MISSION
STATEMENT
To preserve, promote and propagate
Indian culture
Indian Culture is one
of the oldest cultures. It came to Jamaica with
Indians after the abolition of Slavery. Indians
were brought as indentured labourers by British
plantation owners between 1845 and 1917 to work on
sugar estates and banana plantations.The first
ship, SS Blundell, carrying 261 Indians arrived at
Old Harbour Bay on May 10, 1845. From 1930
onwards, there has been an influx of Indian
merchants and professionals.
Due the tremendous pressures,
there was an erosion of the culture, particularly
in the areas of religoin, family tradition, mode
of dress and the language read
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"Truth,
purity, self-control, firmness, fearlessness,
humility, unity, peace, and renunciation—These are
the inherent qualities of a civil
resister"
-
Mahatma Gandhi
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