Tracing family roots
Ranchi, Feb 14: A Mauritius of Indian origin trying to determine his village and parents in Jharkhand, despite the administrative district is unable to help much.
Speaking in Mauritius of chaste Hindi, Janadjee Suresh, whose ancestors emigrated to the campaign in 1870, said he wanted to visit the village of his ancestors in Jharkhand with the objective of development.
Suresh, who has a production of the steel industry in Mauritius, recently sent a letter to Ranchi Deputy Commissioner, Pradeep Kumar, seeking assistance in locating her village and parents.
One person in 82, Royal Road Grand River North West, Mauritius (phone number 00230-9176130), photocopies of documents Suresh’s great grandmother, Rookmanea (a subsidiary of Ram Lal Jeereedee village Chotanagpore Zilla, Pergunnah - Paulgunge ).
Rookmanea arrived in Mauritius on 27 August 1870, when she was 19 with a baby boy born on board the Codabux 1188, the veil of Calcutta. The boy? No certificate of immigration as a country Jahadjee his name, perhaps because he was born on a boat or in Hindi Jahaz), and that his father was Beeharry.
All Suresh know is that his ancestors came from a city known for Chhotanagpur (unified) Bihar. ? I have no evidence of the most hailing from Jharkhand, with the exception of immigration quotas of my ancestors, which I of the Mauritius Archives in May 2004? he said.
The management department, it is difficult to determine Suresh? N roots, as the information provided by him 136 years. Kumar said the President has tried to locate Suresh? N roots.
? Many people had migrated to work in sugar cane plantations and there have been forced migration, including in Bihar. It is possible, migrants were illiterate and could not address or addresses entered incorrectly British to hide the identity of slaves. Pergunnah The system has changed greatly since then, except if there are no archives in Ranchi. But we are trying to discover if there is a city of that name in the state? a portion of the local administration official said.
It felt ads in newspapers or reports can help Suresh traces its roots. The official website of migration has been said, especially from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and eastern Barkagaon in Hazaribagh circle.
Xavier researchers at the Institute of Social Service has suggested that Suresh? Family were not tribal.
At that time, Jharkhand region had only two districts? Chhotanagpur and Santhal Pargana? and throughout North America and South Chhotanagpur today, Palamau, Kolhaan (Chaibasa) and circle of Purulia Bengal at the time were part Chotanagpore district, she said.
Suresh said he wanted his ancestors? Village. ? I wish to offer prayers and consider myself lucky if I’m here and I am able to do something for the village. It is preferable, if my parents are also found? he said.