Thambi Naidoo
South African civil rights activist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo (1875 – 1933) was a South African civil rights activist. He was an early collaborator of Mahatma Gandhi leading many protests in then South Africa against racial discrimination targeted at the Indian community.
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Born | 1875 (1875) Mauritius |
Died | 1933 (aged 57–58) |
Children | 7 (including Roy Naidoo) |
Relatives | Indres Naidoo (grandson) Shanti Naidoo (granddaughter) Ama Naidoo (daughter-in-law) |
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He was a member and later a chairperson of the Tamil Benefit Society. Four generations of the Naidoo family starting with him devoted themselves to civil rights activism, including anti-apartheid protests, and were known as Congress Naidoos.