MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH INDIAN ARRIVAL DAY.
Speech given at the Trinidad and Tobago Fifty Plus Club on Sunday 29th May 2011, the Birkdale Community Centre, Ellesmere at Brimley, Toronto. I got…
Indentureship
170th Anniversary of the Arrival of the First Hindustani Muslims from India to British Guiana
170th Anniversary of the Arrival of the First Hindustani Muslims from India to British Guiana Published in the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs Volume…
Memorial plaque in honour of Indian indentured labourers unveiled at Kolkata Port
A memorial plaque in honour of Indian indentured labourers was unveiled on January 11, 2011 at Kidderpore Dock, Kolkata Port by Union Minister for Overseas…
The origin of Muslims in the Caribbean
“The history of Islam and Muslim people in the Caribbean stretches back over one thousand years, predating European contact by over six centuries. New researches…
American scholar visited the region on fact finding tour.
“Wherever sugar went, slavery followed it like a parasite.” Dr. Umar Faruq Abd’Allah, scholar-in-residence at the Nawawi Foundation,Chicago, U.S.A. Between March 26 and April 7,…
Book: Passage from India to El Dorado: Guyana and the Great Migration
Passage from India to El Dorado: Guyana and the Great Migration ← Click for original source. This book is the story of the indentured workers,…
Dookie Meah – Founder of the first Trinidad Mosque in Calcutta Settlement, Freeport
Arrived on the very first ship to bring indentured immigrants from India the Fath al Razack. He is listed No 4 on the ship’s manifest….
The Muslim Standard
The Muslim Standard was published (61 issues) in Trinidad from 1975 to 1984. It was official monthly magazine of the Islamic Trust which was founded…
The life and times of Peerally and Kosemeea
March 3rd 1998 marked the 125th anniversary of Peerally’s arrival in Trinidad. His descendants marked this momentous occasion with a Peerally family reunion. In this…
History-Glimpses of Guyanese History
The British Guiana Centenary Year Book, 1831-1931, edited by E. Sievewright Stoby, was published in 1931 to celebrate the centenary of the unification of the…