INDIA, June 26, 2008: (HPI note: This is a moving account from the Nepal-based magzine Himal of the experience, mostly of those who stayed behind, when tens of thousands of workers were shipped from the Bhojur region of India to the British colonies.)
Nearly 150 years ago began an agonising saga of migration from the Bhojpur region of India. With Britain actively engaged in agriculture in colonies across the world, there was a great need for skilled labourers