Henry Sidambarom Explained
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.[1]
In 1948, the City Council and the General Council of Capesterre Belle Eau asked the French government to award Sidambarom the Legion of Honour.[2]
In 2013, the Félix Eboué Prize was dedicated on the 150th anniversary of his birth.[3] In December 2013, the Indian ambassador to France, Arun Kumar Singh, visited Guadeloupe for commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Henry Sidambarom's birth.[4]
Further reading
- Book: Sidambarom, Henry. 1990 . 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). fr. 863701916.
- Book: Sidambarom, Cheddi . 2007. foreword by Henri Bangou and under the direction of Jean-François Niort. 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 . 187–198. fr. L'acquisition de la nationalité française par les immigrants et fils d'immigrants indiens, 1904-1923 . . 2296041531. 775433824.
- Book: Diantantu, Serge . 2012. Homme noir, d'Afrique, d'Amérique et des Antilles. fr. Caraïbéditions . 9789522731869. 870318719.
- Book: Sahaï, Jean Samuel . 2013. Adagio pour la Da, les Indiens des Antilles de Henry Sidambarom à Aimé Césaire : un aspect négligé des études post-coloniales. fr. Atramenta. 9522731862. 859436499.
References
- Web site: A remote French Island reconnects with India – Top News Law . 2012-12-14 . 2021-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210126162445/https://www.topnews.in/law/remote-french-island-reconnects-india-264156 . dead .
- 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)
- http://pedagogie.ac-guadeloupe.fr/arts_et_culture/hommage_henri_sidambarom Tribute to Henry Sidambarom, in French
- Web site: Embassy of India: Ambassador Arun K. Singh, visited Toulouse from 21-23, October, 2013 . 2014-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143849/http://www.ambinde.fr/news-media/embassy-news/768-ambassador-s-visit-to-guadeloupe . 2014-04-13 . dead .
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