Indo-Fijian

Indo-Fijians are Fijians who trace their ancestry to India. They number 313,798 (37.6%) (2007 census) out of a total of 827,900 people living on Fiji. They are mostly descended from indentured labourers brought to the islands by Fiji's British colonial rulers between 1879 and 1916 to work on Fiji's sugar cane plantations. These were complemented by the later arrival of Gujarati and Punjabi immigrants. They have adapted to the new environment with... more

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