The Natal Indian Congress was an organization that aimed to fight discrimination against Indians in South Africa. The Natal Indian Congress was started by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, later known as the Mahatma. A constitution was put in place on 22 August 1894.

During its formative years, the NIC introduced many early petitions

Natal Indian Congress Early Petitions

The National Indian Congress submitted petitions and organized protests against legislation introduced that was discriminatory. Many of the earliest petitions are readily available as they were authored when Gandhi was the secretary of the organization and all of his works are available in The...

 for changes to proposed discrimatory legislations.

It later allied itself with the African National Congress

African National Congress

The African National Congress is South Africa's governing Africanist political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party , since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994. It defines itself as a...

.