Times of India.png Shirish Nanabhai, Indian-origin South African freedom fighter, dies The Times of India, Mumbai, from Johannesburg, 5 April 2016 Indian-origin South African freedom fighter Shirish Nanabhai passed away last week on Saturday. He was cremated here on Monday. Nanabhai, 78, was lauded by leading political figures at a memorial service before his cremation. Nanabhai, who was one of the first South Africans to volunteer for the ANC armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe to fight against apartheid, was honoured with the National Order of Mendi for Bravery in 2014 by President Jacob Zuma. Born into a family steeped in struggle politics, Nanabhai's father Jasmath fought against British rule in India before migrating to South Africa in the early 19th century. First arrested for chalking a political symbol on a wall near his Fordsburg, Johanensburg home in 1955 aged 17, Shirish Nanabhai went on to become part of a trio of Indian activists who were jailed for sabotage activate against the apartheid government. He served ten years on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela and others as well as lengthy terms of house arrest after being released. From: <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/Shirish-Nanabhai-Indian-o rigin-South-African-freedom-fighter-dies/articleshow/51697034.cms> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/Shirish-Nanabhai-Indian-or igin-South-African-freedom-fighter-dies/articleshow/51697034.cms -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
