Historical Organization
colonial immigration service
colonial immigration service
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Organization Timeline
The Bengal arrives with another contract cohort
📅 8 July 1873The Bengal arrived on 8 July 1873 with the next recorded group of Hindostani contract workers. The colonial immigration registers assigned the arrivals serial contract numbers, connecting people to...
Yorkshire arrival expands recruitment from British India
📅 25 August 1873On 25 August 1873, the Yorkshire brought another group of contract workers from British India. The National Archives ship list associates this arrival with hundreds of contract numbers. Read together,...
Mangalore arrives during the first year of contract migration
📅 8 November 1873The Mangalore arrived in Suriname on 8 November 1873 with a further group of Hindostani workers. Their registration numbers became an enduring administrative identity, and records continued to be...
Calcutta brings the fifth recorded 1873 arrival
📅 25 November 1873The ship Calcutta arrived on 25 November 1873, completing five recorded ship arrivals from British India in the first year of the main migration system. The contract numbers run sequentially across...
Howrah arrives as recruitment continues
📅 8 April 1874The Howrah arrived on 8 April 1874, extending the recruitment stream begun the previous year. Colonial authorities recorded workers in immigration registers and assigned them to employers. Contract...