Indians in South Africa

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Indians in South Africa are a diverse community descended largely from 19th- and early 20th-century indentured laborers and traders from the Indian subcontinent, who have played a significant cultural, economic, and political role in South African society.

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Generate an image of Indians in South Africa (Indians in South Africa are a diverse community descended largely from 19th- and early 20th-century indentured laborers and traders from the Indian subcontinent, who have played a significant cultural, economic, and political role in South African society.)

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Statements (106)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South African population group ⓘ
diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic community ⓘ
ancestralOrigin British India ⓘ
present-day Bangladesh ⓘ
present-day India ⓘ
present-day Pakistan ⓘ
associatedOrganization Natal Indian Congress ⓘ
South African Indian Congress ⓘ
Transvaal Indian Congress ⓘ
associatedReligionBody Jamiatul Ulama South Africa ⓘ
Muslim Judicial Council ⓘ
South African Hindu Maha Sabha ⓘ
censusCategory Indian or Asian ⓘ
citizenshipStatus mostly South African citizens ⓘ
colonialPowerAtFirstArrival British Empire ⓘ
contemporaryEconomicRole academics ⓘ
business owners ⓘ
civil servants ⓘ
professionals ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
culturalInfluence Durban curry ⓘ
South African business ⓘ
South African cuisine ⓘ
South African music ⓘ
South African politics ⓘ
South African theatre ⓘ
bunny chow ⓘ
demographicStatus minority group in South Africa ⓘ
diasporaRelation Indian diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Asian diaspora

South African diaspora ⓘ
linked to: African diaspora
firstLargeScaleArrival 1860 ⓘ
heritageLanguage Bhojpuri ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
Marathi ⓘ
linked to: Marathi language

Tamil ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
historicalEconomicRole artisans ⓘ
market gardeners ⓘ
small traders ⓘ
sugar plantation labourers ⓘ
historicalEvent abolition of indenture in early 20th century ⓘ
indentured labour system in Natal ⓘ
resistance to apartheid ⓘ
historicalMigrationType indentured labour ⓘ
passenger traders ⓘ
identity Indian South African ⓘ
South African Indian ⓘ
language Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
South African English ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
largestReligion Hinduism ⓘ
legalStatusPost1994 equal citizens ⓘ
majorAncestralRegion Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
majorSettlementArea Chatsworth ⓘ
Lenasia ⓘ
Phoenix ⓘ
Reservoir Hills ⓘ
Tongaat ⓘ
Verulam ⓘ
majorSettlementCity Cape Town ⓘ
Durban ⓘ
Johannesburg ⓘ
Pietermaritzburg ⓘ
notableCulturalFigure Anant Singh ⓘ
Krijay Govender ⓘ
linked to: Ronnie Govender

Mariam Bibi ⓘ
Ronnie Govender ⓘ
notablePoliticalFigure Ahmed Kathrada ⓘ
Fatima Meer ⓘ
Kader Asmal ⓘ
Mac Maharaj ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Monty Naicker ⓘ
Pravin Gordhan ⓘ
Yusuf Dadoo ⓘ
notableSportsFigure Ashwell Prince ⓘ
Hashim Amla ⓘ
Imran Tahir ⓘ
politicalInvolvement anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
populationGroupClassificationApartheid Indian ⓘ
primaryAncestralOrigin Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
primaryDestinationProvince KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ
primaryDestinationRegion Natal ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
Sikhism ⓘ
significantReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
subjectTo Group Areas Act ⓘ
apartheid laws ⓘ
pass laws ⓘ

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Indian Opinion → namedAfterEthnicGroup → Indians in South Africa ⓘ
subject linked to: Indian Opinion (newspaper)
Indo-Caribbean people → relatedGroup → Indo-South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Indians in South Africa → identity → South African Indian ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Indians in South Africa → identity → Indian South African ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Natal → hasEthnicGroup → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Group Areas Act → discriminatedAgainst → Indian people in South Africa ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Transvaal Indian Congress → ethnicConstituency → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
1946 Passive Resistance Campaign → ethnicFocus → South African Indians ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
South African Indian Congress → representedGroup → South Africans of Indian origin ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
M. D. Naidoo → ethnicGroup → Indian South African ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
South African → ethnicGroup → Indian South African ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Lenasia → ethnicCommunity → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Ahmed Kathrada → ethnicGroup → Indian South African ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Fatima Meer → ethnicGroup → Indian South African ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Fatima Meer → notableWork → Portrait of Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Ronnie Govender → ethnicGroup → South African Indian community ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Chatsworth → majorEthnicCommunity → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
South African Hindu Maha Sabha → ethnicGroupServed → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Reservoir Hills → demographicGroup → South Africans of Indian descent ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal → hasSignificantPopulation → Indian South Africans ⓘ
subject linked to: Phoenix
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Monty Naicker → ethnicGroup → Indian South African ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Indian diaspora → hasSubgroup → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Natal Province → hasSignificantEthnicGroup → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Tamil culture → hasDiasporaCommunity → South African Tamils ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Separate Amenities Act → discriminatedAgainst → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
District Six residents in Cape Town → ethnicComposition → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Immorality Act → disproportionatelyTargeted → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
South African general election, 1987 → excludedVoters → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
apartheid government of South Africa → disenfranchised → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Black Consciousness Movement → targetGroup → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Natal, South Africa → ethnicGroups → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Yusuf Dadoo → ethnicGroup → Indian South African ⓘ
subject linked to: Dadoo
linked to: Indians in South Africa
South African Indian Congress → represented → South Africans of Indian origin ⓘ
subject linked to: SAIC
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Dr G. M. Naicker → ethnicGroup → Indian South African ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Indian population (House of Delegates) → relatedTo → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
House of Delegates of South Africa → ethnicConstituency → South African Indians ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Tricameral Parliament of South Africa → representedGroup → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Johannesburg Indian High School → ethnicFocus → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Race and Suicide in South Africa → focusesOn → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Cato Manor → demographicGroup → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Hashim Amla → ethnicGroup → South African Indian ⓘ
subject linked to: Amla
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Indian Market → hasCulturalAssociation → Indian community in Durban ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Greater Durban area → hasEthnicGroup → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
East Coast of South Africa → hasCulturalGroup → Indian South Africans ⓘ
subject linked to: East Coast
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Tolstoy Farm → associatedWith → South African Indian community ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
1960 South African republic referendum → excludedGroup → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Natal region → hasEthnicGroup → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
Act No. 49 of 1953 → targetGroup → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa
District Six → ethnicGroups → Indian South Africans ⓘ
linked to: Indians in South Africa