The story is from Guyana, thousands of miles away from India where people talk in Hindi and Bhojpuri

PM Modi in Guyana: The Prime Minister is going on a visit to Guyana and this visit is very special because an Indian Prime Minister is arriving in this South American country after 56 years. While 43 percent of this country's population is of Indian origin.

PM Narendra Modi Guyana Visit : Guyana, a South American country located about 13 thousand kilometers away from India, is busy welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After 56 years, an Indian Prime Minister is going to visit Guyana. But Indians have been living in Guyana since 1838. People of Indian origin constitute 43 per cent of Guyana's total population and they have been living here for several generations. Obviously, the arrival of the Indian PM here in such a country will strengthen the years-old relations between the two countries.

The story of Indians settled in Guyana is very interesting. They arrived in the Caribbean in 1838 as contract labourers in sugarcane plantations. These laborers were called indentured laborers because the paper on which thousands of laborers were sent to South Africa or other Caribbean countries every year by putting a thumb impression, that paper was called Girmit.

Slavery was later outlawed in the British colonies of the region. After this, these people settled there. As a result, about 43 per cent of the people living in Guyana today are of Indian origin, 30 per cent of them Hindus.

Hindi-speaking people are common in Guyana

According to the population of Indians in Guyana, it is common to find Hindi-speaking people here. But the amazing thing is that here you will also see people talking in the local language of Bihar like Bhojpuri. Indians living in Guyana include people from many states including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Those who are active here in various fields including jobs, business, farming. Apart from this, students are also included in the Indians living here.

Cooperation in everything from oil, gas, medicines to education and communication

Amit S Telang, High Commissioner of India to Guyana, appreciated PM Modi's visit and said, "The significance of the visit lies in the fact that our two countries have traditionally shared very warm and historical relations. This visit, as it is taking place after nearly five decades, or 56 years to actually, is a symbol of deep friendship, mutual trust and the kind of cooperation that our two countries have experienced over the years," he said.