The Indian Labourers Who Crossed an Ocean to Mauritius
In September 1834, thirty-six people pressed their thumbs to a Bengali contract in Calcutta and sailed for a sugar estate...
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The Indian Labourers Who Crossed an Ocean to Mauritius
In September 1834, thirty-six people pressed their thumbs to a Bengali contract in Calcutta and sailed for a sugar estate...
The Ship That Took India’s First Girmit Workers to Fiji
In 1879 the sailing ship Leonidas left Calcutta with 498 people bound for Fiji. Their emigration passes are numbered 1...
The Ship That Brought India’s Workers to Trinidad in 1845
On 30 May 1845 a teak ship from Calcutta anchored off Port of Spain. A clerk in Trinidad numbered its...
Why India Put Six Numbers After Every Address
India had two Bilaspurs, two Kotas and letters addressed in a dozen scripts. On 15 August 1972 the post office...
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