Discuss the proactive involvement of Mahatma Gandhiji in abolishing the indentured labour system. (200 Words)
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The beginning
· Indians arrived in Natal, South Africa as early as 1860, and worked as indentured (bonded) labourers. By 1911, 1,52,000 Indians had migrated from Calcutta and Madras. They worked in sugar estates, railways and in coal mines.
· They were also required to pay tax after their bond had been served, to enable them to remain in the country. This was done to send them back into indentured labour or to make them return to India.
· Mahatma Gandhi organised a a mass meeting on September 11, 1906 at the Imperial Theatre in Johannesburg, where 3,000 people pledged to defy the law. He travelled to London to get the Black Act abolished.
· The Transvaal Immigration Restriction Act placed restrictions on Indians entering the Transvaal from other provinces.
· On April 27, 1911 Jan Smuts began negotiations with Mahatma Gandhi on the repressive policies employed against Indians in South Africa and abolished the indentured labour system in south Africa with help of Gopala Krishna Gokhale.
Mauritius
· The first ship carrying Indians to Fiji, the Leonidas, arrived on May 14, 1879 with 463 immigrants aboard. They were the answer to Fiji's dwindling supply of labour.
· Mahatma Gandhi sent Rev. C.F. Andrews to study the conditions of Indians living in Fiji.
· Magazines and journals brought out especial editions on the indenture system.
· The nationalists’ agitation and pressure from other groups in India and the UK eventually forced the British India government to stop indenture recruitment in 1917.
· The system of indentured labour was finally abolished in 1920.
India
· Around the time the indenture system was abolished, the Champaran Satyagraha was launched.
· This movement successfully abolished forced labour system in Indigo plantations.
Rahul 5 years
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K. V. A 5 years
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Krish 5 years
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Anu 5 years
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Try to include about abolition of indentured labour system in Fiji, Chamaparan Satayagraha 1917 in India. Keep Writing.
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