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      • The Girmitiyas – We Shall Not Forget
      • Historic Girmit Day Marked With Tears
      • The Stolen History Of Indo Fijian Girmitiya
      • Sweet Sorrow – The Story of Fiji Girmit
      • What Australian CSR Company Stole from Indo-Fijians In the Cane Fields of Fiji
    • Dr Satish Rai
      • Milaap – A Personal Discovery
      • Girmit Focus Articles
      • Hindustaan Times Article – 09 Feb 2016
    • Dr Brij Lal
      • Chalo Jahaji – on a journey through indenture in Fiji
      • Chalo Jahaji – PDF download from ANU
    • Dr Kamlesh Sharma
    • Girmit – The Indenture Experience in Fiji
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    • Quote from Tears in Paradise by Mr Rajendra Prasad
    • Kunti’s Cry (An excerpt from “Chalo Jahaji – By Dr Brij Lal)
    • Interview – The National Library of Australia
    • Share, Treasure and Respect
    • Why GIRMIT.org
    • Indentured Labourers: Women
    • Discussing the Living Conditions of the Indians Emigrants (1879 – 1916)
    • An Indentured Labourer’s Story
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    • The Wreck of Syria (Fiji Times, 12 May 1979)
  • Girmitiya Stories
    • Fiji Times Article – 12 May 1979
    • Abdul Aziz
    • Bhagelu
    • Bhujawan
    • Chinsan
    • Debi Singh
    • Devi Singh
    • Din Mohammed
    • Gafur
    • Gayadin
    • Govind Singh
    • Hussein
    • Jagan
    • Kanan
    • Lakhpat
    • Lotan
    • Mahabir
    • Mahadeo
    • Mangaia
    • Pahalad
    • Pancham
    • Rahim Buksh
    • Ramraj Maharaj
    • Samjhawan
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    • Thakur Ranjit Singh
      • The Legacy of Rajasthani Girmitiya- Thakur Bansi Chauhan
      • Fiji’s Indentured “Slavery” marked 130 years
      • The Forgotten Girmitiyas
      • The Girmitiyas – We Shall Not Forget
      • Historic Girmit Day Marked With Tears
      • The Stolen History Of Indo Fijian Girmitiya
      • Sweet Sorrow – The Story of Fiji Girmit
      • What Australian CSR Company Stole from Indo-Fijians In the Cane Fields of Fiji
    • Dr Satish Rai
      • Milaap – A Personal Discovery
      • Girmit Focus Articles
      • Hindustaan Times Article – 09 Feb 2016
    • Dr Brij Lal
      • Chalo Jahaji – on a journey through indenture in Fiji
      • Chalo Jahaji – PDF download from ANU
    • Dr Kamlesh Sharma
    • Girmit – The Indenture Experience in Fiji
  • Authors Blogs
    • Quote from Tears in Paradise by Mr Rajendra Prasad
    • Kunti’s Cry (An excerpt from “Chalo Jahaji – By Dr Brij Lal)
    • Interview – The National Library of Australia
    • Share, Treasure and Respect
    • Why GIRMIT.org
    • Indentured Labourers: Women
    • Discussing the Living Conditions of the Indians Emigrants (1879 – 1916)
    • An Indentured Labourer’s Story
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Girmit Database Search Expanded

Authors BlogsBy Vanita KumarSeptember 7, 2026Leave a comment

I am pleased to share an important update to Girmit.org for those researching their Girmitiya ancestry. Previously, Girmit.org provided an online index covering names from A–M. The database has now been significantly expanded, and the full range of eligible records that we have been able to decipher and index is now available to search online.…

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  • Girmit Database Search Expanded September 7, 2026
  • Register of deaths of Indian Immigrants 1879 – 1927 June 18, 2022
  • Girmitiyas – A Sad Tale (Video Credit NeoBihar) May 15, 2021
  • Quote from Tears in Paradise by Mr Rajendra Prasad April 12, 2021
  • Kunti’s Cry (An excerpt from “Chalo Jahaji – By Dr Brij Lal) April 7, 2021
  • The Story of Kunti & Naraini February 1, 2021
  • An Indentured Labourer’s Story January 18, 2021
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GIRMIT HISTORY

The Indian indenture system was a system of indentured servitude, by which 2 million Indians were transported to labour in European colonies, as a substitute for slave labour, following the abolition of the trade in the early 19th century. The system expanded after the abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833, in the French colonies in 1848, and in the Dutch Empire in 1863. Indian indentureship lasted till the 1920s. This resulted in the development of a large Indian diaspora in the Caribbean, Natal (South Africa), Réunion, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Myanmar, to Fiji, as well as the growth of Indo-Caribbean, Indo-African, Indo-Fijian, Indo-Malaysian, and Indo-Singaporean populations.

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  • Home
  • Search Girmitiya Records
  • About
  • History
    • BBC Documentary: Coolies
    • List of Ships to Fiji
    • Districts Supplying Over 1% of Fiji’s North Indian Emigrants
    • The Wreck of Syria (Fiji Times, 12 May 1979)
  • Girmitiya Stories
    • Fiji Times Article – 12 May 1979
    • Abdul Aziz
    • Bhagelu
    • Bhujawan
    • Chinsan
    • Debi Singh
    • Devi Singh
    • Din Mohammed
    • Gafur
    • Gayadin
    • Govind Singh
    • Hussein
    • Jagan
    • Kanan
    • Lakhpat
    • Lotan
    • Mahabir
    • Mahadeo
    • Mangaia
    • Pahalad
    • Pancham
    • Rahim Buksh
    • Ramraj Maharaj
    • Samjhawan
  • Articles
    • Thakur Ranjit Singh
      • The Legacy of Rajasthani Girmitiya- Thakur Bansi Chauhan
      • Fiji’s Indentured “Slavery” marked 130 years
      • The Forgotten Girmitiyas
      • The Girmitiyas – We Shall Not Forget
      • Historic Girmit Day Marked With Tears
      • The Stolen History Of Indo Fijian Girmitiya
      • Sweet Sorrow – The Story of Fiji Girmit
      • What Australian CSR Company Stole from Indo-Fijians In the Cane Fields of Fiji
    • Dr Satish Rai
      • Milaap – A Personal Discovery
      • Girmit Focus Articles
      • Hindustaan Times Article – 09 Feb 2016
    • Dr Brij Lal
      • Chalo Jahaji – on a journey through indenture in Fiji
      • Chalo Jahaji – PDF download from ANU
    • Dr Kamlesh Sharma
    • Girmit – The Indenture Experience in Fiji
  • Authors Blogs
    • Quote from Tears in Paradise by Mr Rajendra Prasad
    • Kunti’s Cry (An excerpt from “Chalo Jahaji – By Dr Brij Lal)
    • Interview – The National Library of Australia
    • Share, Treasure and Respect
    • Why GIRMIT.org
    • Indentured Labourers: Women
    • Discussing the Living Conditions of the Indians Emigrants (1879 – 1916)
    • An Indentured Labourer’s Story
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