In the land of 'Sri Ram': Why Indian indentured labourers in Suriname refused to come back

The fact that two-third of the more than 34,000 Indian immigrants settled down in Suriname and gave up their free passage back to India is to some extent proof of the fact that life in Suriname was perhaps better than in British India.

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