[2] Indian people were first introduced to the Caribbean as indentured laborers by the British government beginning in the 1830s after the abolition of slavery and when cheap labour was needed.
There are smaller but well established population in Jamaica, Saint Lucia and other Caribbean countries.
The Indian communities in these countries have now become extremely well established and currently have a very successful diaspora.
[3] Notable Britons of Indo-Guyanese descent include Arif Ali, Waheed Alli, Baron Alli, , Shakira Caine, David Dabydeen, Gina Miller, Bishnodat Persaud, Avinash Persaud, Raj Persaud and Gordon Warnecke, and Mark Ramprakash.
The British eighties pop group Five Star are of Indo Caribbean descent through their mother.