nelson Mandela and Nana Sita |
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| Old Train Illovo Sugar c. 1905 |
In the early 1900s, 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railway lines started playing a significant role in ... Many defunct locomotives are plinthed at various former railway station sites or work ... |
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| Old train in Sugar Fields |
Trains were used to transport sugar cane |
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| OR Tambo and President Samora Machel at the rally commemorating the Matola Massacre, 1981 |
Both president of the ANC Oliver Tambo and president of Mozambique Samora Machel condemned the killings. In the inaugural commemoration of ... |
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| P. I. Devan |
In 1968, the government set up the South African Indian Council to make recommendations to the government about matters affecting... |
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| Painting Arrival of Indians |
Painting of Arrival of Indians in Natal |
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| Painting of Sugar and other occupations of Indentured Indians in Natal |
By 1904, there were over 1 300 employers of indentured Indians in Natal. |
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| Part of the Crowd |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
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| Part of the crowd |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
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| Part of the Crowd |
1860 Commemorations at Durban on the 16th November 1980 - Saiva Sithantha Sungum |
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| Pass to Indians |
In South Africa, pass laws were a form of internal passport system designed to segregate the ... |
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| Passive Resistance - 50th Anniversary |
Exactly 50 years ago to this day, a gallant group of men and women defied the latest racist laws inflicted upon one of our disenfranchised peoples. |