Interview with the Son of a Girmitiya | Kavanagasau | Fiji | How to Search for an Emigration Pass 

I cried whilst looking at the video. Same sad story. Life is never easy for an immigrant. My grandfather, age 20, left his village of Bhauraha, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh in 1888 for the unknown. After sailing for 6 months in ship Sheila, he landed on the shores of Guyana, South America. He was placed on 5years indentureship to work in sugar plantation. They suffered, maltreated, many died. He survived and later loved Guyana, married, had 5 sons and 1 daughter. He died at age 96, always wanted to back to India. Similarly, I left Guyana, at age 25 for the United States because of political injustice...racism, discrimination, bigotry against East Indians. Life was hard. Many challenges to face...climate, culture, food etc. I worked all shifts...never know whether it was day or night. Had no family when I came, but people were kind. I survived too. Went back to school. Got degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics. Had good job, just retired with great benefits. Grateful. God is merciful. I mantained my religion, my culture and heritage. God bless America.

❤ I got my great grandfather's immigration pass .He was 19 yrs old .On board the Varala S.S.in 1895 .Awesome story

जानकर बहुत ख़ुशी हो रही है कि आपलोग पूर्वजों के रेकॉर्ड्स संजोकर रख रहे हो 🙏 आपलोगों के कार्य की जितनी भी सराहना की जाए कम है🙏🙏 बहुत-बहुत धन्यवाद 🇮🇳🤝🇫🇯

It is really a very Precious Research done by you. I suggest that you continue writing & narating such Human History, so that your Archive becomes known to future generations. I am the 4th generation of my Great Grand Patents who stepped in the Aapravasi Ghat MAURITIUS on 15 March 1870. As a devout Researcher, I have tried to trace out my Ancestral village ARRAH, BIHAR since 2017- 2019, but was unsuccessful despite the support of the District Magistrate of ARRAH & in spite of my OCI Card. So, I have planned to open a Centre in the name of KANHYE Family in ARRAH and to establish all possible links with the Indentured Descendants world wide. I hope to obtain the support of everyone in the near future. GOD Bless you all and Namaste from RAINBOW MAURITIUS.❤❤❤❤Jai BHOJPURI.

I take my hat off for our grandparents ..... I am so proud to be a Fiji born Indian ...

This was excellent! I couldn't believe it, but I heard a couple of Dutch words in there! I lived many years in Suriname and sang many songs in the Sarnami Hindustani language....so close to Fiji Hindi! Wow! Attjha baat!

Bahut sundar! Thank you for showing us the search for emigration pass....now we can search for our ancestors too!

You are doing great job love from India i will visit fiji once in my life

Isa, bula vinaka all our bhaiya and all our bhaini. You are all belongs to fiji, and no matter what. I love you all and respect you all. As indigenous , my land is yours to. God bless to all .

U r doing a great favour to add to information on Girmityas. I m also a 2nd generation girmitiya. I have gone through the process of locate the Immigration Zpass but was also fortunate to have sent 25 years of my early life with my father and knew most of the information about him n his origin . In 2015 I visited my village Bargadwa in Basti U.P n located my nephews and the whole clan. And since my brother n many of his children n grandchildren from Lautoka have visited the family in Basti I also went back in 2020 to attend the wedding of my youngest grandson who is captain on a commercial ship operating from USA. My elder brother 90yrs still lives in Lautoka. I m planning another visit next year n we are planning to bring some family members to visit Our farm n birth place in Ba Really enjoy Girmit stories congratulations to u for doing a marvellous work

Omg he has Complete Bihari accent, I am so emotional and happy to see this and this song is also very known to me, it seems like he is from my village around me inspite of being so far.loads of love from Bihar Jai Bihar, Jai Hind ❤❤

The fact that my grandmother is more then 80 years is amazing tbh she is the 4th generation and the only one which is oldest in my fam tree😂😂❤😊

Thanks for this video on Girmitya Ancestors. Many people have forgotten about their Girmitya Ancestors hard Work for us all. Nasinu, Narere, Dimbulu. Hail Humanity.

