Bolton Hall in Prince Edward Street, Durban

Bolton Hall was used by trade unions for their meetings. On 25 June 1971, the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) was revived at a meeting held at Bolton Hall. The NIC became an effective organisation to raise political consciousness in the Indian community. It was a body originally founded in 1894 by Mahatma Gandhi and a key part of the Congress Alliance through the national body, the South African Indian Congress in the 1950s under the leadership of Dr. Monty Naicker. The NIC had become dormant in the mid 1960s when its leadership was banned and some members went into exile.