The Making of a Social Reformer
[ Gandhi In South Africa, 1893-1914 ]


Appendix 1: Organizations

A. HINDU
  • Anavil Mandal, Johannesburg (Nyati and Hindu)
  • Aryan Literary Association, Pietermaritzburg (Hindus only?)
  • Bhavik Vishnuites
  • Colonial Born Hindu Benefit Society, Port Elizabeth
  • Darjee Dharmsala, Johannesburg (Nyati and Hindu)
  • Delagoa Bay Luwanas
  • Delagoa Bay Hindu Mahajan Mandal
  • Depot Road Shri Thakurdwara & Dharmsala
  • Gnanvardak Sabha, Stanger
  • Gujarati Hindu Society, Johannesburg
  • Hindu Dharma Sabha, East London
  • Hindu Sabha, Malvern, Durban
  • Hindu Tamil Institution, Durban, f. 1914
  • Hindu Progressive Society, Umgeni, Durban
  • Hindu Satyasang (Satsang) Dharma Sabha, Port Elizabeth
  • Hindu Samshaan Fund, Durban
  • Hindu Sudhar Sabha, f. 1905
  • Hindu Tamil Institute
  • Hindu Thirukatam Association, Ladysmith, f. 1910
  • Hindu Young Men's Society, Sydenham
  • Hindu Young Men's Association, Pietermaritzburg
  • Hindu Yuvak Samaj, Germiston
  • Hindu United Association, Cape Town
  • Hindu United Association, Johannesburg
  • Kathiawad Arya Samaj, Durban
  • Madras Indian Association (Hindu?)
  • Maharastrian Sabha, Pietermaritzburg
  • Malvern Hindu Sabha
  • Mauritian and Colonial-born Hindu Benefit Society, Port Elizabeth
  • Mayavant Association (Hindu?)
  • Nadiad Hindu Anathashram
  • Natal Brahman Mandal
  • Sanathan Dharma Sabha
  • Sanatahn Dharm Soodhur Sabha, Ladysmith, f. 1908
  • Sanathan Brahman Sabha, Durban
  • Sathyajana Sabha Tamil School, f. 1897, Durban
  • Shri Hindi Jigyasa Sabha, Durban (branches in Mayville and Sydenham)
  • Shri Sithivinayaga Saiva Samaya Bhakti Bhajane, f. 1905, Pietermaritzburg
  • Shri Vishnu Hindu Temple
  • Sva Gnana Pregasa Sabha, f. 1912, Port Elizabeth
  • Surat Hindu Association, Durban
  • Tamil Benefit Society, Johannesburg
  • Tamil Hindu Samsara Bodha Association, f. 1912
  • Tamil Mahajan Sabha
  • Tavdikar Bhajan Mandal, Durban
  • Thakurdwara Hindu Temple Committee
  • Trikootam Association, Ladysmith
  • Transvaal Anavil Samaj
  • Umgeni Hindu Progressive Society
  • United Hindu Association, Cape Town
  • United Hindu Association, Johannesburg
  • United Patidar Association, Johannesburg
  • Vannik Kstriya Association, Pietermaritzburg (Nyati and Hindu)
  • Ved Dharma Sabha, Johannesburg
  • Ved Dharma Sabha, Pietermaritzburg
  • Ved Dharma Sabha, Port Elizabeth
  • Ved Dharma Sabha, New Guelderland
  • Ved Dharma Sabha, Verulam
  • Verulam Gopalal Mandir
  • Young Men's Vedic Society, Durban, f. 1912
B. NYATI/SECTIONAL
  • Anavil Mandal, Johannesburg (Nyati and Hindu)
  • Aryan Literary Association
  • Aryan Youth Progressive Association, f. 1910, Pietermaritzburg
  • Darjee Dharmsala, Johannesburg (Nyati and Hindu)
  • Delagoa Bay Luwanas
  • Durban's Darjees
  • Gujarati Hindu Society, Johannesburg
  • Gujarati Indian Association
  • Kathiawad Arya Samaj, Durban
  • Madras Indian Association (Hindu?)
  • Matya and Lewa Kunbis
  • Natal Luwana Niti Dharshak Sabha
  • Natal Anavil Sabha, f. 1906
  • Newcastle Tamil Association, f. 1910
  • Surat Hindu Association, Durban
  • Tamil Agam, f. 1917
  • Tamil Protection Association, Pietermaritzburg, f. 1916
  • Transvaal Anavil Samaj
