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The history of Guyana begins about 35,000 years ago with the arrival of humans coming from Eurasia. These migrants became the Carib and Arawak tribes, who met Alonso de Ojeda's first expedition from Spain in 1499 at the Essequibo River .
Guyana is the only mainland South American nation in which English is the official language. However, the majority of the population speak Guyanese Creole, an English-based creole language, as a first language. Guyana is part of the Commonwealth Caribbean.
Indo-Guyanese or Guyanese Indians, are Guyanese nationals of Indian origin who trace their ancestry to India and the wider subcontinent.They are the descendants of indentured servants and settlers who migrated from India beginning in 1838, and continuing during the British Raj.
Guyana is the only mainland South American nation in which English is the official language. However, the majority of the population speak Guyanese Creole, an English-based creole language, as a first language. Guyana is part of the Commonwealth Caribbean.
Guyana history-related lists (6 P) B. British Guiana (8 C, 13 P) D. Dutch colonisation of the Guianas (5 C, 14 P) E. Historical events in Guyana (9 C) F.
International History Review 22.3 (2000): 583-610. online; Green, William A. “Caribbean Historiography, 1600-1900: The Recent Tide.” Journal of Interdisciplinary History 7#3 1977, pp. 509–530. online. Khanam, Bibi H., and Raymond S. Chickrie. "170th anniversary of the arrival of the first hindustani muslims from India to British Guiana."
The descendants of a 19th-century Scottish sugar and coffee planter who owned thousands of slaves in Guyana apologized Friday for the sins of their ancestor, calling slavery a crime against ...
When Guyana became a republic under the leadership of Forbes Burnham in 1970, the Guyanese National Assembly elected Chung President, making him the first President of Guyana; he took office on 17 March 1970. In addition, the powers of President Arthur Chung was the Commander-in-Chief of Guyana's Armed Forces and chancellor of the Orders of Guyana.