alleryIndentured labour migration from India in the 19th century supplied workers mainly to:
ABritish factories in Manchester
BAustralian gold mines exclusively
CCaribbean and Pacific plantations
DFrench wineries in Provence
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Caribbean and Pacific plantations
1. syllabus covers Indian indentured migration.
2. Most indentured workers came from Eastern UP, Bihar, Central India and the dry districts of Tamil Nadu.
3. They went to plantations and mines in the Caribbean (Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam), Mauritius, Fiji, South Africa, Malaya and Ceylon.
_Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 3 "The Making of a Global World", §Indenture ¶2_
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