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Mauritius is a melting pot of multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-religious peoples. Mauritian is made up of blended groups of people who come mainly from South Asian (notably Indian ), African ( Mozambique, Madagascar and Zanzibar ), European (White/European Mauritians), and Chinese descent, as well as those of a mixed background from any ...
Like members of other communities on the island, some of the earliest Chinese in Mauritius arrived involuntarily, having been "shanghaied" from Sumatra in the 1740s to work in Mauritius in a scheme hatched by the French admiral Charles Hector, Comte d'Estaing; however, they soon went on strike to protest their kidnapping.
Mauritian Creoles are the people on the islands of Mauritius, Rodrigues, Agaléga and the Chagos Archipelago and in the wider overseas Mauritian diaspora who trace their roots to continental Africans who were brought to Mauritius under slavery from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century.
Indian diaspora in Mauritius (22 P) M. Mauritian people of Asian descent (7 C) Pages in category "Asian diaspora in Mauritius"
Mauritius's local sugar plantations, economically devastated by the emancipation of the slaves, were given a new lifeline with the establishment of the Immigration Depot. The high number of indentured labourers passing through the facility, to be transported to the various territories of the British Empire, proved to be an endless supply stream ...
Mauritius thus became the British colony's largest recipient of indentured migrants. [9] Indian indentured labourers were mostly brought from the Bhojpuri speaking regions of Bihar State and Uttar Pradesh State , with a large number of Tamils from Madras , Telugus from Hyderabad and Marathis from Bombay amongst them.
Mauritian nationals can renounce their nationality pending approval by the state. [12] Mauritians of origin may not be deprived of their nationality. [13] Naturalised persons may be denaturalised in Mauritius for committing crimes against the state or state security; for ordinary crimes; for disloyal acts or behaving as if one were a citizen of another country, such as voting in an election ...
Pages in category "Mauritian diaspora" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Mauritian Australians; S.