Some social characteristics of Indian immigrants to British Guiana
- 1 July 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Population Studies
- Vol. 13 (1) , 34-39
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.1959.10405028
Abstract
An analysis of the characteristics of a sample of East Indian indentured immigrants who entered British Guiana between 1865 and 1917 shows that the age, sex and caste characteristics of the immigrants are similar to those of East Indian migrants to other British colonies such as Fiji. The majority of the immigrants were Hindus belonging to the agricultural castes and on the basis of an analysis of recorded places of birth it is shown that approximately 85% of all immigrants originated in the United Provinces and Bihar.Keywords
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