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Indian Immigrants And The Creation of St James
Originally, St James was settled by Tamil Indians and immortalised that event by naming a large percentage of its street after the cities and regions of India.
On Wednesday, our country will commemorate 173 years of East Indian arrival to our shores. Incidental to this is the 80-year anniversary of the inclusion of St James into the City of Port of Spain. This historic event took place on June ist, 1938. Since then, the town of St James has developed from a sleepy village into a vital sub-division of the City of Port of Spain.