 Conflicts arose between the Indian community (mostly sugarcane labourers) and the Franco-Mauritians in the 1920s, leading to severalmainly Indiandeaths.Following this, the Mauritius Labour Party was founded in 1936 by Maurice Curé to safeguard the interest of the labourers.Curé was succeeded a year later by Emmanuel Anquetil who tried to gain the support of the port workers.