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Indian Heritage Foundation to mark 160th anniversary
INDIAN HERITAGE Foundation’s president Junior Bacchus (right) along with other members of the foundation doing a re-eneactment of Indian Arrival Day at the Indian Bay Beach Social Share THE SVG Indian Heritage Foundation will commemorate the 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indians to St Vincent (1861-1880) today, June 1.
The first ship, the TRAVANCORE, departed India with persons who made the journey to a country unknown, but which was to become their home. Between 1861 and 1880 eight (8) ships brought 2,474 Indians to SVG to work and live on 23 estates. Just over half of these Indians remained in SVG, while about 1,100 returned to India, a release from the Foundation’s president Junior Bacchus, stated.
The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indians to St Vincent and the Grenadines is being commemorated, which is observed as Indian Arrival Day, The SVG