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Aapravasi Ghat
In the district of Port Louis, lies the 1,640 m2 site where the modern indentured labour diaspora began. In 1834, the...
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 11 attractions in Port Louis
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Attraction type: Historic site
Address: Caudan Waterfront Port Louis, Mauritius

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“An important element of social history”
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4 of 5 stars
PrestonTraveller   653 contributions
Oct 30, 2009
3/3 found this review helpful

Aapravasi Ghat is Hindi for immigration Depot. A building complex located on the Port Louis waterfront. It was the first British colony to receive indentured workers from India from 1849 to 1923. An estimated half a million Indian indentured labourers passed through the Immigration Depot and spread out to plantations throughout the British Empire. In Mauritius alone, almost two thirds... more

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Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis, Mauritius