Belle Vue Harel Sugar Estate, Belle Vue Harel, Mauritius
Caused by
poor labour conditions
Methods
strikes, riot, clashes with police, rallies
Resulted in
4 dead 16 injured Expanded political and economic rights for labourers
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The 1943 Belle Vue Harel Strike refers to a significant strike which escalated into riots amongst labourers working in the fields of the Belle Vue Harel Sugar Estate, near the village of Belle Vue Harel on the island of Mauritius in September 1943. The riots led to the death of 4 people with an additional 16 people being injured.[2]
^Ramchurn, Rashila Vigneshwari (December 2018). "Life on Sugar Estates in Colonial Mauritius". Journal of Anthropology and Archaeology. 6 (2): 1–10. doi:10.15640/jaa.v6n2a1.
^"A Chronology of Key Events in Mauritius - Vintage Mauritius". Vintage Mauritius. 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
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