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Indian indentured workers

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Colonial forces fire on the Hosay procession in San Fernando

📅 30 Òktober 1884

On 30 October 1884, police and military forces fired on participants in the Hosay procession near San Fernando after colonial authorities restricted its route and movement into town. The procession...

The Maidstone departs Calcutta with Indian indentured workers for Grenada

📅 27 Yanüari 1857

The Maidstone sailed from Calcutta on 27 January 1857 with Indian workers contracted for Grenada’s plantations. Their recruitment took place after emancipation as planters sought a controlled labor...

The Maidstone lands Indian indentured workers at Irwin’s Bay

📅 1 Mei 1857

The Maidstone reached Irwin’s Bay, St Patrick, on 1 May 1857. An official Indian government summary and a local Grenadian account report the arrival; the commemorative plaque records 287 people landed...

A plaque and renamed road commemorate the Maidstone landing

📅 2 Mei 2009

On 2 May 2009 a ceremony at La Fortune Junction, St Patrick, commemorated the Maidstone’s landing and unveiled a plaque; the route to the site was renamed Maidstone Road. The plaque records that 287...