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The time-bound contract system for colonial plantation labour was known as the:
ACharter Act
BGirmit Act
CRowlatt Act
DVernacular Act
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Girmit Act
1. It is the Indian Emigration Act.
2. Migrants called it by a local name.
3. That is the Girmit Act.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 2, Migration: Types, Causes and Consequences._
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