External Affairs Minister Ms. Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday unveiled the Suriname Memorial in Kolkata, honouring the Indian indentured workers who migrated to the South American country as labourers for sugar plantations. <br/><br/>The memorial is a bust of 'Baba and Mai' – a depiction of male and female indentured workers known as father and mother.<br/><br/>It is a replica of the Baba and Mai monument in Parimaribo, Suriname's capital, which symbolises the first Indian man and woman to set foot in the Dutch speaking nation. <br/><br/>The memorial has been set up at the Suriname Jetty in Kolkata from where the indentured workers from India used to board the ship for the small country located on the northeast Atlantic coast of South America from 1873 to 1910. <br/><br/>The External Affairs Ministry has launched "know India" scheme for the Indian contingent living abroad to introduce them with their roots.