Union Minister Pabitra Margherita was the guest of honour at the 146th Girmit Day celebrations in Fiji. Through a series of posts on X, the Union Minister of State of External Affairs and Textiles on ...

The Fields of Sadness, brings to light the untold stories of the Indian indentured labourers —known as girmitiya ...

In his Girmit Day message this year, Rabuka said his government is dedicated to bringing unity and reconciliation between all ...

Today, the descendants of the Girmityas stand tall across the world. The Fiji Indian community has flourished, excelling in business, education, politics, and beyond. From humble beginnings, they have ...

This year, for the first time, Fiji marks the arrival of Indians to its shores in 1879 with a national holiday, Girmit Day. The Girmit — an adaptation of the word agreement — was a system sold ...

of the indentured system to inform the people about their significant contribution to the development of Fiji. It is not a subject in schools for students to know what our girmit [Indian ...

In a post on X, the MoS said, "Honoured to call on H.E. @slrabuka, Prime Minister of Fiji, in Labasa following the Girmit Day celebrations. Had meaningful discussions on deepening India-Fiji ...

When asked about her long life and her birthday coinciding with 'Girmit Day', she replied, "It's all through the grace of God and I thank Him for my long life. Fiji, an island country in the South ...

May 14 is Girmit Day - a day that commemorates when the first indentured labourers arrived in Fiji from India in 1879 under British colonial rule. The term Girmit, or Girmityas, was used to refer ...

The Fiji Girmit family in New Zealand continues to grow with a new chapter being established in the South Island this weekend. The Christchurch chapter of the national body - the Fiji Girmit ...