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  • By way of explanation, a Coolie was of Indian or Chinese nationality, indentured labourers, who were hired for work in foreign lands, the word Coolie is traceable to a tribe from the West of India known as the Koli.

    1. MajorityRights.com (main blog) 2009

  • By way of explanation, a Coolie was of Indian or Chinese nationality, indentured labourers, who were hired for work in foreign lands, the word Coolie is traceable to a tribe from the West of India known as the Koli.

    1. MajorityRights.com (main blog) 2009

  • In the present torrid state of the weather, can the Oriental craftsmanship lately introduced here be properly termed Coolie labor?

    Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 Various

  • A restaurant called Ghazipur Opium Factory, or a series of airport lounges called Coolie Depots, an island resort called Prison Islands, or a gallery with Opium War memorabilia?

    NYT > Home Page By LYDIA POLGREEN 2011

  • "Coolie", and says he was very talented, yet so down to earth.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010

  • Twenty-eight years after he survived a near fatal accident on the sets of Manmohan Desai's Hindi film 'Coolie', the 67-year-old actor says he contracted the disease, normally associated with alcoholics, through transfusion of blood from an unknown donor during emergency surgery.

    NDTV News - Top Stories 2010

  • He has had a troubled medical history, starting with the accident in 1982 on the sets of the film 'Coolie'.

    Tonight 2010

  • He has had a troubled medical history, starting with the accident in 1982 on the sets of the film 'Coolie'.

    Reuters: Top News 2010

  • Amitabh Bachchan elm51 I got liver cirrhosis from 'Coolie' accident: Big B:

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Bureau News 2010

  • Movie_Headlines I got liver cirrhosis from 'Coolie' accident:

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Bureau News 2010

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