indenture
/ɪnˈdentʃə(r)/noun
उच्चारण इन्डेन्चर
अनुबंध-पत्र, इकरारनामा
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(in the past) an agreement by which a person promised to work for an employer for a fixed number of years, especially in another country, in return for travel costs, food and a place to live
गिरमिट, अनुबंध-श्रम का समझौता
- Thousands of Indians went to Fiji and Mauritius under indenture.
- The workers could not leave until their indenture ended.
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[T, usually passive] ~ sb (to sb)
to bind a person by a formal agreement to work for somebody for a fixed period
अनुबंध में बाँधना
- He was indentured to a merchant at the age of fifteen.
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Usage: the Indian word girmit comes from the English word agreement, and the workers were called girmitiyas.
Usage में, भारतीय शब्द गिरमिट अंग्रेज़ी शब्द agreement से बना है, और इन मज़दूरों को गिरमिटिया कहा जाता था।
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General knowledge
Indian indentured labourers were taken to colonies such as Fiji, Mauritius, Trinidad and South Africa, and the system was ended in 1917.
GK के लिए, भारतीय गिरमिटिया मज़दूरों को Fiji, Mauritius, Trinidad और South Africa जैसे उपनिवेशों में ले जाया गया था, और यह व्यवस्था 1917 में समाप्त की गई।