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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The arrival of Indian indentured labourers in Fiji during the British rule is marked as Girmit Day in Fiji. During the colonial period, the first Girmits or indentured labourers from India were ...

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 ...