How Indian communities began abroad? #prismofinsights

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]After the British abolished slavery in the 1830s, [music] plantation owners needed workers. So, the British began sending Indian laborers overseas on contracts to work on sugar, tea, and rubber plantations.

[00:00:11]Although it was advertised as paid work with good [music] wages, many workers faced harsh conditions, long hours, and low pay.

[00:00:18]From the 1800s to the early 1900s, millions of [music] Indians were sent to different parts of the world, and many stayed after their contracts ended, building communities, temples, and businesses while following Indian traditions, festivals, helping build the Indian communities found across the world today.