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Natal Colonial Government

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Natal Colonial Government

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Organization Timeline

The first indentured Indian workers arrive in Natal

📅 16 November 1860

The Truro landed 342 Indian workers at Port Natal. Colonial authorities had recruited them under coercive contracts to supply cheap labour to the sugar industry.

The Belvedere brings a second group of indentured workers

📅 26 November 1860

The Belvedere arrived from Calcutta with another group of indentured Indian labourers. Deaths during the voyage reflected the dangers of the system.

Bhambatha's fighters ambush a colonial police column

📅 4 April 1906

Bhambatha kaMancinza led armed resistance to the Natal poll tax and colonial rule. His fighters attacked a police column near Mpanza, intensifying the rebellion.