In 1839 the British government began a programme of recruiting Indian labourers ( or coolies ) in Calcutta to be sent to Trinidad and British Guiana, now Guyana.

In the late 20th century, the general schematic of Crop Over began to closely mirror the Trinidad Carnival.

Crawford was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, one of the eleven children of Lionel and Phyllis Crawford, and began pursuing athletics at the age of 17.

Trinidad began the first round by cautiously analyzing the challenger's style, but the round ended with quick exchanges after Zulu took the initiative in the offensive.

Trinidad began the fourth round heavily on in the offensive connecting several combinations which hurt the challenger, using this to land more punches in Zulu's head and body.

After trading several combinations in the ninth round, Trinidad began to control the fight's tempo in the tenth, countering his adversary's attacks.

The fight began in a fast pace with Trinidad connecting a solid combination that led to his opponent being knocked down.

Trinidad began the fight on the offensive and won the first two rounds.

In 1941, the United States Navy arrived on Trinidad, and the panmen, who were associated with lawlessness and violence, helped to popularize steel pan music among soldiers, which began its international popularization.

What began merely as an undercard world title fight in a Pay Per View program featuring Félix Trinidad vs Oba Carr and Julio César Chávez vs Tony Lopez, soon became a fight that is part of boxing's lore.

Spoiler's career began in 1946 ( see 1946 in music ) at the House of Lords Tent, and he soon became one of the most popular calypso singers, known for hits such as " Bedbug ", " Magistrate Try Himself ", " Picking Sense out of Nonsense ", " Royal Wedding " and " Trinidad is My Land ".

The modern music history of Trinidad and Tobago began with the arrival of Spanish settlers and African slaves who decimated the native Amerindian ( Carib and Arawak ) population, enclosing them in work villages called encomiendas, which were controlled by the Roman Catholic priesthood.

In 1941, the United States Navy arrived in Trinidad, and the panmen, who were associated with lawlessness and violence, helped to popularize steel pan music among soldiers, which began its international popularization.

By the late 19th century the British began large-scale immigration projects, mainly from Barbados, in an effort to Anglicise the island, which resulted in a decline in the use of French Creole in the songs so that by the 1930s English Creole became the language of Trinidad Calypso.

In 1941, the United States Navy arrived on Trinidad, and the panmen, who were associated with lawlessness and violence, helped to popularize steel pan music among soldiers, which began its international popularization.

On 19 June 1937 a strike in protest of working conditions, wages, racism and exploitation began in the oilfields in the southern Trinidad.

At present the Trinidad government is now reaping the reward of this initiative as crime as since began to fall.

After a brief period in Trinidad where his health began to fail, he decided to try the fair climate of British Honduras which was recommended to him by his friend and then Attorney General of the colony, Mr. Willoughby Bullock.

The popularity began on the island of Trinidad when American and British sailors took the form back to their home countries as a party dance.

A prototype of BMEWS, located in Trinidad, began providing surveillance and tracking of ballistic missiles by 1958, and went operational on February 4, 1959, to gather data on missiles fired at the Atlantic Missile Range, as well as satellites and meteors.

The following year began with Puerto Rico earning its fifth silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games, followed by the team's first participation in a CaribeBasket tournament, debuting against Trinidad & Tobago.

In 2009, the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Committee, which was founded in 2007 to mark the 40th Anniversary of his death ( which coincided with the opening match-West Indies vs Pakistan, Sabina Park, Jamaica-of the ICC Cricket World Cup in the West Indies ), began the Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Blood Drive in Trinidad and Tobago, which was inaugurated by the 74-year old Contractor.

He began club cricket towards the end of the month and hoped to represent Trinidad and Tobago to prove his fitness to the national selectors.

James, relocated in Port of Spain, Trinidad, wrote a series of articles on Padmore for The Nation and began collecting material for a biography but eventually produced only a slim manuscript, " Notes on the Life of George Padmore .".

" On the seventh round Whitaker displayed more offense, trading power punches with Trinidad, but the champion retained control in the fight's tempo during the eight, ninth, and tenth rounds.

The fight's score was close at the beginning of the seventh round but Trinidad opened the second half of the contest in the offensive, scoring the fight's second knockdown.

Emilio Aguinaldo was born on 22 March 1869 in Cavite Viejo ( present-day Kawit ), Cavite, to Carlos Aguinaldo and Trinidad Famy, a Chinese mestizo couple who had eight children, the seventh of which was Emilio.

In some secondary schools in India, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Malaysia, Sierra Leone and Trinidad and Tobago the sixth and seventh years are called Lower and Upper Sixth respectively.

On 1 June 2008, Jones suffered a knee ligament injury in a collision with goalkeeper David James in the seventh minute of Trinidad & Tobago's 3 – 0 defeat against England.

Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, MP ( born 22 April 1952 ) is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the seventh person to hold this position.

Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC, MP ( born 22 April 1952 in Siparia ) is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the seventh person to hold this position.

In the third round game ( Trinidad got a bye in the second round ).

* Trinidadian Whist ( a whist game variation with some bridge aspects played in Trinidad and Tobago ; the teams are determined by whatever card the winning bidder calls for to be his partner for that round, there is no dummy and the first card played by the winning bidder is trump )

The fight was against Angel Romero, another debuting boxer, in a contest that Trinidad won by knockout in the second round.

Gonzalez went down three times, and Trinidad took the victory in round four by TKO.

In the second round, the champion's condition appeared to improve, but after the first 30 seconds, another Trinidad punch injured him.

Trinidad followed with a combination, scoring a knockout at 1: 49 in the round when the referee stopped the fight.

In the fourth round Trinidad connected a solid punch that injured Carr, and in the eighth he scored three consecutive knockdowns before the referee stopped the fight by technical knockout.

In the following rounds both boxers used their jabs most of the time with Trinidad gaining an advantage when Whitaker attempted to attack inside, eventually scoring a knockdown in round two.

In the last round Whitaker, with a badly swollen right eye, displayed a purely defensive stance, avoiding his opponent throughout the round while Trinidad continued on the offensive until the fight concluded.

In the fourth round Trinidad pressured the offense while De la Hoya tried to avoid his punches by moving, both boxers eventually exchanged punches.

In the fifth round Trinidad continued in the offensive while De la Hoya attempted to remain on the outside corners of the ring, Trinidad's eye was swollen following a trade of punches.

Both boxers continued this pattern in the final round, with De la Hoya trying to slow down the offense while displaying signs of exhaustion, as Trinidad continued to possess control.

In the fourth and fifth rounds Trinidad used his jab consistently, gaining control of the fight's tempo in the sixth round.

Trinidad dominated the eleventh round, scoring three consecutive knockdowns.

Early in the second round Trinidad was in the offensive but Vargas connected a solid combination at the round's closing moments which opened a cut over Trinidad's right eye.

In the sixth round Trinidad regained control of the fight's tempo that lasted throughout the contest, connecting punches on Vargas ' head and left jabs to the ribs.