![]() ![]() He urged Indians to boycott the new law and to suffer the retribution for doing so. At the same time, Gandhi started 'Satyagraha,' a non-violent protest in South Africa. Unregistered persons and restricted immigrants could be deported without a right of appeal or fined on the spot if they failed to comply with Act. ![]() A new act was promulgated by Transvaal govt in 1906 as per this Act, every male Asian had to register himself and produce on-demand a thumb-printed certificate of identity.He helped found the Natal Indian Congress in 1894, and through this organization, he molded the Indian community of South Africa into a unified political force.He asked Joseph Chamberlain, the British Colonial Secretary, to reconsider his position on this bill. ![]()
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