Fiji

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Fiji · Formal indenture (1834–1920)

1879–1916 indenture to Fiji sugar plantations. Most Fiji Indian indenture drew from North India (Hindi belt) — Tamil presence is a minority within Indo-Fijian community, with limited surviving Tamil-medium institutional continuity.

Population — as cited

Indo-Fijians ~317,000 (37.6%); Tamil subset not disaggregated

Fiji Bureau of Statistics — 2017 Population Census · 2017

Most Fiji indenture drew from North India; Tamil presence is a minority within Indo-Fijian community.

TLTE never aggregates a "Tamil population" or "Tamil GDP" figure. Numbers are cited verbatim from the named source.

Memory custodians

·National Library of Australia — Indian Emigration Passes to Fiji 1879–1916 (digitised pass books)
·Fiji National Archives (limited digitisation)

Tamil-language press / cultural bodies

· No Tamil-specific press in Fiji identified

Outlet names only. Never journalist names. See the Press Freedom Desk for protection rationale.

Relations to other nodes

Tamil Naduindenture route— Madras Presidency component, 1879–1916

Anchor citations

National Archives of Fiji — Indian Immigration Passestlte-cite:ecumene-nla-fiji-passes
National Archives of Fiji · Government of Fiji
Primary archival series for the 60,553 Indian indentured workers transported to Fiji 1879–1916, of whom a significant minority were Tamil-speaking from Madras Presidency. Cited as the verification anchor for Fiji population claims.

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