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Heritage Square. Several Indian cultural events are also held to mark the occasion. The first International Indian Diaspora Conference was held for the first time on 1–3 June 2012. It was organized by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Chapter of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin International (GOPIO-SVG), in partnership with the SVG Indian Heritage Foundation, and under the patronage of the SVG Ministry of Tourism and Culture. This was the first international conference for the Indian diaspora held in the country. Similar conferences had been held in other Caribbean nations since 1975.
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were listed, and there was a short description of the achievements of Indians in Trinidad since 1845. The Trinidad Express carried a press release, and the Trinidad Guardian printed an article by Kusha Haracksingh on the voyage of the Fatel Razack. Mastana Bahar dedicated a show to Indian Emigration Day. San Fernando Secondary School organized a celebration.
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In 1977 IRRA formed committee was established to revive the memory of the coming of Indians to Trinidad on 30 May 1845; Indian Emigration Day. The initial historic Committee comprised Anand Rameshwar Singh, Khalique Khan, Ramdath Jagessar, Rajiv Sieunarine, Azamudeen "Danny" Jang, Michael Sankar and
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receptive to the idea, agreed to organize a major celebration at Lakshmi Girls College on 27 May 1979. IRRA and the SDMS in discussions agreed that Indians were no longer emigrants to Trinidad and Tobago, but citizens who had arrived 134 years before. Coming out of this discussion the name was then
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In 1976 the Indian Revival and Reform Association (IRRA) was formed. They were concerned about racism against Indians and were interested in developing ideas, writing pamphlets to bring about an Indian revival and renewed pride in Indian heritage and Indian culture. The IRRA wanted to preserve the
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was commemorated in 1957. This was the first ever commemoration of the day in Grenada. The next commemoration would occur more than five decades later in 2009. On 29 April 2009, the Government of Grenada declared that 1 May would officially be designated as Indian Arrival Day and observed annually
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The first active step was taken in early 1978, when they produced and distributed a one-page pamphlet with the title "Indian Emigration Day May 30, 1978". It gave a brief account of the coming of Indians in 1845, and the importance of the event. The names of the first pioneers on the Fatel Razack
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enacted an Act of Parliament on 26 March 2007 officially declaring 1 June as Indian Arrival Day. The first official commemoration of the event was held on 1 June that year. The day is marked annually by a re-enactment of the landing of Indians at Indian Bay, Kingstown, followed by a procession to
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moderator Idris Hamid. The event was widely covered by the local media and immediately knew about the event. In fact it took just two years and an idea to revive the memory of the Arrival of Indians in Trinidad and Tobago to awaken the entire Indian community in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Subsequent years the Hindu Seva Sangh and other smaller groups approached the IRRA for guidance in developing in various communities throughout Trinidad and Tobago. By 1980 Indian Arrival Day celebrations were held at the Spring Village in
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Indian Emigration Day, as it was called then, had been celebrated by various organizations after 1945 with limited success. By 1973 the latest was organized by the Divine Life Society, which had organized small annual processions in
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declared that 30 May would be known as Indian Arrival Day and not Arrival Day. However, in the birthplace of Indian Arrival Day – Trinidad and Tobago – there is a lobby to remove the word 'Indian' from the name. In the 1990s the
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proclaimed 10 May, Indian Heritage Day, in recognition of the Indians' contribution to the social and economic development of the country. The arrival of the Indians more than 170 years ago is commemorated in stamps.
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declared that the 150th Anniversary would be a public holiday called Indian Arrival Day, but thereafter the holiday will be called Arrival Day. The 1995 celebrations surpassed the 1945 celebrations with the
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good things about Indian heritage and reform the ones that were no longer useful or relevant. The anniversary of the coming of Indians to Guyana was one of the good things that came to the IRRA notice.
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to the country, on May 5, 1838. On this day, the workers arrived in Guyana to work in sugar plantations. Their descendants today comprise 44 per cent of Guyana's population of over 750,000.
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the concept that Indian Arrival Day should be made a national public holiday. This call to make Indian Arrival Day a public holiday continued to be unheeded until 1995 Prime Minister
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After the 1945 Centenary extravaganza, however, the celebration of the anniversary of 30 May gradually declined. By the 1950s, the
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A resolution was passed in public discussion that every year on 14 May as to be Girmit Remembrance Day. 14 May is the day that the
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Rajesh Harricharan. The following year Rajnie Ramlakhan, Anand Maharaj and Ashok Gobin joined in the group's celebration.
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expanded the Indian Arrival Day celebrations and dubbed May as "Indian Heritage Month" which ends on Indian Arrival Day.
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after a journey of five months, carrying 275 Indians. Trinidad and Tobago was the first country to start this holiday.
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The Government of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines officially designated 7 October as Indian Heritage Day.
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The 1979 celebration was a great success and included the presence of some of the original immigrants born in
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Since its establishment in Trinidad and Tobago, Indian Arrival Day has given rise to similar celebrations in
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Divine Life Society of Chaguanas who was staging an annual procession and ceremony under the name
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the holiday is celebrated in May commemorating the first arrival of indentured labourers from
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for Indian Emigration Day. By the late seventies even that small remembrance was dwindling.
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A major turning point occurred in 1979 when the group expanded by approaching the
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in 1879. Throughout the country each year there are celebrations in memory of the
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Trevor Sudama and Raymond Pallackdarrysingh first introduced to the
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community took the lead in the development of the celebrations.
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and Colonel Stanley, the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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brought by European colonial authorities and their agents. In
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Celebrates South Asian-Indian people and their contributions.
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Indian Arrival Day was first celebrated in Skinner Park,
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The 100th anniversary of the first arrival of Indians in
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Early Indian indentured arrivals in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Parades, religious prayer services, and cultural shows
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Girmit
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
Mauritius
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
South Africa
Suriname
Prawas Din
Trinidad and Tobago
British Indian
indentured laborers
Prawas Din
South Asian Heritage Month
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Asian American Heritage Month
holiday
Caribbean
Fiji
South Africa
Mauritius
Indian subcontinent
indentured labours
Guyana
Mauritius
Fiji

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