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1860 anniversary Call to light lamps, join prayers

The local Indian community will commemorate the 163rd anniversary of the arrival of their forefathers to South African shores.

On November 16, 1860, the first indentured workers arrived on the SS Truro.

Aboard 384 ships, 152 184 people were transported as human cargo between 1860 to 1911, to provide labour in growing the colonial economy of the then Natal.

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