Sky Eclat
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During the construction of Uganda railway, The British imported about 7,500 skilled laborers from India and retained the services of about 20,000 unskilled laborers, made up of Indians and East Africans. By the end of construction 6,500 Indians were wounded or crippled and 2,500 had died, mainly from disease. (The number of Africans who were wounded or died was not recorded.) Many of the remaining Indian workers stayed on to form significant Indian minority communities in Kenya and Uganda.