| Uba riots of 1937 | |
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| Date | 13 August 1937[1] |
| Location | Union Flacq Estate, Mauritius 20°12′46″S 57°41′33″E / 20.21278°S 57.69250°E |
| Caused by | Poor labour conditions unexpected reduction in the price of Uba sugarcane |
| Methods | strikes, rioting, clashes with the police, looting, protests, rallies, arson |
| Resulted in | Deaths: 1. Sookdeo Gobin 2. Dawood Lallmahomed 3. Anadoh Gowree Injured: 1. Mamode Aniff Ramjan 2. Arjoon Narain 3. Abdool Azize Jeanath 4. Brizlall Beeharry 5. Sookdeo Koonjbeeharry 6. Pyandee Veerin 7. Lutchmun Sungkur Expanded political and economic rights for labourers |
| History of Mauritius |
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| French (1710–1810) |
| British (1810–1968) |
| Independence (1968) |
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The Uba riots of 1937 or simply the Mauritian riots of 1937 refers to an outbreak of riots and civil disturbances that broke out amongst small scale sugar cane growers on the island of Mauritius in August 1937. The riots led to the death of 4 people with an additional 6 people being injured.[2]
Uba refers to a variety of Saccharum sinense sugarcane commonly cultivated by small hold owning cane growers and labourers at the time who initiated the riots due to an unexpected reduction in the price sugar mills were prepared to pay for the cane.[1]
- ^ a b Storey, William Kelleher (1995). "Small-Scale Sugar Cane Farmers and Biotechnology in Mauritius: The "Uba" Riots of 1937". Agricultural History. 69 (2): 163–176. JSTOR 3744263.
- ^ "A Chronology of Key Events in Mauritius - Vintage Mauritius". Vintage Mauritius. 2014-07-18. Retrieved 2018-08-18.