Thank you for sharing this unique story of a direct descendant of a Girmitya.बधाई और सभकामनाएं।

I am from Patna,Bihar and I instantly recognised their accent....got emotional while watching this video,the best I could do on my part is to pray for the well being of all the girmitya descendents

HARD WORK BY ANCESTORS WERE NEVER APPRECIATED BY MANY I-TAUKEIS....LISTEN AND LEARN BUT WE LOVE OUR I-TAUKEI FAMILIES FOREVER - MANY ARE LOVING AND SYMPATHETIC BUT POLITICS AND PAST COUPS HAVE DEVASTATED OUR COUNTRY TO AN EXTENT WHICH WILL TAKE MANY MORE YEARS TO MEND - THIS IS A GOOD POSITIVE START - BUT REST ASSURED WE CAN - ALL FIJIANS MUST LIVE IN PEACE AND HARMONY TO REBUILT THE TRUST THAT WAS NEVER THERE AFTER THE 1987 COUPS - THERE ARE SO MANY WELL EDUCATED I-TAUKEI BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO ARE CAPABLE OF RE-BUILDING OUR BELOVED NATION AS ALL EQUAL FIJIANS - NOT KE-INDIA OR KE-VITI - GOD BLESS FIJI ...THAN YOU

Bahot acha lagal ba deekh ke ie video. Hamara pranaam Suriname se .

Indians incredible people

Very sad and very historical. Also my Grand fathers younger brother went that time Jamsica. He was a British soldier that time.

बहुत खुशी हुई है आपको देख कर

Thank you for presenting this video both my ajja and ajji were girmitiyas I was lucky ky to have spent time with Ajji ,makes me angry and sad for their had lives can only pray for them

Thank you ❤ I was able to locate my ancestors details

Up gorakhpur basti ak hi pass hai gkp me britisho ne train chalwaya tha idhar gorakhpur me ganne ki khati bahut hoti hai wo person gorakhpur basti ke hi the gkp basti kushinagar gajipur sabhi bigar border par hai yaha awadhi bhojpuri hindi boli jatai aap sabhi fiji bhaiyo ka welcome hai gorakhpur up bihar me aap aao hame khushi hogi aapse milkar

सम्मानित बुजुर्गो का चरण स्पर्श । आपको धन्यवाद। वी.एस.नेगी. जय भारत, जय फिजी

Heart touching video

These are sad stories but when he's narrating he's still resilient. The Mauritian bhojpuri is very same with slight differences. He uses many English words. Mauritius bhojpuri has many words in French. The bhojpuri from Fiji Mauritius Guyana Trinidad is old bhojpuri which these countries have kept alive. including the food and clothings....

touching story

Thank you very much❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

5:36 This was told to me by my Primary School Mates . They were woken 4am had to cook and eat and pack and be in the fields by 5am. They would return 7pm, wash, cook eat and be in bed by 8pm. The routine continued. Many hanged themselves rather than be slaved. Some , 16.17 yrs would run away. They were pursued on horseback by "Field Officers" "Call Numbers" {Culumbarrs} and drowned in rivers. Deaths were documented as " Drowned while swimming". They were given only Machetes to cut down large trees. No Axe. They were not allowed to smoke on job. They smoked dried banana leaves and other tabaco leaves. They would hide the cigars in their under pants which was loin clothes. { no Bonds under pants then} .The Culumbarr's would indiscriminately search them for cigars.Anyone caught was Whipped. Yes Whipped.!! The British B___________s !! {Wish i was a Superman and appeared there for them. } That would be pleasant side of their History. {smile}. Anyway my GrandFather did his bit. He was a 6 footer Punjabi and a Roughian. Once he was digging a ditch and a Marshall on Horse back for some reason whipped him. He grabbed the whip and pulled causing him to fall from horse into the ditch. Then he beat the S___ out of him. On another occasion A Marshall went to his house and complained about him not Branding his Cattle. Do'nt know details but He tied the Marshall to the tree heated {red hot} the brand and branded him on his body . !! Yes my dad and uncles told us. P.S. They were also kicked by hateful anti Indian "Call Numbers" over petty matters.

I am 100% sure his father was from awadh region of Uttar Pradesh bcoz his dilect is very similar to awadhi language

इन काका जी जो भाषा बोल रहे हैं वैसी भाषा बहराइच श्रावस्ती गोन्डा बलरामपुर रायबरेली बाराबंकी में बोली जाती है बस्ती में भाषा भोजपुरी में परिवर्तित हो जाती है जबकि काका ठेठ अवधी भाषा में बात कर रहे हैं🎉🎉

The way he speaks....I can tell you that his father migrated from Gonda, Basti or Barabanki region in Uttar Pradesh..And India's top Sugarcane producer are Gonda Balrampur.. Balrampur Chini mill is famous in India.

I have written sevral email to the National Archives of Fiji to check the General Register but did not any response.

