Dramas tell the stories of Indentured labourers

Dramas tell the stories of Indentured labourers

Girmitiyas were Indian indentured labourers who migrated under contract to British colonies. This included over 60,500 sent to Fiji between 1879 and 1916 to work on plantations. According to history Girmitiyas were Indian indentured labourers who left India in the mid to late 19th Century to work in British colonies, where many eventually settled. The term “Girmit” is a mispronunciation of “agreement,” referring to the contract under which they …