Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Mrs. Kamla Persad Bissessar who is also the Chief Guest of the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas being held in Jaipur, would visit her ancestral village Bhelupur in the Buxar District of Bihar on 11th of this Month.
She is the Second Head of the state after Mauritius Prime Minister Ramgulam to visit Ancestral Land in Bihar. Interestingly Ramgulam’s native place is just 60 kms away from this village.
As per Government Records, her grand-parents lived at Bhelupur village in the Itarhi Block of the Buxar district of Bihar and it was Ram Lakhan Mishra her great-grandfather who had migrated to Carribean as Girmitiya labourers.
The Villagers are excited at the expected visit of the Prime Minister.Entire village is being decorated, roads are being given a good shape. Local Administration is also trying to make her visit a memorable one.There would be round the clock supply of electricity during her tour. Tight security arrangements are also being made.
About Kamla Persad Bissessar
Kamla Persad-Bissessar is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the seventh person to hold this position. She was sworn in as Prime Minister on May 26, 2010 and is the country’s first female Prime Minister. Persad-Bissessar is married to Dr. Gregory Bissessar and has one son. It was from the Kolkata port that nearly 148,000 indentured labourers sailed for Trinidad and Tobago between 1845 and 1917.
She says, I am a grandmother myself and know the relation that children usually share with their grandmoms. Trinidad and Tobago will always remain our mother but India is our grandmother. It was from here that people travelled to, worked and settled down in Trinidad and Tobago. There was no social networking sites in those days. People just sailed with Bhagavad Gitas and Korans clutched in their fists. Even today, we celebrate Diwali and Holi in Trinidad and Tobago. The people there still dance to the beat of the ‘tasha’ as they do to local instruments