In his Girmit Day message this year, Rabuka said his government is dedicated to bringing unity and reconciliation between all races living in Fiji. "We all know that Fiji has had a troubled past, as ...

The Christchurch chapter of the national body - the Fiji Girmit Foundation New Zealand - will host an inaugural launch function on Saturday, July 30, in Templeton. Girmit is the term used to refer ...

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 ...

Dr Biman Prasad during the launch of the Fiji Girmit website – www.fijigirmit.org today. “Through this website the details of the life of the girmitiyas can be accessed easily by anyone ...

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 ...

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 ...