As other countries used the term indentured laborers - Fiji used Girmit.
Girmit (Jahajis) means agreement
An agreement in which 60,000 Indians took part of beginning in 1879 and ending in 1916. The first ship that brought Girmitiyas over from India was called Leonidas carrying 473 individuals. In total there would be 87 voyages (42 ships) between India and Fiji.
According to Cambridge University 24,000 people returned back to their homeland after their contract was over with.
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