Henry Sidambarom

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

• 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) (in French). OCLC 863701916.
• Sidambarom, Cheddi (2007). "L'acquisition de la nationalité française par les immigrants et fils d'immigrants indiens, 1904-1923". 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 (in French). foreword by Henri Bangou and under the direction of Jean-François Niort. Harmattan. pp. 187–198. ISBN 2296041531. OCLC 775433824.
• Diantantu, Serge (2012). Homme noir, d'Afrique, d'Amérique et des Antilles (in French). Caraïbéditions. ISBN 9789522731869. OCLC 870318719.
• 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 (in French). Atramenta. ISBN 9522731862. OCLC 859436499.

References

1. "A remote French Island reconnects with India – Top News Law". Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
2. Academy of guadeloupe - Texte_Deliberation City Council 1948 (In French)
3. Tribute to Henry Sidambarom, in French
4. "Embassy of India: Ambassador Arun K. Singh, visited Toulouse from 21-23, October, 2013". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-09.

See also

• History of Guadeloupe
• Indentured servant
• Indians in Guadeloupe
• Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin