Indian Arrival Day

This exhibit comprises a collection of historical documents on East Indian Immigration, including a copy of the standard contract that the indentured labourers signed. Additional information can be found on our Indian Arrival Day page.

The following publications were also on display:

Angel, W.H. ( 1995). A Return to the Middle Passage: the Clipper Ship "Sheila". Edited by Ken Ramchand and Brinsley Samaroo. Port of Spain, Trinidad : Caribbean Information Systems & Services.

Clarke, Colin G. (1986). East Indians in a West Indian Town: San Fernando, Trinidad 1930-70. London; Boston: Allen and Unwin, 1986.

De Verteuil, Anthony (1989) East Indian immigrants : Gokool, Soodeen, Sookoo, Capildeo, Beccani, Ruknaddeen, Valiama, Bunsee. Port of Spain: Paria Publishing, 1989.

Doodnath, Samuel (1985). A Short History of the East Indian progress in Trinidad and lives of famous Indians, 1845-1984. [s.l.]: S. Doodnath.

Hobson, Wendy (editor) (c1994). The Classic 1000 Indian Recipes. London : Foulsham.

Kanhai, Rosanne (editor) (1999). Matikor : the Politics of Identity for Indo-Caribbean women. St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago : UWI, School of Continuing Studies.

Klass, Morton (1961). East Indians in Trinidad : a Study of Cultural Persistence. New York, Columbia University Press.

LaGuerre, John (editor) (1974). Calcutta to Caroni: the East Indians of Trinidad: Studies. [s.l.] : Longman Caribbean.

Mahabir, Kumar (1992). East Indian women of Trinidad and Tobago : an Annotated Bibliography with Photographs and Ephemera. San Jose, Trinidad, West Indies : Chakra Pub. House.

Mahabir, Kumar and Mahabir, Sita (1990). A dictionary of common Trinidad Hindi. El Dorado, Trinidad and Tobago : Chakra Publishing Co.

Mahabir, Kumar (2001). Medicinal and Edible plants used by East Indians of Trinidad & Tobago [with 70 original drawings by S.K. Ragbir]. Trinidad, W.I. : Chakra Pub. House.

Mahabir, Kumar (1985). The Still Cry : Personal Accounts of East Indians in Trinidad and Tobago during Indentureship, 1845-1917. Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago ; Ithaca, New York. : Calaloux Publications.

Maharaj, Munelal (1999). Jyotir vigyaan: the light of true knowledge : a daily guide to Hindu worship, Philosophy & Symbolism. [Trinidad and Tobago] : M.Maharaj.

Maharah, D. Parsuram (2002). The persistence of the Indian identity in Trinidad. Trinidad : Chakra Publishing House (Caribbean), Mac Print Limited.

Mohammed, Patricia (2002). Gender negotiations among Indians in Trinidad, 1917-1947. Basingstoke : Palgrave in association with Institute of Social Studies.

Munasinghe, Viranjini (2001). Callaloo or tossed salad? : East Indians and the cultural politics of identity in Trinidad. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University.

Myers, Helen (1998). Music of Hindu Trinidad : Songs from the India Diaspora. Chicago : University of Chicago Press.

Ramesar, Marianne D. Soares. (c1994). Survivors of another crossing : a history of East Indians in Trinidad 1880-1946. St. Augustine, Trinidad : University of the West Indies, School of Continuing Studies.

Samaroo, Brinsley and Dabydeen, David (1996). Across the dark waters : Ethnicity and Indian Identity in the Caribbean. London : Macmillan Caribbean, 1996.

Seesaran, E. B. Rosabelle (2002). From Caste to Class : Social Mobility of the Indo-Trinidadian Community 1870-1917. Trinidad and Tobago : Rosaac Pub. House.

Singh, H.P. (1993). The Indian struggle for justice and equality against black racism in Trinidad and Tobago : 1956-1962. Couva, Trinidad and Tobago : Indian Review Press.

Sookdeo, Sandra (1994). Indian dance for the Caribbean. San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago : Chakra Publishing House (Caribbean).

Weller, Judith Ann (1968). The East Indian Indenture in Trinidad. Rio Piedras : University of Puerto Rico, Institute of Caribbean Studies.

	Number and cost of task in weeding and cutting cane per carré and acre.			Food rations: food schedule for first year arrivals.
	An East Indian musical group.			Female immigrants with Immigration department clerks and "peon".
	Model of the type of sailing ship that transported the indentured labourers to the West Indies.			New arrivals - Nelson Island circa 1895
	Profile of Mr. Deoroop Teemal, feature speaker at the Indian Arrival Day function at the Heritage Library on 19th May 2004.			Wharf at St. Helena
	Profile of Natalie Balgobin, storyteller.			East Indian Jewellery
	A jewelled East Indian girl during the 1870s.			Bejewelled Indian woman returning as a paying passenger on board the S.S. Sheila, circa 1878.
	Quantity of provisions allowed each immigrant per day on ship.			Mr. Deoroop Teemal delivering the feature address at the opening of the Indian Arrival Day 2004 exhibition at the Heritage Library.
	Historical Documents of East Indian Immigration.			Natalie Balgobin, narrating East Indian folk tales at the opening of the Indian Arrival Day 2004 exhibition at the Heritage Library.

Online Exhibition: Indian Arrival Day 2004