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href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_India" title="Languages of India">Indian languages</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Religion</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Related ethnic groups</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chindians" title="Chindians">Chindians</a></li></ul></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Indians in China</b> are migrants from India to China and their descendants. Historically, Indians played a major role in disseminating <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_China" title="Buddhism in China">Buddhism in China</a> and influencing <a href="/wiki/Taoism" title="Taoism">Taoism</a> indirectly. In modern times, there is a large long-standing community of <a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Indians in Hong Kong">Indians living in Hong Kong</a>, often for descendants with several generations of roots and a growing population of students, traders and employees in <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a>. Only 550 Indians have citizenship in China. The majority of Indians are <a href="/wiki/East_India" title="East India">East Indian</a> Bengali, Bihari as well as a high proportion of <a href="/wiki/North_India" title="North India">North Indians</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Rajputs" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajputs">Rajputs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marathas" class="mw-redirect" title="Marathas">Marathas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Punjabis" title="Punjabis">Punjabis</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indians_in_China&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antiquity_and_Middle_Ages">Antiquity and Middle Ages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indians_in_China&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Antiquity and Middle Ages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Records_of_the_Grand_Historian" class="mw-redirect" title="Records of the Grand Historian">Records of the Grand Historian</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Qian" title="Zhang Qian">Zhang Qian</a> (d. 113 BC) and <a href="/wiki/Sima_Qian" title="Sima Qian">Sima Qian</a> (145–90 BC) make references to "<a href="/wiki/Shendu" class="mw-redirect" title="Shendu">Shendu</a> 身毒", which may have been referring to the <a href="/wiki/Indus_River" title="Indus River">Indus Valley</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Sindh" title="Sindh">Sindh</a> province in modern <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>), originally known as "Sindhu" in <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="The material near this tag is possibly inaccurate or nonfactual. (June 2018)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Indians_in_China#Dubious" title="Talk:Indians in China">discuss</a></i>]</sup> When <a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a> was annexed by the <a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han dynasty</a> in the first century, Chinese authorities reported an Indian "Shendu" community living there.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the transmission of Buddhism from India to China from the first century onwards, many Indian scholars and monks travelled to China, such as <a href="/wiki/Batuo" title="Batuo">Batuo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Floruit" title="Floruit">fl.</a> 464–495 AD)—founder of the <a href="/wiki/Shaolin_Monastery" title="Shaolin Monastery">Shaolin Monastery</a>—and <a href="/wiki/Bodhidharma" title="Bodhidharma">Bodhidharma</a>—founder of <a href="/wiki/Zen" title="Zen">Chan/Zen</a> Buddhism. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Northern_Indian_(left),_Sri_Lankan_(middle),_and_Central_Indian_(right)_envoys_depicted_in_a_Tang_Dynasty-era_painting_by_Yan_Liben,_China,_circa_7th_century_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Northern_Indian_%28left%29%2C_Sri_Lankan_%28middle%29%2C_and_Central_Indian_%28right%29_envoys_depicted_in_a_Tang_Dynasty-era_painting_by_Yan_Liben%2C_China%2C_circa_7th_century_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Northern_Indian_%28left%29%2C_Sri_Lankan_%28middle%29%2C_and_Central_Indian_%28right%29_envoys_depicted_in_a_Tang_Dynasty-era_painting_by_Yan_Liben%2C_China%2C_circa_7th_century_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Northern_Indian_%28left%29%2C_Sri_Lankan_%28middle%29%2C_and_Central_Indian_%28right%29_envoys_depicted_in_a_Tang_Dynasty-era_painting_by_Yan_Liben%2C_China%2C_circa_7th_century_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1923" data-file-height="1869" /></a><figcaption>Northern Indian (left; 北天竺 <i>Bei Tianzhu</i>), Sri Lankan (middle; 獅子國 <i>Shizi</i>), and Central Indian (right; 中天竺 <i>Zhong Tianzhu</i>) envoys depicted in a Tang Dynasty-era painting of foreign emissaries to the Tang court by <a href="/wiki/Yan_Liben" title="Yan Liben">Yan Liben</a>, China, circa 7th century.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Aurel_Stein" title="Aurel Stein">Aurel Stein</a> discovered 5 letters written in Sogdian known as the "Ancient Letters" in an abandoned watchtower near Dunhuang in 1907. A letter in the collection was written by the Sogdian Nanai-vandak addressed to Sogdians back home in Samarkand informing them about a mass rebellion by Xiongnu Hun rebels against their Han Chinese rulers of the Western Jin dynasty informing his people that every single one of the diaspora Sogdians and Indians in the Chinese Western Jin capital Luoyang died of starvation due to the uprising by the rebellious Xiongnu, who were formerly subjects of the Han Chinese. The Han Chinese emperor abandoned Luoyang when it came under siege by the Xiongnu rebels and his palace was burned down.