Indentured Indians
The Indian indenture system was a system of indentured servitude, by which more than one million Indians were transported to labour in European colonies, as a substitute for slave labor, following the abolition of the trade in the early 19th century. The system expanded after the abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833, in the French colonies in 1848, and in the Dutch Empire in 1863. British Indian indentureship lasted till the 1920s. This resulted in the development of a large Indian diaspora in the Caribbean, Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Réunion, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Myanmar, British Guyana, to Fiji, as well as the growth of Indo-Caribbean, Indo-African, Indo-Fijian, Indo-Malaysian, Indo-Guyanese and Indo-Singaporean populations.
Indentured Indians by Arrival
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Apr 1875 Peterborough Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1878 Malabar Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1882 Coldstream I Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1884 Umvoti XIII Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1885 Merchantman V Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1889 Taif I Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1890 Umtata I Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1890 Warora Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1891 Pongola VII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1892 Huzara I Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1894 Congella XVI Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1895 Pongola XIX Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1896 Umlazi I Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1897 Umlazi V Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1897 Umzinto XIV Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1898 Umlazi IX Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1898 Umzinto XVIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1900 Umlazi XII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1901 Umlazi XIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1902 UMLAZI XVII Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1903 Umkuzi XII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1904 Umlazi XXI Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1904 Umzinto XXXII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1905 Pongola LI Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1905 Umkuzi XIX Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1906 Umkuzi XXIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1906 Umlazi XXVIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1906 Umzinto XXXIX Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1907 Congella XLVIII Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1908 Congella LI Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1909 Umhloti IV Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1910 Umlazi XL Calcutta | View Ship List |
Apr 1911 Umfuli XV Madras | View Ship List |
Apr 1911 Umkuzi XXXII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Aug 1864 Saxon Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1874 Philosopher Calcutta | View Ship List |
Aug 1878 Inveravon I Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1878 Ophir Calcutta | View Ship List |
Aug 1878 Umvoti V Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1880 Umvoti VI Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1883 Sophia Joakim I Calcutta | View Ship List |
Aug 1884 Cyrene Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1884 Sophie Joakim II Calcutta | View Ship List |
Aug 1887 Quathlamba I Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1888 Quathlamba III Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1889 Congella II Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1889 Taif II Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1890 Congella VI Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1898 Umlazi X Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1900 Umkuzi IV Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1901 Pongola XXXVII Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1901 Umzinto XXV Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1902 CONGELLA XXXVII Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1902 PONGOLA XL Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1903 Pongola XLV Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1904 Congella XLII Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1904 Umkuzi XVI Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1906 Pongola LVII Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1906 Umlazi XXX Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1906 Umzinto XLI Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1907 Umfuli VII Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1907 Umlazi XXXIV Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1909 Umfuli XI Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1910 Umhloti VI Madras | View Ship List |
Aug 1910 Umzinto XLIX Calcutta | View Ship List |
Dec 1860 Lord George Bentinc Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1864 Edmundsbury Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1877 Umvoti III Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1882 Umvoti X Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1884 Dunphailie Castle I Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1888 Quathlamba IV Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1890 Congella VII Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1891 Congella X Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1892 Umxinto II Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1893 Umzinto V Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1894 Congella XVII Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1894 Umzinto VIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Dec 1895 Umzinto X Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1896 Congella XXII Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1897 Congella XXV Calcutta | View Ship List |
Dec 1898 Pongola XXX Calcutta | View Ship List |
