Wednesday, May 5, 2010 >From http://gaiutra.blogspot.com/2010/05/indian-arrival-day.html ** Indian Arrival Day Today, May 5, is Indian Arrival Day, which commemorates the landing in the West Indies of the very first group of "coolies," or indentured servants recruited in India as replacement labor after slaves were freed in the British Empire. Here's an excerpt from my book about that first group of Indians, 396 in total, known as the "Gladstone Coolies." ** --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar