indentured
/ɪnˈdentʃəd/adjective
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अनुबंधित, गिरमिटिया (मजदूर)
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adjective
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[usually before noun] especially historical
(of a worker) bound by a contract to work for an employer for a fixed number of years, often in another country and on very poor terms
अनुबंधित, गिरमिटिया (मजदूर)
- Thousands of indentured labourers were taken from India to Fiji and Mauritius.
- Gandhi fought for the rights of indentured Indians in South Africa.
Synonyms bonded contracted
Opposite free
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indenture noun
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After slavery was abolished in the British Empire in the 1830s, Indian indentured workers, called girmitiyas, were sent to colonies such as Mauritius, Fiji, Trinidad and Guyana.
GK: 1830 के दशक में British Empire में slavery खत्म होने के बाद भारतीय indentured मजदूरों (गिरमिटिया) को Mauritius, Fiji, Trinidad और Guyana जैसे उपनिवेशों में भेजा गया।