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In colonial days, Bihar supplied the "girmitiya", or indentured, labour force that built countries like Mauritius, Suriname and Fiji.
The Times of India 2010
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In colonial days, Bihar supplied the "girmitiya", or indentured, labour force that built countries like Mauritius, Suriname and Fiji.
The Times of India 2010
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In colonial days, Bihar supplied the "girmitiya", or indentured, labour force that built countries like Mauritius, Suriname and Fiji.
The Times of India 2010
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Because China is seeking to abolish the opium trade, which will lead to the first of the Opium Wars [3], upon refurbishing the Ibis is pressed into service to transport girmitiya, indentured laborers, to plantations on the island of Mauritius.
A Progressive on the Prairie » Book Review: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh » Print 2009
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Because China is seeking to abolish the opium trade, which will lead to the first of the Opium Wars, upon refurbishing the Ibis is pressed into service to transport girmitiya, indentured laborers, to plantations on the island of Mauritius.
Book Review: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009
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She will eventually end up on it as one of the girmitiya after her husband dies and a low-caste ox cart driver rescues her from being burned on her husband’s funeral pyre.
Book Review: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009
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She will eventually end up on it as one of the girmitiya after her husband dies and a low-caste ox cart driver rescues her from being burned on her husband’s funeral pyre.
A Progressive on the Prairie » Book Review: Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh » Print 2009
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