Remigration: return of the prodigals--an analysis of the impact of the cycles of migration and remigration on caste mobility
Chandra, V.P.
International Migration Review 31(1): 162-170
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0197-9183 PMID: 12320904 DOI: 10.2307/2547264Document Number: 268144
"The focus of this research note is the migration of the Patidar community to East Africa--and remigration to Gujarat, India. The primary motive for migration of the immigrant Patidars was to work, accumulate money and return to India, claiming a higher caste status. By 1931, a sufficient number of the community had become economically affluent and were given a higher caste status by the census enumerators. This study illustrates the transient nature of Indian migration to East Africa and its impact on caste mobility."