PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes all Guyanese a Happy Arrival Day, and, especially, calls upon all citizens to remember the 179th Anniversary of the Arrival of East Indians to Guyana. The IAC, an organisation which promotes and preserves Indian culture and deals with the issues and concerns...
PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes to inform the general public of and invite them to the organization’s 14th Annual Grand Cultural Melas to commemorate the 179th Anniversary of the arrival of East Indians to Guyana. The Essequibo Mela is scheduled for Sunday, April 30, 2017, commencing at...
PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes to inform all Guyanese that today, April 18, 2017, is the centenary of the arrival of the last batch of immigrants from India, mainly indentured labourers, who landed here on April 18, 1917, aboard the Coolie Ship s.s. GANGES. A total of...
PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) is very pleased to note that its initiative of calling for the establishment of a monument to recognize the arrival, in British Guiana, of immigrants from India is now occurring at Palmyra, East Berbice in Administrative Region Number Six. The IAC, which called...
PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) as part of its 2017 activities has launched a logo to commemorate the Centenary of the official end of emigration of Indentured labourers from India. The IAC has invited members of the public to submit designs for a logo depicting the 100th Anniversary...
PRESS RELEASE The Indian Action Committee (IAC) today Thursday, February 2, 2017 received funds totalling G$500,000 from the Ministry of Education Department of Culture Youth and Sport for its centenary commemoration activities to be held in April 2017. The IAC thanks the Ministry of Education Department of Culture Youth and...
The Indian Action Committee (IAC) is inviting the public to submit designs for a logo depicting the 100th Anniversary of the arrival of the last batch of Indians which arrived in British Guiana aboard the Coolie Ship s.s Ganges on April 18, 1917. The IAC wrote the Ministry of Education...
The Indian Action Committee (IAC) wishes all Guyanese a Happy and Prosperous New Year. The IAC is fully cognizant that national unity, which is absolutely necessary for the economic development of Guyana, can only be attained by everyone actively pursuing the policy of genuine social cohesion. The IAC, in its...
Press Release August 30, 2016 IAC calls on government to commemorate centenary of last ‘coolie’ ship The Indian Action Committee (IAC) has called on the government to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the last ‘coolie’ ship to British Guiana. The IAC during a recent meeting with President...