Umar Hajee Ahmed Jhaveri was a
Memon Indian South African
Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and free migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The majority live in and around the city of Durban, making it one of the l ...
businessman. It was a court case concerning him that brought
Mahatma Gandhi to South Africa. Hajee Ahmed assisted Gandhi in setting up the
South African Indian Congress.
South African Muslims
South African people of Indian descent
Mahatma Gandhi
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
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