8:12 Plough is called " Hal" in Hindi. First i heard. Since Ages I was wondering what Plough is called in Hindi .?? {oops.! didn't google it}

Ye search to asan tha iske baad purvajo ko dhundna mushkil

Fiji said gurimitya we in Mauritius 🇲🇺 said our ancestors desya Fiji bhojpuri same like Mauritius bhojpuri hazaar baris tak tora bhagwan rakhee mamou.

Yeah

amazing work ! where can i get the song ?

He is speaking Bhojpuri, In India, Uttar Pradesh , Bihar, Jharkhand is 3 state where Bhojpuri is main language. He must be from these state only.

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Ram ram didi.. mai gonda se agar yaha kisi ka khandan doondna chahengi to mai aapka jaroor madad karoonga... Aap Kam bahut hi sarahniya hai..

Jamaica

Pura pura bihar accent hain mai khud bihar se hun mera baba aise geet bhi gate the har or khet jotate wakt

Aap ki hindi chhattisgarhi se bahot milti hai

🍁👍👍🙏🙏🙏👍👍🍁heart touching🍁🙏🙏🙏

Nemit Girdhari's Family.

Ram mandir ki jai ho, pashupati nath, jai janakpur, mil ke ek saath khade ho phir dussera mana kar jalebi kha kar ek saath kushi manaye. Purvajo ke shanti mile Mama bose bhi wahin ke uske pujawal kaudi hai hamar paas. Humar naam use kar ke account 3rd party chori kar ke hamar kaam pura hohan de, hamar aji yahi chakar mei kuldevi ke khoj mein india gayi phir hum 8 ki 9 baar gaya, pitran ke gaya mein pind daan kare se jaan gawa, lekin hum pahuche ge, koi aao baitho bina apaan lalaach ke thab hum bathayi. Jon atma pedh pahad pe rahin aaj nar pischach baan ghar ghar mein kolahal machaye aur jagai.

Thank you Ma'am. Please do read my post. Much Obliged.

Hamar purvajan bhi savusavu mein kathin lekin Vishmitra ke ansaj rahin bhaag ke tailevu phir suva aaye ke basin

12:35 Europeans had their own schools till 1980s only for Euros. {only in Towns. Towns are small cities} Indians had their own schools. iTaukeis {natives} had their own schools. In Towns Methodist Church and Catholic Churches had their schools. All races attended it.

फिजी को वास्तव में भारतीयों (गिरमिटियों) ने ही डवलप किया।

हम भारत से हैं और आपसे बात करना चाहते है कोई संपर्क सूत्र बता दें। जय हिन्द 🇮🇳

दुधारा थाना में दो कथकपूरवा गाँव थे एक कथकपूरवा गाँव वर्तमान में दुधारा थाना में पढता है एक कथकपूरवा गाँव जो पहले दुधारा थाने में थ अब वो बस्ती जीले के रूधोली थाने में दुधारा थाना भी पहले बस्ती जीले के अंतर्गत आता था वर्तमान समय में संत कबीर नगर जनपद के अंतर्गत आता है अगर कोई हैल्प चाहिए तो समपर्क कर सकते हैं मुझसे में आपके पुरखों के ही इलाके का हूँ धन्यवाद

can you pls look for my ajas pass.his name was chikuri

Hello. I am wondering if this website can cater for searches starting with the letter "S"?

Fiji hindu jab chahe India aa k rah sakte hai.we love to see in India.

I suppose if given time and effort his family in India xould be traced.. he is more indian than duplicate Indians - the Bangladeshis, and Rohingyas.

Merie Ank bhar ayi baba ke baat soen ke. Meri adja Bihar ke raha. Meri naam bhi Ramratie hai aur paidais Suriname me hoe was. Sabh Fiji ke log ke mai Prenaam karti hoe.

दुधारा थाना वर्तमान में संत कबीर नगर जीले में पढता है दुधारा थाना में काथा गाँव तो पता नहीं कथकपूरवा गाँव है जो हमारे गाँव के पास पढता है में भी दुधारा थाने का निवासी हूं पहले हमारा जीला बस्ती था अब संत कबीर नगर है

Fiji, Mauritius, British Guyana now Guyana, Siri Rama now Suriname ,the white people hamare puranio ko laaje Hindostaan Vrash desh se

यिनी नामको थरका अनुसार नेपाली हुनु पर्छ। आचार्य थर नेपालमा धेरै छन।भारतमा बिद्वान बर्गलाई आयार्च भनिन्छ र नेपालमा पनि भनिन्छ तर भारतमा थर आचार्य राखिदैन। नेपालमा पुर्बज आचार्य हुदा थर नै आचार्य लेख्ने गर्छन। तेसैहुनेले नेपाली नै हुनु पर्छ। ईतिहास नै हरायो कसरि बताउनु

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I know mam please

I really hate the way that fools asking questions like very rudely it sounds really irritating the way you treat them and asking questions as if they have committed any crime.

