The Maratha immigrants, who were relatively few, were recruited mainly from the districts of Pune, Rajub, Sattara, Ratnagiri and the Konkan regions. The majority of the Indian immigrants were recruited from Calcutta and were Hindi-speaking, whereas Tamil and Telegu-speaking Indians sailed from Madras. Since that date, there has been over a few years, several batches of Indian immigrants engaged mainly for agricultural labour in the sugar-cane plantations owned at that time by the white plutocracy. The bulk of Indian immigration to Mauritius started in 1834, when Slavery was abolished by the British colonial government to compensate the shortage of labour resulting from the refusal of the African slaves to work in the fields. ![]() ![]() Maharashtra Bhawan, Pandit Sahadeo Square,Moka
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