Indian indentured labourers

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1879

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Indian indentured labourers, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. First Indian indentured labourers arrive in Fiji aboard the Leonidas

   1879

   Role: First batch of Indian immigrants to Fiji

   1. 13 March 1879 · Calcutta, IndiaDeparture from Calcutta

      The Leonidas departed Calcutta on 3 March 1879, carrying indentured labourers to Fiji.

   2. 214 May 1879 · LevukaArrival at Levuka

      The Leonidas arrived at Levuka, Fiji, on 14 May 1879, disembarking the first batch of Indian labourers.

   3. 314 May to 9 August 1879 · Yanuca LailaiQuarantine and Survivors

      Armed guards prevented contact with new arrivals, and disease reduced the number of survivors to 463.

Sources

1. Indo-Fijians Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27