Naransamy Roy Naidoo
Naransamy Roy Naidoo | |
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| Born | 1901 Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal, South Africa |
| Died | 1953 (aged 51–52) |
| Spouse | Ama Naidoo |
| Children | 5, including Shanti and Indres |
| Father | Thambi Naidoo |
Thambi Naransamy Naidoo or Roy Naidoo (1901–1953) was a South African political activist. He was of South African Indian Telugu descent. He is the son of an early collaborator of Mahatma Gandhi, Thambi Naidoo. He was married to another activist Ama Naidoo.
Biography
He was born in 1901 in Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal. 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 Indres Naidoo, both active opponents of the South African regime.
References
- Gerhart, G.M.; Karis, T., eds. (1977). Political Profiles. From Protest to Challenge: A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882–1964. Vol. 4. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press.
- 1901 births
- 1953 deaths
- South African people of Tamil descent
- People from Pietermaritzburg
- South African Indian Congress politicians
- South African politicians of Indian descent
- South African expatriates in India
- Naidoo family
- South African activist stubs
- South African people of Telugu descent
- Tamil people of Telugu descent