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the Yuan dynasty there was also a large Tamil Indian community in <a href="/wiki/Quanzhou" title="Quanzhou">Quanzhou</a> city and <a href="/wiki/Jinjiang_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Jinjiang district">Jinjiang district</a> who built more than a dozen Hindu temples or shrines, including two grand big temples in Quanzhou city. In 1271, a visiting Italian merchant recorded that the Indians "were recognised easily." "These rich Indian men and women mainly live on vegetables, milk and rice," he wrote.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the <a href="/wiki/Ispah_rebellion" title="Ispah rebellion">Ispah rebellion</a>, most of the Tamil Indians were killed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonial_era">Colonial era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indians_in_China&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Colonial era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Indians (as well as people from elsewhere in the Portuguese colonial empire) were among the crew of the Portuguese ships trading on the Chinese coast beginning in the sixteenth century. For example, <a href="/wiki/Galeote_Pereira" title="Galeote Pereira">Galeote Pereira</a>, one of the Portuguese smugglers captured off the <a href="/wiki/Fujian" title="Fujian">Fujian</a> coast in 1549 and exiled to <a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">Guangxi</a>, mentions <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_people" title="Gujarati people">Gujarati</a> servants among his companions.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same century Indians from former <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese Indian Colonies</a> (notably <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a>) settled in <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a> in small numbers.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The history of the <a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Hong_Kong" class="mw-redirect" title="Indians in Hong Kong">Indians in Hong Kong</a> could be drawn back since the day of <a href="/wiki/British_occupation" class="mw-redirect" title="British occupation">British occupation</a>. When the Union flag of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> was hoisted on 26 January 1841, there were around 2,700<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indian troops participated. They had played an important role for the development of Hong Kong in early days. The most mentionable were the contributions of the set up of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Hong_Kong" title="University of Hong Kong">University of Hong Kong</a> (HKU)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_and_Shanghai_Banking_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation">Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation</a> (HSBC).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, promoting and improving the image of India trade in Hong Kong and <a href="/wiki/Southern_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern China">southern China</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People's_Republic_of_China_(mainland_China)"><span id="People.27s_Republic_of_China_.28mainland_China.29"></span>People's Republic of China (mainland China)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indians_in_China&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: People's Republic of China (mainland China)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The number in the mainland is growing rapidly with the <a href="/wiki/Sixth_National_Population_Census_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China">Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China</a> recording 15,051 Indian nationals living in mainland China as of 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-2010_Census_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010_Census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other sources report more with a columnist for the <i>Economic Times</i> stating that the number of Indians in China was 45–48,000 in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-estimate2015_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-estimate2015-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many Indians in China are students, traders and professionals employed with MNCs, Indian companies and banks. There are three Indian community associations in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medical_students">Medical students</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indians_in_China&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Medical students"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are a total 23,000 Indian students in China in 2019 and among them 21,000 study medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-students_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-students-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Students from <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> are particularly well represented with 5,000 medical students in China reported in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The growth of Indian medical students at Chinese medical universities started in 2003 after the Medical Council of India (MCI) accepted Chinese medical degrees for qualification in India. For the academic year 2019–20, MCI recognised English language degrees from 45 universities and colleges in China.<sup id="cite_ref-students_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-students-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chinese medical schools are attractive because of better infrastructure, labs and equipment, and lower cost with annual tuition around $4,000 in 2020, about half of the cost of private medical schools in India.