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Mumbai,

India

1910

 
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A Cooly Woman, Bombay

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The word "coolie" or "cooly" originally referred to workers with low-status in the society

The growth of a city like Bombay was largely dependent on the work of laborers who carried bricks and building materials on wicker baskets on construction sites, much like they do today.
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