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Honour to Girmitiya Legacy
July 8 , 2025
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- India plans to make a database of Girmitiya descendants and their roots.
- Girmitiyas were Indian workers under British rule from the 1830s to the 1920s.
- They were sent to places like the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, and South Africa.
- In Trinidad and Tobago, many families came as indentured laborers.
- The new plan helps even sixth-generation Girmitiya descendants.
- India will give Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cards to them.
- OCI cards were started in 2005 under the Citizenship Act of 1955.
- The database will help check old family links to India.
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