Naransamy Roy Naidoo
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Thambi Naransamy Naidoo or Roy Naidoo (1901-1953) was a South African political activist and freedom fighter. He was of South African Indian Tamil
descent. He is the son of an early collaborator of Mahatma Gandhi
, Thambi Naidoo
. He was married to another activist Amma Naidoo
He was born in 1901 in Pietermaritzburg
, he was adopted by the family of Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi and went to India
for his education, where he studied under the poet Rabindranath Tagore
. He became a trade unionist and leader of bakery workers on the Rand.
In 1946 he helped organise the campaign by Indians against the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act; he served two terms of imprisonment for passive resistance. He was active again in the 1952 Defiance Campaign and also served as vice-president of the Transvaal Indian Congress and chairman of the Transvaal Peace Council. He died in 1953. He was the father of Shanti Naidoo
and Indris Naidoo, both active opponents of the South African regime.
Tamil people
Tamil people , also called Tamils or Tamilians, are an ethnic group native to Tamil Nadu, India and the north-eastern region of Sri Lanka. Historic and post 15th century emigrant communities are also found across the world, notably Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, South Africa, Australia, Canada,...
descent. He is the son of an early collaborator of Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
, Thambi Naidoo
Thambi Naidoo
Thambi Naidoo was an early collaborator of Mahatma Gandhi. From 1906 to 1913, he helped Gandhi in the South African Indian communities as they struggled against pre Apartheid racial repression by the local white and the colonial British authorities in Durban....
. He was married to another activist Amma Naidoo
Amma Naidoo
Manonmoney Pillay Naidoo or Amma Naidoo was a South African freedom fighter.-Family and early life:...
He was born in 1901 in Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838, and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its "purist" Zulu name is umGungundlovu, and this is the name used for the district municipality...
, he was adopted by the family of Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi and went to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
for his education, where he studied under the poet Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
. He became a trade unionist and leader of bakery workers on the Rand.
In 1946 he helped organise the campaign by Indians against the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act; he served two terms of imprisonment for passive resistance. He was active again in the 1952 Defiance Campaign and also served as vice-president of the Transvaal Indian Congress and chairman of the Transvaal Peace Council. He died in 1953. He was the father of Shanti Naidoo
Shanti Naidoo
Shanti Naidoo is South African anti-Apartheid activist and an early African National Congress member. She was placed in solitary confinement for her political activism along with Winnie Mandela. After leaving South Africa, she continued her political activism on behalf of ANC from ...
and Indris Naidoo, both active opponents of the South African regime.