Indentureship Indian Heritage Month May 05

Jahaji's Descendants

Above, documents found at home - click to enlarge

Below is the Emigrant Pass

	119919
Ship No	67
Ship's Name	SS "Sutlej 1916"
Name	Edu
Father's Name	Jahoor
Age	20
Caste	Musalman
District	Bahraich, Thana Hazurpur Uttar Pradesh
Village or Town	Surola
Particulars of Registration	Gonda, December 3, 1915 Register No 60
SENT TO	Rose Hall Estate, British Guiana British Guiana Government, Emigration Agency, 61 Garden Beach N.B Calcutta, February 12, 1916 Pass by Government Immigration Agent.. Benaals

The two elders were my grandparents from India. My father is sitting (m) on the chair.

The Emigrant Pass was obtained from the Archives with the help of Dr. Fred Sukdeo, University of Guyana.

Indian movies and the documents found at home made me to research my roots

Thanks to the following Institutions for their help, in searching for the 850BR 1902 Passenger List

The National Archives
Main St. Georgetown. Guyana
(Here was useless)

The British Library ( Uk)

Information Division
Government of Uttar Pradesh. India

Director of India's Archives (New Delhi)
Ref# F.11-35/2001,R11

Karen Paulik
Special Collections
Ellis Library
University of Missourie-Columbia

University of Chicago-USA
still indexing information from the "Indian Oriental Records"

Ms Maureen Newton
Caricom Secretariat, Georgetown. Guyana

Comments:

1. After Guyana gained its independance from Great Britain in 1966, all indentured immigrants became naturalized Guyanese

2. Then, all indentured records from the plantations and the District Commissioner Offices were sent to the Archives in Georgetown. Guyana

3. The indentured immigrants who became naturalized Guyanese voted for the PNC, as they were told on voting day, that they had already voted - postal voting.

The naturalization process was done by Lawyers associated with two Hindu Organzations in Guyana that towed the line with the PNC-Burnham's party.

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