File 19 ➔ The Star: Indo-Canadian Fortnightly, Vol. 3, No. 5
Item
Identifier:
2023_15_01_19_012
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://www.ufv.ca/sasi/
Repository Identifier
N 1-30
Date
June 1 1979;
Extent
12p. of textual records
Format
newspaper
Description
Newspaper titled, "The Star: Indo-Canadian Fortnightly (Fiji Special)", published for the period June 1st to 15th, 1979. The newspaper's main highlight is the Fijians' Girmit Centenary Celebrations, and the attendance of D. P. Pandia, an important political figure in the campaign for the right to vote of South Asian Canadians. An article written by Dennis Patten gives a detailed account of Mr. Pandia's visit at the festival including the sequence of events and meetings that he and his party engaged in.
Language
Notes
The Star is an Indo-Canadian fortnightly newspaper published every second Wednesday in the 1970s with news and events of interest to British Columbia's Indo-Canadian community.
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Fiji--History [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011004167]