ocr: The British decision to import Indian sugar workers between 1879 la and1916, many of whom settled, dramatically changedFijian society. - 1970 Independence from Britain. 1972-1987 Alliance Party maintains Native and Indo-Fijian balance. 1987 Indo-Fijian majority coalition wins power. Two coups led by Maj.-Gen. Rabulca secure minority Native Fijian supremacy. - Fiji e ejected from Commonwealth. - 1989 Mass Indo-Fijian emigration. - 1990 Constitution disc criminating against Indo- Fijians introduced. 1992 Elections. Rabulca's Fijian Political Party secures power.