<sup id="cite_ref-students_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-students-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hong_Kong">Hong Kong</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indians_in_China&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Hong Kong"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/South_Asians_in_Hong_Kong" title="South Asians in Hong Kong">South Asians in Hong Kong</a></div> <p>Most Indians stepped into the fields like international companies, <a href="/wiki/Banking" class="mw-redirect" title="Banking">banking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Airline" title="Airline">airlines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Travel_agent" class="mw-redirect" title="Travel agent">travel agents</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medical" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical">medical</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mass_media" title="Mass media">media</a> and <a href="/wiki/Insurance" title="Insurance">insurance</a> sector.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The banking and <a href="/wiki/Financial_sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial sector">financial sector</a> had the strongest presence of Indian professionals. <a href="/wiki/Information_technology" title="Information technology">Information technology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Telecommunications" title="Telecommunications">telecommunications</a> have also interested highly qualified Indians. In the 1950s, <a href="/wiki/Tailoring" class="mw-redirect" title="Tailoring">tailoring</a> had become an industry that was popular with Indians and around 200 tailoring shops were owned by them at that time.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Republic_of_China_(Taiwan,_Penghu,_Kinmen_and_Matsu)"><span id="Republic_of_China_.28Taiwan.2C_Penghu.2C_Kinmen_and_Matsu.29"></span>Republic of China (Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indians_in_China&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Republic of China (Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Taiwan" title="Indians in Taiwan">Indians in Taiwan</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indian_culture">Indian culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indians_in_China&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Indian culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Indian Embassy has been organising the Festival of India in China over the years. An important component of it has been the food festivals held in Indian restaurants, spread over nearly 45 Chinese cities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indians_in_China&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient">Ancient</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indians_in_China&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ancient"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amoghavajra" title="Amoghavajra">Amoghavajra</a> – One of the most politically powerful Buddhist monks in Chinese history.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodhidharma" title="Bodhidharma">Bodhidharma</a> – founder of shaolin monastery and zen Buddhism in China.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodhiruci" title="Bodhiruci">Bodhiruci</a> – Buddhist monk and esoteric master from India.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batuo" title="Batuo">Batuo</a> – First abbot of <a href="/wiki/Shaolin_Monastery" title="Shaolin Monastery">Shaolin Monastery</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kum%C4%81raj%C4%ABva" title="Kumārajīva">Kumārajīva</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kucha" title="Kucha">Kuchean</a> Buddhist monk.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huili_(monk)" title="Huili (monk)">Huili</a> – Indian Buddhist monk and founder of the <a href="/wiki/Lingyin_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Lingyin temple">Lingyin temple</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gautama_Siddha" title="Gautama Siddha">Gautama Siddha</a> – Chinese translator, astronomer, astrologer and compiler.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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and Cho La clashes">Nathu La and Cho La clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumdorong_Chu_standoff" title="Sumdorong Chu standoff">1987 skirmish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Depsang_standoff" title="2013 Depsang standoff">2013 Depsang standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_China%E2%80%93India_border_standoff" title="2017 China–India border standoff">2017 border standoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_China%E2%80%93India_skirmishes" title="2020–2021 China–India skirmishes">2020–2021 skirmishes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2020%E2%80%932021_China%E2%80%93India_skirmishes" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of the 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_order_of_battle_in_the_2020%E2%80%932021_China%E2%80%93India_skirmishes" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese order of battle in the 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes">Chinese Order of battle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_order_of_battle_in_the_2020%E2%80%932021_China%E2%80%93India_skirmishes" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian order of battle in the 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes">Indian Order of battle</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_border_dispute" title="Sino-Indian border dispute">Sino-Indian border dispute</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aksai_Chin" title="Aksai Chin">Aksai Chin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakpa_Sheri" title="Dakpa Sheri">Dakpa Sheri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dehra_Compass" title="Dehra Compass">Dehra Compass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Depsang_Bulge" title="Depsang Bulge">Depsang Bulge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doklam" title="Doklam">Doklam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolam" class="mw-redirect" title="Dolam">Dolam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirijap" title="Sirijap">Sirijap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-Karakoram_Tract" title="Trans-Karakoram