  • United Patidar Association, Johannesburg
  • Vaniakular Kstariya Soceity, f. 1910, Pietermaritzburg
  • Vannik Kstriya Association, Pietermaritzburg (Nyati and Hindu)
C. MUSLIM
  • Alipor Masjid
  • Anjuman Esha-Etul, Depot Road, Durban
  • Anjuman Fejeh, f. 1895, Johannesburg
  • Anjuman Islam, Durban
  • Anjuman Islam, f. 1910, Somerset Strand,
  • Anjuman Kuvtul Islam, Durban
  • Anjuman Kuvtul Islam Dadar, Durban
  • Anjuman Hedayatul Islam
  • Bodana Masjid
  • British Indian Mahomedan Association, Mafeking
  • Dayadara Anjuman Madressa
  • Diamond Fields Janjira Anjuman Society
  • Dhabel Anjuman Islam
  • Dhabel Madressa
  • Diwa, Kosamdi, and Datal Islamia, Durban
  • Diwa and Kosamdi Madressa, Durban
  • Grey Street Madressa, Durban
  • Habibia Muslim Society
  • Hamdard Society
  • Hamidia Islamic Society, Johannesburg
  • Kanamia Anjuman Islam
  • Kathor Anjuman Madressa
  • Kathor Madressa Anjuam Islam
  • Kathor Mehfil Ronkul Islam
  • Kathor Mehfil Zintol Islam
  • Kholvad Jamat
  • Kholvad Mehfil Saiful Islam
  • Kokney Muslim League
  • Ladysmith Islamic Society
  • Madressa Sokatul Islam Panoli, Durban
  • Mafile Osmania Cricket Club
  • Mahomedan Club, Marburg
  • Mahomedan Debating Society, Dundee
  • Mahomedan Mastik Society, Durban
  • Mahomedan Theatrical Group
  • Mehafil Eslam Mota-Varachha, Pietermaritzburg, f. 1905
  • Mehfil Islam, Estcourt
  • Mehfil Islam, f. 1912, Stanger
  • Mehfil Kuvtul Islam (for Dhalvasi residents in India)
  • Muslim Labour Association
  • Mota-Varaccha Society, f. 1905, Pietermaritzburg
  • Natal Memon Community
  • Newtown Hamidia Surtee Masjid
  • Ottoman Cricket Club, Durban (Muslim?)
  • Panoli Anjuman Islam
  • Panoli Anjuman Payra (Pairao)
  • Panoli Shoktul (Savkutuaal) Islam, Durban
  • Pinetown Mahomedan Society
  • Point Indian Young Men's Society, Durban
  • Point Mahomedan Society, Durban
  • Ranvav Anjuman Islam
  • Ranvav Ichtul Islam
  • Ranvav Ikwa-Tul Islam
  • Shoktul Islam, Durban
  • South African Janjira Anjuman
  • South African Moslem League
  • South African Moslem Association
  • Stanger Mehfil Islam
  • Tidul Islam Kosamdi Madressa
  • Young Muslim Society, Durban
  • Young Muslim Association, Pretoria
D. SECULAR
  • Aryan Literary Association, Pietermaritzburg (Hindus only?)
  • Awakened Indian Society, Cape Town
  • British India League, Cape Town
  • British Indian Association, Johannesburg
  • British Indian Union, Cape Town
  • Cape British Indian Association
  • Colonial Born Indian Association, Natal
  • Colonial Born Hindu Benefit Society, Port Elizabeth
  • Durban Indian Society
  • Durban Indian Association
  • Durban Indian Library
  • Durban Indian Women's Association
  • Durban Fruiterers Association
  • Indian Young Men's National Union, Kimberley
  • Indian Political Association, Kimberley
  • Indian Chamber of Commerce, Durban
  • Ladysmith Farmers Association
  • Madras Indian Association (secular?)
  • Natal Indian Congress
  • Natal Indian Association
  • Newcastle Indian Organization
  • Ottoman Cricket Club, Durban (secular?)
  • Rustenberg United Assembly
  • South African Indian Association, Cape Town
  • St. Aidan's Literary and Debating Society, Durban

Sources: Mainly from Indian Opinion and African Chronicle