Indentureship memorial to be inaugurated in Kolkata

By Vishnu Bisram

A memorial plaque will be inaugurated in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, tomorrow in tribute to the hundreds of thousands of Indians who left India  under the indentured scheme between 1834 and 1917 in that perilous journey to save the sugar plantations of the colonial empire.

The plaque is just a part of the honour  being given to the late indentured servants.  The Indian government plans to construct  a full-fledged Indian Diaspora Museum in Kolkata to reflect the psychological,