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Aapravasi Ghat: Witness to the Great Indian Migration to Mauritius

Aapravasi Ghat: Witness to the Great Indian Migration to Mauritius

Apr 29, 2022, at 12:35 am

The largest human migration in history occurred between 1834 and 1923 when the British in its experimental bid to abolish slavery brought mostly Indians as indentured labourers to work in the sugarcane estates of Mauritius. Sujoy Dhar visits the historic Aapravasi Ghat, an immigration depot in capital Port Louis, to retrace the footprints of some half a million people who landed there over nearly a century in quest for a better future