Henry Sidambarom
Henry Sidambarom (5 July 1863 – 15 September 1952) was a Justice of the Peace and defender of the cause of Indian workers in Guadeloupe. He was born in Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe, and was a Guadeloupean of Indian origin.
In 1884, he was employed at the head office of Indian immigration to Basse-Terre. In 1904, he filed a lawsuit, demanding French citizenship for the Indians of Guadeloupe. The trial of this suit lasted from 23 February 1904 until April 1923 - almost 20 years - but he won.{{Cite web |url=http://www.topnews.in/law/remote-french-island-reconnects-india-264156 |title=A remote French Island reconnects with India – Top News Law |access-date=2012-12-14 |archive-date=2021-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126162445/https://www.topnews.in/law/remote-french-island-reconnects-india-264156 |url-status=dead }}
In 1948, the City Council and the General Council of Capesterre Belle Eau asked the French government to award Sidambarom the Legion of Honour.[http://pedagogie.ac-guadeloupe.fr/files/File/arts_culture/TEXTES/Dossiers_pedagogiques/arts_culture_20130201_texte_DeliberationConseilMunicipal1948.pdf Academy of guadeloupe - Texte_Deliberation City Council 1948 (In French)]
In 2013, the Félix Eboué Prize was dedicated on the 150th anniversary of his birth.[http://pedagogie.ac-guadeloupe.fr/arts_et_culture/hommage_henri_sidambarom Tribute to Henry Sidambarom, in French] In December 2013, the Indian ambassador to France, Arun Kumar Singh, visited Guadeloupe for commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Henry Sidambarom's birth.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ambinde.fr/news-media/embassy-news/768-ambassador-s-visit-to-guadeloupe |title=Embassy of India: Ambassador Arun K. Singh, visited Toulouse from 21-23, October, 2013 |access-date=2014-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143849/http://www.ambinde.fr/news-media/embassy-news/768-ambassador-s-visit-to-guadeloupe |archive-date=2014-04-13 |url-status=dead }}
Further reading
- {{cite book |last=Sidambarom |first= Henry|date=1990 |title= Procès politique: contestation des droits électoraux opposée par le gouverneur de la Guadeloupe, M. le Vicomte de la Loyère, aux fils d'Hindous nés à la Guadeloupe(1904-1906)|language= fr|oclc= 863701916}}
- {{cite book |last=Sidambarom |first= Cheddi |date=2007|others=foreword by Henri Bangou and under the direction of Jean-François Niort|title= Du Code noir au Code civil : Jalons pour l'histoire du droit en Guadeloupe, perspectives comparées avec la Martinique, la Guyane et la République d'Haïti |pages= 187–198|language= fr|chapter= L'acquisition de la nationalité française par les immigrants et fils d'immigrants indiens, 1904-1923 |publisher= Harmattan |isbn= 2296041531|oclc= 775433824}}
- {{cite book |last=Diantantu|first= Serge |date=2012|title= Homme noir, d'Afrique, d'Amérique et des Antilles|language= fr|publisher=Caraïbéditions |isbn= 9789522731869|oclc= 870318719}}
- {{cite book |last=Sahaï|first= Jean Samuel |date=2013|title=Adagio pour la Da, les Indiens des Antilles de Henry Sidambarom à Aimé Césaire : un aspect négligé des études post-coloniales|language= fr|publisher= Atramenta|isbn= 9522731862|oclc= 859436499}}
References
See also
- History of Guadeloupe
- Indentured servant
- Indians in Guadeloupe
- Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin
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