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PROFESSOR Emeritus Dr Brinsley Samaroo was a distinguished Caribbean historian, retired university lecturer and government minister. He died in June at the age of 83. May his soul rest in

The full title of this article published in The Indian Express is “Cambridge University launches first-ever visiting fellowship to study Indian indentured labour history.” Cambridge University's Selwyn College has appointed Guyanese American professor Gaiutra Bahadur as the Ramesh and Leela Narain visiting bye-fellow in Indentureship Studies. Bahadur is the author of Coolie Woman: The Odyssey…

The University of Cambridge has created what is believed to be the first ever visiting fellowship into the study of indentureship, the controversial system that replaced slavery in the British Empire.Selwyn College has appointed Professor Gaiutra Bah

Gaiutra Bahadur is the author of ‘Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture', a major study of the lives of Indian women who became indentured labourers to colonial plantations in the 19th century.

The University of Cambridge has created the first ever visiting fellowship into the study of indentureship, under which a record number of Indians were transported to labour in harsh conditions in British colonies.