Indian Arrival Day

Indian Arrival Day
Indian Arrival Day
	Early Indian indentured arrivals in Trinidad and Tobago.
Observed by	Fiji (celebrated as Girmit Day); Grenada; Guyana; Jamaica (celebrated as Indian Heritage Day); Mauritius (celebrated as Arrival of the Indentured Labourers); Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; South Africa; Suriname (celebrated as Prawas Din); Trinidad and Tobago;
Significance	Arrival of the first South Asian-Indian indentured laborers in each respective country.
Celebrations	Celebrates South Asian-Indian people and their contributions.
Observances	Parades, religious prayer services, and cultural shows
Date	14 May (Fiji); 1 May (Grenada); 5 May (Guyana); 10 May (Jamaica); 2 November (Mauritius); 6 May (Saint Lucia); 1 June (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines); 16 November (South Africa); 5 June (Suriname); 30 May (Trinidad and Tobago);
Frequency	Annual
Related to	Prawas Din; Indian Heritage Day; Indian Emigration Day; Indian Heritage Month; Girmit Day; South Asian Heritage Month; Pravasi Bharatiya Divas; Asian American Heritage Month;

Indian Arrival Day is a holiday celebrated on various days in the nations of the Caribbean, Fiji, South Africa and Mauritius, commemorating the arrival of people from the Indian subcontinent to their respective nations as indentured labours brought by European colonial authorities and their agents. In Guyana, Mauritius, Fiji and Trinidad and Tobago, where it started, it is an official public holiday.

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