Uniindia: New Delhi/Suva, May 15 (UNI) India conveyed its warm greetings to Fiji on the special occasion of Girmit Day – to commemorate the day when the first batch of Indian indentured labourers arrived via ship to Fiji on May 14, 1879, under then British colonial rule.
FijiFirst leader Voreqe Bainimarama expressed his thanks to supporters who travelled from afar to be part of the party’s family meet at the Girmit Centre in Lautoka last Saturday..
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says the social and economic contributions of the girmitiyas to Fiji are immeasurable, yet the acknowledgement is long overdue. .