About 3,000 Indian and Chinese residents met at the Empire Theatre and pledged to defy compulsory registration. The meeting marked the beginning of organized satyagraha in South Africa.
A mass meeting of Indians in Johannesburg pledged resistance to proposed discriminatory registration requirements. Collective refusal became a foundation of satyagraha. The campaign targeted state...
Protesters burned registration certificates at a mass meeting in Johannesburg. Public destruction of documents challenged the state’s authority to impose discriminatory identification. The action made...
