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2014–2022: From One-Party Dominance to a Peaceful Transfer of Power
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Contemporary Indo-Fijian Economy
From Girmit to Leasehold Farming
Girmit and the Sugar Economy
Migration & Remittances
Professionals & Industry
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Sugar Economy & Trade Unions
Education
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Challenges & Future
Early Struggles & Community Schools
Higher Education & Leadership
Teachers as Nation Builders (The Fiji Teachers’ Union & Indo-Fijian Leadership)
History
1871–1874: Kingdom of Fiji, Ma‘afu vs Cakobau, and the Last Steps to Cession
1916: The Abolition of Indenture
1920 Sugar Cane Strikes: The Birth of Indo-Fijian Political Power
1920 Sugar Cane Strikes: The Birth of Indo-Fijian Political Power
1943 Cane Strikes: A.D. Patel and the Politics of Resistance
1959–1960: The General Strike, the Denning Award, and the Making of Indo-Fijian Union Power
1963: Universal Adult Franchise — The First Real Vote
1965 London Constitutional Conference: Equality Denied
1969–1970: The London Talks and Independence Settlement
1977 Constitutional Crisis: Fiji’s First Broken Election
1990–1997: Exclusion and the Struggle
1990–1997: From Exclusion to the Great Constitutional Settlement
2006–2013: Bainimarama’s Coup and the New Constitution
2014–2022: From One-Party Dominance to a Peaceful Transfer of Power
Cession to Britain, 1874: The Birth of Colonial Fiji
Crossing the Kala Pani: Ships and Voyages of Fiji’s Girmitiyas (1879–1916)
Girmit Historical Context
Girmit Ships
Key Moments in History
The Journey
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Organisations
1940s Legislative Council
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Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji
British Indian Association of Fiji
Citizens Federation
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Federation of Cane Growers
Federation Party
Fiji Bharatiya Mazdur Sangh
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Fiji Indian Football Association
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Fiji Women’s Rights Movement
Global Girmit Institute & Museum
Hindu Mahasabha
Indian Association of Fiji
Indian Cane Growers Association
Indian Imperial Association of Fiji
Indian Reform League
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Maunatul Islam Association of Fiji
National Congress of Fiji
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Rewa Planters Union
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Southern Division Kisan Sangh
Then India Sanmarga Ikya Sangam
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People
Leaders
A.D. Patel
Agni Deo Singh
Aiyaz Khaiyum
Biman Prasad
Brij Lal
C.J.Patel
Dr Subramani
Hari Punja
K.S. Reddy
Krishna Datt
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1970 Independence: A Nation Born in Compromise
1987 Coups: The Day Democracy Died
1999–2000: Chaudhry’s Victory and the Speight Coup
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1956 Fiji Elections
1959 Fiji Elections
1963 Fiji Elections
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