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Common labels such as Fijian Indian, as Fiji-Indian and Indo-Fijian have been used inter-changeably. These labels have proved culturally and politically controversial, and finding a single label of identification for those with South Asian ancestry in Fiji has fuelled a debate that has continued for many decades.
Although South Indians were used to working overseas, most found it difficult to adjust to the Fiji Indian society already established in Fiji. Language was a major problem as they had to learn Hindustani, the language of the plantation. During indenture, there was a high suicide rate amongst South Indians.
There are sizeable Fiji Indian populations in New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. In addition there are also Fiji Indians in other South Pacific Islands. Note: Articles on Indo-Fijians (Fiji Indians) who have remained in Fiji and their life in Fiji are listed at Category:Indian diaspora in Fiji .
These Nepali Girmityas came together with the Indian labourers from India under the indentured labour system. [2] The Nepalis settled first in Suva, the capital of Fiji, and then moved around the island to Navua, another large town, and eventually to Kavanagasau, now home of the largest Nepalese community in the islands.
A.D. Patel and S.B. Patel arrived in Fiji in the late 1920s, and both played a key role in Fiji-Indian politics, but while A.D. Patel was thrust into the leadership of various organisations, S.B. Patel usually worked in the background. Gujaratis have taken a leading role in the areas of law, medicine and commerce in Fiji. As Gujaratis are ...
Category: Indian diaspora in Fiji. 3 languages. ... Fiji Indian organisations (1 C, 26 P) Fijian people of Nepalese descent (1 P) I. Indian indenture ships to Fiji (43 P)
Girmitiyas : the origins of the Fiji Indians. Lautoka, Fiji: Fiji Institute of Applied Studies. ISBN 978-0-8248-2265-1. Gaiutra Bahadur (2014). Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture. The University of Chicago. ISBN 978-0-226-21138-1; Carter, Marina; Torabully, Khal (2002). Coolitude : an anthology of the Indian labour diaspora. London: Anthem.
On 9 December 1934, the Indian Association was reformed, this time as a successor to the controversial Fiji Indian National Congress (formed in 1929), to safeguard and further the political rights of the Indian community in Fiji. [3] Its president was A. D. Patel and Vishnu Deo was its secretary. [4]