Our forefathers decided to do a secondary migration to British Guiana in the 1880's after working elsewhere in the Caribbean. More than half of all Indian Indentured labourers, after finishing their contract, returned or repatriated back to India up until 1947 as stipulated in their contract with the British plantation owners. Many who chose to remain in the British colonies opted for ownership of land. Our forefathers were amongst those who chose to remain and establish themselves in the new world. In true pioneer spirit they decided to settle in the second largest county or region in British Guiana called Demerara. They bought most of the land in the village of Dundee, located in the district of Mahaicony. This village is situated in between Mahaicony Creek (this is a river by North American standards) to the West and Abary Creek to the East. This area is known to be a very fertile area and is well know for rice cultivation, even today. It is not, therefore surprising that most of the earlier generations who settled in British Guiana became very involved in rice farming at a large scale, to such an extent that they were exporting rice to the Caribbean Islands as early as the 1920's.