Tract">Trans-Karakoram Tract</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sino-Pakistan_Agreement" title="Sino-Pakistan Agreement">Sino-Pakistan Agreement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_of_Actual_Control" title="Line of Actual Control">Line of Actual Control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differing_perceptions_of_the_Line_of_Actual_Control" title="Differing perceptions of the Line of Actual Control">Differing perceptions of the LAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India-China_border_infrastructure" class="mw-redirect" title="India-China border infrastructure">Infrastructure</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/India-China_Border_Roads" class="mw-redirect" title="India-China Border Roads">Roads</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Report_of_the_Officials_on_the_Boundary_Question" title="Report of the Officials on the Boundary Question">Report of the Officials on the Boundary Question</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Peace_and_Tranquility_Agreement,_1993" title="Border Peace and Tranquility Agreement, 1993">Border Peace and Tranquility Agreement, 1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agreement_on_the_Political_Parameters_and_Guiding_Principles_for_the_Settlement_of_the_India-China_Boundary_Question,_2005" title="Agreement on the Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for the Settlement of the India-China Boundary Question, 2005">Agreement on the Political Parameters and Guiding Principles, 2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Defence_Cooperation_Agreement" title="Border Defence Cooperation Agreement">Border Defence Cooperation Agreement, 2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India-China_Joint_Working_Group_on_the_boundary_question" class="mw-redirect" title="India-China Joint Working Group on the boundary question">India-China Joint Working Group on the boundary question</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Representative_mechanism_on_the_India-China_boundary_question" title="Special Representative mechanism on the India-China boundary question">Special Representative mechanism on the India-China boundary question</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Working_Mechanism_for_Consultation_and_Coordination_on_India%E2%80%93China_Border_Affairs" title="Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India–China Border Affairs">Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India–China Border Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Personnel_Meeting_Point" title="Border Personnel Meeting Point">Border Personnel Meeting Point</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Economic relations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BRICS" title="BRICS">BRICS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BRIC" title="BRIC">BRIC</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BASIC_countries" title="BASIC countries">BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BCIM_Economic_Corridor" title="BCIM Economic Corridor">BCIM Economic Corridor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation" title="Shanghai Cooperation Organisation">Shanghai Cooperation Organisation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center;">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong%E2%80%93India_relations" title="Hong Kong–India relations">Hong Kong–India relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Taiwan_relations" title="India–Taiwan relations">India–Taiwan relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93Tibet_relations" title="India–Tibet relations">India–Tibet relations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Five_Fingers_of_Tibet" title="Five 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_China" title="Demographics of China">Demographics of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_immigration_policy" title="Hong Kong immigration policy">Immigration to Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_Macau" title="Immigration to Macau">Immigration to Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_China" title="History of the Jews in China">History of the Jews in China</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Hong_Kong" title="History of the Jews in Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Kaifeng_Jews" title="Kaifeng Jews">Kaifeng</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Under-occupied_developments_in_China" title="Under-occupied developments in China">Under-occupied developments in China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_China" title="Illegal immigration to China">Illegal immigration</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>For immigrants and expatriates in Hong Kong, see: <a href="/wiki/Template:Hong_Kongers" title="Template:Hong Kongers">Hong Kong people</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=India&#124;link=India_Indian_diaspora" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li 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Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritians_of_Indian_origin" title="Mauritians of Indian origin">Mauritius</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bihari_Mauritians" title="Bihari Mauritians">Bihari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Mauritians" title="Tamil Mauritians">Tamil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Mozambique" title="Indians in Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9unionnais_of_Indian_origin" class="mw-redirect" title="Réunionnais of Indian origin">Réunion</a><sup><small>1</small></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Malbars" title="Malbars">Malbars</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Seychellois" title="Indo-Seychellois">Seychelles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Seychellois" title="Tamil