Tags: Ethnic Group.
There are currently over 12000 people of Indian origin living in Uganda but this is a far cry from their heyday. In the late 1800s over 30000 Indians mostly Sikhs were brought on 3 year contracts with the aid of Imperial British contractor Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee to build the Uganda Railway from Mombasa to Kisumu by 1901 and to Kampala by 1931. Some died while others returned to India after the end of their contracts but around 7000 chose to stay.