Dec 1900 Congella XXXII Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1900 Pongola XXXIV Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1901 UMLAZI XVI Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1902 UMZINTO XXIX Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1904 Umlazi XXIV Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1904 Umzinto XXXV Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1905 Congella XLVI Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1905 Pongola LIV Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1906 Pongola LIX Calcutta | View Ship List |
Dec 1906 Umkuzi XXV Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1906 Umlazi XXXII Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1907 Congella L Madras | View Ship List |
Dec 1908 Umlazi XXXVIII Madras | View Ship List |
Feb 1861 Spirit of Trade Calcutta | View Ship List |
Feb 1865 Regina Madras | View Ship List |
Feb 1866 Adelaide Madras | View Ship List |
Feb 1875 Plassey Calcutta | View Ship List |
Feb 1890 Congella IV Calcutta | View Ship List |
Feb 1890 Pongola III Madras | View Ship List |
Feb 1891 Umtata IV Calcutta | View Ship List |
Feb 1892 Chupra 1 Madras | View Ship List |
Feb 1892 Pongola VIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Feb 1894 Pongola XIV Calcutta | View Ship List |
Feb 1897 Pongola XXIV Calcutta | View Ship List |
Feb 1898 Congella XXVIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Feb 1898 Pongola XXVII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Feb 1898 Umlazi VIII Madras | View Ship List |
Feb 1899 Umlazi XI Calcutta | View Ship List |
Feb 1900 Umzinto XXI Madras | View Ship List |
Feb 1901 Umkuzi VI Madras | View Ship List |
Feb 1902 PONGOLA XXXIX Calcutta | View Ship List |
Feb 1902 UMZINTO XXVI Madras | View Ship List |
Feb 1903 Umona I Calcutta | View Ship List |
Feb 1904 Congella XL Calcutta | View Ship List |
Feb 1905 Umkuzi XVIII Madras | View Ship List |
Feb 1905 Umlazi XXV Madras | View Ship List |
Feb 1906 Umkuzi XXII Madras | View Ship List |
Feb 1906 Umzinto XXXVIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Feb 1907 Umhloti I Madras | View Ship List |
Feb 1908 Umfuli IX Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1864 Rajasthana Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1875 Enmore II Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jan 1879 York I Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1882 Mars IV Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1885 Laurel II Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1885 Umvoti XV Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1887 Laurel III Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1889 Umvoti XXII Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1891 Pongola VI Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jan 1893 Pongola XII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jan 1894 Congella XV Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1895 Pongola XVIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jan 1896 Congella XX Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jan 1896 Pongola XXII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jan 1897 Umlazi IV Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1897 Umzinto XIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jan 1898 Umzinto XVII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jan 1901 Umzinto XXIII Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1902 CONGELLA XXXVI Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jan 1902 UMKUZI IX Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1903 Congella XXXIX Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1903 Pongola XLII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jan 1903 Umkuzi XI Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jan 1904 Pongola XLVII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jan 1905 Congella XLIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jan 1905 Pongola L Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1906 Umlazi XXVII Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1907 Umfuli VI Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1907 Umzinto XLIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jan 1908 Umlazi XXXVI Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1909 Umhloti III Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1910 Umlazi XXXIX Madras | View Ship List |
Jan 1911 Umkuzi XXXI Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1864 Blenheim I Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jul 1864 Sir John Lawrence Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1866 Isabella Hercus Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1876 St Kilda Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jul 1877 Glenroy I Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jul 1878 Glenroy II Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jul 1878 Merchantman II Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jul 1878 Poonah Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jul 1881 Merchantman III Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jul 1882 Merchantman IV Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jul 1882 Umvoti IX Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1883 John Davie I Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jul 1884 Glenroy IV Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jul 1890 Umtata II Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1891 Umtata V Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1892 Pongola X Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1893 Congella XIV Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1894 Pongola XVI Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1895 Pongola XX Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1896 Umlazi II Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1897 Umlazi VI Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1897 Umzinto XV Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1898 Umzinto XIX Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1900 Pongola XXXII Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1901 Congella XXXIV Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1903 Umkuzi XIII Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1904 Pongola XLVIII Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1904 Umzinto XXXIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jul 1905 Pongola LII Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1905 Umkuzi XX Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1906 Umkuzi XXXIV Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1907 Congella XLIX Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1907 Umhloti II Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1910 Umfuli XIV Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1910 Umkuzi XXXIX Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jul 1911 Umlazi XLIII Madras | View Ship List |
