Born: Unknown, South Africa (assumed)
Died: Unknown
Country most active: South Africa
Also known as: NA
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Mrs. N. Pillay (Parenithama), mother-in-law of Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo, was part of the first group of Transvaal women who went to Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) during the third phase of the Satyagraha in 1913.
She informed Indian workers in the mines and railways about the injustice of the three pound poll tax, and persuaded them to suspend work.
The strikers were arrested in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal on 21 October 1913, and sentenced to three months with hard labour under the Vagrancy Act. They were held in Pietermaritzburg prison.
Mrs. Pillay was the oldest of the women satyagrahis.