Please reply

Hindu apne tradition aur dharm ko nahi chhode.yahi aapko aage badhaegee

Bula Indo

Nepali in Fiji.....someone neexs to do more research on these ppl.....they songs...music..language...all different from Biharis

I don think he's dad came from india!!...

Interviewer seems nepali by his accent .

Up gorakhpur basti ak hi pass hai gkp me britisho ne train chalwaya tha idhar gorakhpur me ganne ki khati bahut hoti hai wo person gorakhpur basti ke hi the gkp basti kushinagar gajipur sabhi bigar border par hai yaha awadhi bhojpuri hindi boli jatai aap sabhi fiji bhaiyo ka welcome hai gorakhpur up bihar me aap aao hame khushi hogi aapse milkar

This story bought tears. Very sad story. Also I am thankful to our Nepali friends for their thoughtfulness and feelings to contribute for this story.

Very nicely presented. Cruetly of those cannot be forgotten.

Cheerful, always smiling grand old man, won my heart, love and respect.

नमस्कार दीदी, 🙏🙏मैं भारत से हूं। हमारे गांव के बहुत सारे लोग Fiji चले गए थे। ब्रिटिश शासन के दौरान आप से कैसे संपर्क हो सकता है?🙏

बहुत ही सुंदर और महत्त्वपूर्ण जानकारी❤

Up gorakhpur basti ak hi pass hai gkp me britisho ne train chalwaya tha idhar gorakhpur me ganne ki khati bahut hoti hai wo person gorakhpur basti ke hi the gkp basti kushinagar gajipur sabhi bigar border par hai yaha awadhi bhojpuri hindi boli jatai aap sabhi fiji bhaiyo ka welcome hai gorakhpur up bihar me aap aao hame khushi hogi aapse milkar

He is from Gonda Basti.....Ham log ghar pe same issi tarah bolte hain...1% ka bhi difference nahi hai

Very interesting.. The British kept good records..

His father probably came from either Bihar or Uttar Pradesh that’s where most Indo-Fijians trace back their roots to

Up gorakhpur basti ak hi pass hai gkp me britisho ne train chalwaya tha idhar gorakhpur me ganne ki khati bahut hoti hai wo person gorakhpur basti ke hi the gkp basti kushinagar gajipur sabhi bigar border par hai yaha awadhi bhojpuri hindi boli jatai aap sabhi fiji bhaiyo ka welcome hai gorakhpur up bihar me aap aao hame khushi hogi aapse milkar

I have been searching for my great-grandfather for several years, I have his name but don't know which part of Bharat he came from, don't his birth date. I

Humko Fiji Desh Lage Suhana ye gana kaha milega please reply.is gane me wo dard hai jo us samay ke logo ne kiya hai.

आपका प्रयास अत्यंत प्रशंसनीय है और फीजी में हिन्दी कार्यक्रम जिज्ञासापूर्ण है । आपकी हिन्दी भाषा उत्कृष्ट है । भारत के उत्तर प्रदेश के जिन क्षेत्रों से अधिकांश गिरमिट गए उनकी बोली अवधी है । सीताराम जी भी अवधी बोल रहे हैं । मैं भी जिला - आजमगढ़ , उत्तर प्रदेश , भारत का हूँ । 🙏

What an amazing story. Thank you for your work in highlighting the great sacrifice of those first Indian immigrants. Their hard-work and sacrifice was and is the biggest contributor to the success of Fiji and the Fijian economy with which the benefits we still see and enjoy today. What a great man and to all Indo Fijians, Thank you and God Bless you all.

Girmitiya meant agreement they had with the British

Bahut açcha laga humare purwaj ki kahani sunn kar.

if the Indians were not brought to Fiji, not a single Fijian would be alive, they were being drowned according to Sir Lala Sukuna who returned alive swimming reported. I am Fiji born in 1950

Wonder how would I be able to locate my anscestories in India,without any legal documents or any infor.Only have few pictures of aaja and aajis. Am the 3rd.generation of the girmitia...

Jai girmitiya

Jai girmitiya

25:00 WOW !! Good to see. Best Wishes to all of you. Please do read my post on this on this video.

Providing documentary

Bahut he Sundar kam kar rahe hai aap log

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The title is fundamentally wrong; in Fiji we speak a variant of Hindi, derived mainly from Awadhi with bits of Bhojpuri to form the language we call Fiji Hindustani.