Author & Activist
Totaram Sanadhya
Author of My Twenty-One Years in the Fiji Islands (1914), exposing plantation abuses.
Fiji
(Pacific Ocean)
Ship Leonidas, 14 May 1879, 60,965 Girmitiya, the Pacific's largest indenture destination.
Between 1879 and 1916, 60,965 Indians were brought to Fiji under the indenture system. They called themselves 'Girmitiyas'. Today, Indo-Fijians form a vital part of the nation's cultural and economic fabric.
Major Historical Events
1879
Leonidas arrived at Levuka, the first organised indentured voyage to the Pacific.
1913
Totaram Sanadhya exposed indenture abuses, inspiring Gandhi's activism.
1916
Indenture abolished. A total of 60,965 Girmitiyas reached Fiji.
Today
Australia's National Library has digitised over 60,500 immigration passes.
Ship Leonidas, 14 May 1879, 60,965 Girmitiya, the Pacific's largest indenture destination.
Between 1879 and 1916, 60,965 Indians were brought to Fiji under the indenture system. They called themselves 'Girmitiyas'. Today, Indo-Fijians form a vital part of the nation's cultural and economic fabric.
Major Historical Events
1879
Leonidas arrived at Levuka, the first organised indentured voyage to the Pacific.
1913
Totaram Sanadhya exposed indenture abuses, inspiring Gandhi's activism.
1916
Indenture abolished. A total of 60,965 Girmitiyas reached Fiji.
Today
Australia's National Library has digitised over 60,500 immigration passes.
1879 to 1916
Period
60,965
Total Arrivals
Pacific Ocean
Region
Key Girmitiya Figures
Official Documents & Reports
Report on the Conditions of Indian Immigrants in Fiji
Authored by C.F. Andrews & W.W. Pearson