Nobel Laureate
V.S. Naipaul
Nobel Prize in Literature (2001). Of Indo-Trinidadian descent.
Trinidad
(Caribbean)
Ship Fatel Razack, 30 May 1845, birthplace of Indian Arrival Day, now a national public holiday.
Trinidad received 143,939 Indian indentured labourers between 1845 and 1916. The Fatel Razack brought the first workers in 1845. Indo-Trinidadian culture deeply influences the island's cuisine, music, and politics today.
Major Historical Events
1845
30 May, Fatel Razack arrived in Port of Spain with 217 Indians aboard.
1886
Workers sang verses from the Ramayana in the fields each evening, culture endured.
1916
Indenture abolished. A total of 143,939 Girmitiyas reached Trinidad.
1995
Basdeo Panday became the first Indo-Trinidadian Prime Minister.
Ship Fatel Razack, 30 May 1845, birthplace of Indian Arrival Day, now a national public holiday.
Trinidad received 143,939 Indian indentured labourers between 1845 and 1916. The Fatel Razack brought the first workers in 1845. Indo-Trinidadian culture deeply influences the island's cuisine, music, and politics today.
Major Historical Events
1845
30 May, Fatel Razack arrived in Port of Spain with 217 Indians aboard.
1886
Workers sang verses from the Ramayana in the fields each evening, culture endured.
1916
Indenture abolished. A total of 143,939 Girmitiyas reached Trinidad.
1995
Basdeo Panday became the first Indo-Trinidadian Prime Minister.
1845 to 1916
Period
143,939
Total Arrivals
Caribbean
Region
Key Girmitiya Figures