<P> The 100th anniversary of the first arrival of Indians in Grenada was commemorated in 1957 . This was the first ever commemoration of the day in Grenada . The next commemoration would occur more than five decades later in 2009 . On 29 April 2009, the Government of Grenada declared that the 1st of May would officially be designated as Indian Arrival Day and observed annually alongside the existing Labour Day . The date was already a public holiday in Grenada, on account of Labour Day . The Government also announced that Boucherie Road, the road leading to the site of the arrival of the Maidstone, would be officially renamed Maidstone Road to honour the arrival of Indians in Grenada . The renaming was officially carried out in a ceremony at 10: 30 AM at La Fortune Junction, St. Patrick on 2 May 2009 . Governor General Sir Carlyle Glean unveiled a granite plaque commemorating the arrival of the first Indians in Grenada . The plaque bears the inscription, "On 1st May 1857, in this bay the sailing vessel "Maidstone" anchored and landed 287 passengers having left India three months earlier, with 304 passengers . Between the years 1857 and 1890 other ships anchored in this and other bays bringing a total of 3,200 persons from India to work as agricultural indenture labourers in Grenada . This monument is dedicated to those who became the genesis of the Indo - Grenadian population of our nation". </P> <P> In Guyana the holiday is celebrated on May 5 commemorating the first arrival of indentured labourers from India to the country, on May 5, 1838 . On this day, the workers arrived in Guyana to work in sugar plantations . Their descendants today comprise 44 percent of Guyana's population of over 750,000 . </P> <P> In Mauritius, the holiday is celebrated on November 2 to commemorate the arrival of Indian labourers . </P> <P> The Parliament of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines enacted an Act of Parliament on 26 March 2007 officially declaring the 1st of June as Indian Arrival Day . The first official commemoration of the event was held on 1 June that year . The day is marked annually by a re-enactment of the landing of Indians at Indian Bay, Kingstown, followed by a procession to Heritage Square . Several Indian cultural events are also held to mark the occasion . The first International Indian Diaspora Conference was held for the first time on 1 - 3 June 2012 . It was organized by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Chapter of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin International (GOPIO - SVG), in partnership with the SVG Indian Heritage Foundation, and under the patronage of the SVG Ministry of Tourism and Culture . This was the first international conference for the Indian diaspora held in the country . Similar conferences had been held in other Caribbean nations since 1975 . </P>

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