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What percentage of Fijians are Indian?
37.5%
| Demographics of Fiji | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | noun Fijian(s), adj. Fijian |
| Major ethnic | 56.8% Itaukei (2007 est.) |
| Minor ethnic | 37.5% Indian, 1.2% Rotuman (2007 est.) |
What does girmit mean?
agreement
The word girmit represented an Indian pronunciation of the English-language word “agreement” – from the indenture “agreement” of the British Government with Indian labourers. The agreements specified the workers’ length of stay in foreign parts and the conditions attached to their return to the British Raj.
Where in India did indentured servants come from?
Most of these indentured labourers were drawn from the agricultural and laboring classes of the Uttar Pradesh and Bihar regions of north India, with a comparatively smaller number being recruited from Bengal and various areas in south India. Approximately 85% of the immigrants were Hindus, and 14% Muslims.
What race is someone from Fiji?
Although the indigenous Fijian people are usually classified as ethnically Melanesian, their social and political organization is closer to that of Polynesia, and there has been a high level of intermarriage between Fijians from the Lau group of islands of eastern Fiji and the neighbouring Polynesian islands of Tonga.
Where did Indian Fijians come from?
Although they hailed from various regions in the Indian subcontinent, the vast majority of Indo-Fijians trace their origins to the area of modern-day Bihar and South India.
Is Fiji a Hindu country?
Religiously, Fiji is a mixed society with most people being Christian (64.4% of the population), with a sizable Hindu (27.9%) and Muslim (6.3%) minority, according to the 2007 census. Today there are various Christian denominations in Fiji, the largest being the Methodist church.
Where did Indians from Fiji come from?
Indians were first introduced to Fiji in the 1880s, and between 1879 and 1916 over 60,000 indentured labourers came from various parts of India to work in the cane plantations. Many other Pacific islanders came at the same time, but most returned.
When did indentured labour stop in Fiji?
1921
But then there was no direct linkage to India, when compared to other Indian Australians. A great majority of indentured labour chose to stay on in Fiji because they could not afford to return, [because of] the low wages. After the indenture system was abolished in 1921, only 25,000 people returned to India.