Jul 1911 Umzinto LIII Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1864 Fairlie Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1865 Ardberg Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1874 Ailsa Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jun 1874 Jason Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jun 1876 Merchantman I Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jun 1877 Jumnal I Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jun 1878 Dunphaile Castle I Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1880 Dunphailie Castle I Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1882 Silhet I Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jun 1883 Foyle Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jun 1883 Umvoti XI Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1887 Umvoti XVIII Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1888 Umvoti XX Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1889 Pongola I Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jun 1889 Umvoti XXIII Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1890 Pongola IV Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jun 1891 Congella IX Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jun 1892 Congella XII Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1893 Umzinto IV Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1894 Umzinto VII Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1895 Congella XIX Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1896 Umzinto XII Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1898 Pongola XXVIII Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1900 Umzinto XXII Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1901 Pongola XXXVI Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1901 Umlazi XIV Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1902 UMLAZI XVIII Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1903 Umona II Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jun 1904 Umlazi XXII Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1905 Congella XLV Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jun 1905 Umzinto XXXVII Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1906 Umlazi XXXIX Calcutta | View Ship List |
Jun 1906 Umzinto XL Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1907 Pongola LXI Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1907 Umzinto XLIV Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1909 Umzinto XLV Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1910 Umhloti V Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1911 Umfuli XVI Madras | View Ship List |
Jun 1911 Umkuzi XXXIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1861 Tyburnia Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1878 Suffolk II Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1881 Glenroy III Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1881 Umvoti VII Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1885 Dunphailie Castle V Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1886 Umvoti XVI Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1888 Quathlamba II Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1891 Congella VIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1892 Congella XI Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1893 Congella XIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1893 Umzinto III Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1894 Umzinto VI Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1895 Congella XVIII Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1895 Umzinto IX Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1896 Congella XXI Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1896 Umzinto XI Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1897 Congella XXIII Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1898 Congella XXVI Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1899 Congella XXIX Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1899 Pongola XXXI Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1900 Congella XXX Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1901 Pongola XXXV Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1901 Umzinto XXIV Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1902 UMKUZI X Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1903 Pongola XLIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1903 Umlazi XX Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1904 Umkuzi XIV Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1905 Congella XLIV Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1905 Umzinto XXXVI Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1906 Congella XLVII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1906 Pongola LV Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1906 Umfuli II Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1907 Pongola LX Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1908 Umkuzi XXVII Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1908 Umlazi XXXVII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Mar 1910 Umzinto XLVII Madras | View Ship List |
Mar 1911 Umlazi XLI Madras | View Ship List |
May 1866 Helen Wallace Madras | View Ship List |
May 1875 Gainsborough Calcutta | View Ship List |
May 1876 Atalanta I Calcutta | View Ship List |
May 1878 Umvoti IV Madras | View Ship List |
May 1881 Mars II Madras | View Ship List |
May 1884 John Davie II Calcutta | View Ship List |
May 1889 Congella I Calcutta | View Ship List |
May 1890 Congella V Madras | View Ship List |
May 1892 Pongola IX Calcutta | View Ship List |
May 1893 Pongola XIII Madras | View Ship List |
May 1894 Pongola XV Calcutta | View Ship List |
May 1896 Pongola XXIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
May 1897 Pongola XXV Madras | View Ship List |
