The Indian Presence in Guyana
by
Hazel Woolfordfor the Guyana Institute of Historical Research diaspora series
Happy arrival day. Dedicated to my Grandfather Latchman June 1883 - July 8, 1948...
This is my Grandfather Emigration Pass from India to British Guiana, he left India on July 19, 1902, and arrives in British Guiana on August 20, 1902, on the vessle MOY, he was 19 years of age and as confirmed by my father he had a scar on his knee as stated on the pass. Most of the information is self explainary some i gather to shed more details e.g.
Caste, The Ahir are believed to be the descendants of Lord Krishna and are caste of cowherds, milkers, and cattle breeders widely dispersed across the Gangetic Plain, especially in the more easterly part (Bihar, Bengal, and eastern Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh).
The district he was living in, Jhansi district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Jhansi is the district headquarters. The district is bordered on the north by Jalaun District, to the east by Hamirpur and Mahoba districts, to the south by Tikamgarh District of M....
The place he board the ship, By June 27, 1857, the First War of Independence had spread to Cawnpore (Kanpur, as it is known today). Cawnpore was an important garrison town for the East India ... Chandwara is the town or village he came from, it is a community development block that forms an administrative division of Koderma district.
[Seeta Terry Shah Roath]
