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He visited the Aapravasi Ghat, where the first indentured labourers arrived in Mauritius from India. He unveiled a plaque and laid a wreath at the ghat.

From 1834 to 1923, it is estimated that half a million Indians came to Mauritius as indentured labourers, or coolies.

The PM walked up the First Steps that Indian indentured labourers used at the ghat for centuries.

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