On May 5th, 1838, 396 workers arrived in British Guiana (Guyana) from Calcutta, India in order to work in sugar plantations. By the time the indentured system ended in 1920, British Guiana had received 238,909 workers from India. Today their descendants known as Indo-Guyanese comprise 44% of Guyana's population. I celebrate Indian Arrival Day in Guyana because it marks my ancestor's journey to a new world and the cultural impact that they had as workers. I am proud to be Indo-Guyanese π¬πΎπ¬πΎπ¬πΎ . . . . . #ArrivalDay #IndianArrivalDay #May5th1838 #fromIndiatoBritishGuiana #indenturedlabourers #Whitby #Hesperus #Berbice #sugarplantation #canecutters #GladstoneCoolies #Guyaneseborn #IndoGuyanese #proudGuyanese #OnePeople #OneNation #OneDestiny https://www.instagram.com/p/B_0ipO4HL2JAp4qIxHygLcvz9JAdmy6Idfq8TA0/?igshid=tt2yyhhsx1b3
