Aapravasi Ghat is well known because it was the place where more than half a million indentured laborers descended to work either in Mauritius or to be shipped to other parts of the world such as Australia, Reunion Island, the Caribbean etc. On April 1987, the Aapravasi Ghat was declared a national monument by the Government of Mauritius and in 2006, the Aapravasi Ghat became the first indenture site in the world to be inscribed on UNESCO’s famous list of World Heritage Sites under criterion six.

Aapravasi Ghat is well known because it was the place where more than half a million indentured laborers descended to work either in Mauritius or to be shipped to other parts of the world such as Australia, Reunion Island, the Caribbean etc. On April 1987, the Aapravasi Ghat was declared a national monument by the Government of Mauritius and in 2006, the Aapravasi Ghat became the first indenture site in the world to be inscribed on UNESCO’s famous list of World Heritage Sites under criterion six.

Aapravasi Ghat is well known because it was the place where more than half a million indentured laborers descended to work either in Mauritius or to be shipped to other parts of the world such as Australia, Reunion Island, the Caribbean etc. On April 1987, the Aapravasi Ghat was declared a national monument by the Government of Mauritius and in 2006, the Aapravasi Ghat became the first indenture site in the world to be inscribed on UNESCO’s famous list of World Heritage Sites under criterion six.