May 1900 Umkuzi III Madras | View Ship List |
May 1901 Congella XXXIII Madras | View Ship List |
May 1901 Umkuzi VII Madras | View Ship List |
May 1902 UMZINTO XXVII Madras | View Ship List |
May 1902 WARORA II Calcutta | View Ship List |
May 1903 Pongola XLIV Madras | View Ship List |
May 1904 Congella XLI Calcutta | View Ship List |
May 1904 Umkuzi XV Madras | View Ship List |
May 1905 Umlazi XXXVI Madras | View Ship List |
May 1906 Pongola LVI Calcutta | View Ship List |
May 1906 Umfuli III Madras | View Ship List |
May 1907 Umlazi XXXIII Madras | View Ship List |
May 1908 Umfuli X Madras | View Ship List |
May 1909 Umkuzi XXVIII Madras | View Ship List |
May 1910 Umfuli XIII Madras | View Ship List |
May 1910 Umzinto XLVIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
May 1911 Umhloti VI Madras | View Ship List |
May 1911 Umlazi XLII Madras | View Ship List |
May 1911 Umzinto LII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Nov 1860 Belvedere Calcutta | View Ship List |
Nov 1860 Truro Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1874 Umvoti I Calcutta | View Ship List |
Nov 1878 Copenhagen Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1879 Carnatic I Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1880 Canada I Calcutta | View Ship List |
Nov 1880 Mars I Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1883 Umvoti XII Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1884 John Allan Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1887 Umvoti XIX Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1889 Congella III Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1890 Umtata III Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1897 Pongola XXVI Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1897 Umlazi VII Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1898 Umkuzi I Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1899 Umkuzi II Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1901 PONGOLA XXXVIII Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1901 UMLAZI XIX Calcutta | View Ship List |
Nov 1903 Pongola XLVI Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1903 Umzinto XXXI Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1904 Umkuzi XVII Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1905 Umfuli I Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1906 Umfuli V Calcutta | View Ship List |
Nov 1906 Umzinto XLII Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1907 Umfuli VIII Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1909 Umfuli XII Madras | View Ship List |
Nov 1910 Umzinto L Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1863 Scindian Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1864 John Vanner Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1864 Ocean Chief Calcutta | View Ship List |
Oct 1874 Blenheim II Calcutta | View Ship List |
Oct 1877 Northern Monarch Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1877 Suffolk I Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1877 Umvoti II Calcutta | View Ship List |
Oct 1878 Zenobia Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1880 Dunphailie Castle I Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1883 Castleton I Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1886 Umvoti XVII Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1888 Umvoti XXI Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1890 Pongola V Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1891 Umtata VI Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1892 Pongola XI Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1894 Pongola XVII Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1895 Pongola XXI Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1896 Umlazi III Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1897 Umzinto XVI Calcutta | View Ship List |
Oct 1898 Umzinto XX Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1900 Congella XXXI Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1900 Umkuzi V Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1901 CONGELLA XXXV Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1901 UMKUZI VIII Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1902 CONGELLA XXXVIII Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1902 PONGOLA XLI Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1904 Pongola XLIX Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1904 Umzinto XXXIV Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1905 Umkuzi XXI Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1906 Pongola LVIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Oct 1906 Umlazi XXXI Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1907 Umlazi XXXV Madras | View Ship List |
Oct 1909 Umzinto XLVI Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1863 Earl of Hardwick Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1865 Porchester Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1874 Enmore I Calcutta | View Ship List |
Sep 1878 Hastings I Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1878 Vimeira I Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1879 Vimeira II Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1881 Canada II Calcutta | View Ship List |
Sep 1881 Mars III Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1881 Umvoti VIII Calcutta | View Ship List |
Sep 1884 Laurel Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1884 Umvoti XIV Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1889 Pongola II Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1892 Umzinto I Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1897 Congella XXIV Calcutta | View Ship List |
Sep 1898 Congella XXVII Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1898 Pongola XXIX Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1900 Pongola XXXIII Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1901 UMLAZI XV Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1902 UMZINTO XXVIII Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1903 Umzinto XXX Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1904 Umlazi XXIII Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1905 Pongola LIII Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1906 Umfuli IV Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1907 Umkuzi XXVI Madras | View Ship List |
Sep 1910 Umkuzi XXX Madras | View Ship List |