Indians in Fiji are mainly descendants of the 15,132 contract labourers who were brought to Fiji between 1903 and 1916. This represents about 25% out of...
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player Indian indenture system Arya Samaj in Fiji Fiji Hindi Fijian Indian diaspora South Indians in Fiji Gujaratis in Fiji Hinduism in Fiji Hindustani...
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laborers to work in the sugarcane plantations of Fiji owned by British colonial officials. By 1919, about 60,000 Indians had been brought to Fiji, with job advertisements...
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Indo-Fijians now live in. First-generation Indians in Fiji, who used the language as a lingua franca in Fiji, referred to it as Fiji Baat, "Fiji talk"...
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Girmit: Indian Indentured Experience in Fiji, Fiji Museum, Suva, 2004 A. Ali, Plantation to Politics: Studies on Fiji Indians, University of South Pacific...
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from South India. By this time Fiji Hindi was well established as the lingua franca of Fiji Indians and the South Indian labourers had to learn it to communicate...
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voyage. In 1955 and 1956, three ships brought Indian labourers from Fiji to Sydney, from where the labourers flew to Bombay. Indentured Indians wishing...
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of Fiji's Indian population, who are descendants of Indian indentured labourers brought to Fiji between 1879 and 1916, most of the Sikhs came to Fiji as...
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Fiji (/ˈfiːdʒi/ FEE-jee, /fiːˈdʒiː/ fee-JEE; Fijian: Viti, [ˈβitʃi]; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, Fijī), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in...
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This is a synopsis of organisations formed by Indians in Fiji. When they became free from the bondage of indenture and were able to organise themselves...
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over the Indians in Fiji gradually waned as other organisations representing Indians were established but it remained the dominant force in politics until...
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originating from Fiji, include: Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 2day FM - 3G 1953 Suva earthquake 1963 South Pacific Games...
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The culture of Fiji is a tapestry of native Fijian, Indian, European, Chinese and other nationalities. Culture polity traditions, language, food costume...
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Overseas Indians (ISO: Pravāsī Bhāratīya), officially Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and People of Indian Origin (PIOs) are Indians who reside or originate...
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of Fiji are known through censuses, usually conducted in ten-year intervals, and has been analysed by statistical bureaus since the 1880s. The Fijian Bureau...
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Girmitiyas (redirect from Indentured Indians)
indentured labourers from British India transported to work on plantations in Fiji, South Africa, Eastern Africa (namely Mauritius, Seychelles, Réunion, Tanganyika...
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The largest number of Indians living in New Zealand are from Fiji. The fifth largest language in New Zealand is Hindi, shown in the 2018 census. According...
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that Fijians identified with were Indian/Indo-Fijian and Indigenous Fijian origins. Fijians were also the fifth largest Pacific ethnic group living in New...
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diaspora in the Caribbean, Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Réunion, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Fiji, as well as the growth of Indo-Caribbean...
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lists of Indian immigrants. Indians faced discrimination to varying degrees in all parts of South Africa. Indians faced repressive legislation in Natal....
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Constitution of Fiji is the supreme law of Fiji. There have been four Constitutions since the first was adopted in 1970. The first constitution, adopted in 1970...
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Australians live in New South Wales (Sydney), Queensland (Brisbane) and Victoria (Melbourne). Australia is home to the largest Fijian population in the world...
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importation of large numbers of people from South Asia, most of them indentured, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Fiji has many public holidays as it acknowledges...
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Suva (redirect from Suva, Fiji)
Suva (Fijian pronunciation: [ˈsuβa]; Fiji Hindi: सुवा) is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area...
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(and the Fiji Muslim League) contested with the Indian Reform League (mainly supported by Indian Christians) for the right to represent Indians. The Sabha...
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became part and parcel of local populations in Réunion, Mauritius, South Africa, Guyana, and Fiji. Where as Indian Tamils and Tamil Malaysians of Malaysia...
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mutual stereotypes between both Fijians and Indians in Fiji. A Massey University study finds that the ethnic minority of Indian descent are stereotyped, but...
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Roy Krishna (redirect from Fijian Messi)
August 1987) is a Fijian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Indian Super League club Odisha and captains the Fiji national team. He is...
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Indians in Bangladesh are the citizens of India living in Bangladesh. Citing the results of a survey, a column in The Financial Express reported that...
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