expulsion of Asians from Uganda

When

Aug 1972 – Nov 1972

Kind

Expulsion or deportation

Coordinates

1.28° N, 32.39° E

Description

expulsion of Asian minority's in Uganda ordered by the President of Uganda, Idi Amin, in August of 1972,

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1972 expulsion of Indians by Idi Amin

In early August 1972, the President of Uganda Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of his country's Indian minority, giving them 90 days to leave the country. At the time, South Asians in East Africa were simply known as "Asians". Having first arrived in the late 1800s as migrant laborers to build the Uganda Railway, they would go on to dominate trade in the country.

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