Seychellois">Tamil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Tanzania" title="Indians in Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Uganda" title="Indians in Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Zambia" title="Indians in Zambia">Zambia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Elsewhere</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Botswana" title="Indians in Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Egypt" title="Indians in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanaian_Indian" title="Ghanaian Indian">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_South_Africans" title="Indian South Africans">South Africa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_South_Africans" title="Tamil South Africans">Tamil</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Zimbabwe" title="Indians in Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;padding:0.30em 0; line-height:1.4em;"><div 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Asian Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area">Toronto</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Americans" title="Indian Americans">United States</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Template:Indian_Americans_by_location" title="Template:Indian Americans by location">by location</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_Americans" title="Bengali Americans">Bengali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Caribbean_Americans" title="Indo-Caribbean Americans">Indo-Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarati_Americans" title="Gujarati Americans">Gujarati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_Americans" title="Punjabi Americans">Punjabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_Mexican_Americans" title="Punjabi Mexican Americans">Punjabi Mexican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_Americans" title="Sindhi Americans">Sindhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Americans" title="Tamil Americans">Tamil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Americans" title="Telugu Americans">Telugu</a></li></ul></li></ul> 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Nepalis">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Pakistan" title="Indians in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Indians in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bharatha_people" title="Bharatha people">Bharatha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Chetties" title="Sri Lankan Chetties">Chetty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Tamils_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka">Tamil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Telugus" title="Sri Lankan Telugus">Telugu</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southeast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Brunei" title="Indians in Brunei">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Cambodia" title="Indians in Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Indonesians" title="Indian Indonesians">Indonesia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Klingalese" title="Klingalese">Klingalese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mardijker_people" title="Mardijker people">Mardijker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Indonesians" title="Tamil Indonesians">Tamil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Indians" title="Malaysian Indians">Malaysia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chitty" title="Chitty">Chitty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Gujaratis" title="Malaysian Gujaratis">Gujarati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawi_Peranakan" title="Jawi Peranakan">Jawi Peranakan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Malayalees" title="Malaysian Malayalees">Malayali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_Malaysians" title="Punjabi Malaysians">Punjabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Malaysians" title="Tamil Malaysians">Tamil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_Telugus" title="Malaysian Telugus">Telugu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysians_of_Indian_descent_in_Penang" title="Malaysians of Indian descent in Penang">Penang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysians_of_Indian_descent_in_Sabah" title="Malaysians of Indian descent in Sabah">Sabah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysians_of_Indian_descent_in_Sarawak" title="Malaysians of Indian descent in Sarawak">Sarawak</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burmese_Indians" title="Burmese Indians">Myanmar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_people_in_Myanmar" title="Mizo people in Myanmar">Mizo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_Tamils" title="Myanmar Tamils">Tamil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Filipino" title="Indian Filipino">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Singaporeans" title="Indian Singaporeans">Singapore</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chitty" title="Chitty">Chitty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapore_Tamils" title="Singapore Tamils">Tamil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Thailand" title="Indians in Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Vietnam" title="Indians in Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asians_in_Hong_Kong" title="South Asians in Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Japan" title="Indians in Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Korea" title="Indians in Korea">Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Taiwan" title="Indians in Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Bahrain" title="Indians in Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Iran" title="Indians in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Israel" title="Indians in Israel">Israel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Jews_in_Israel" title="Indian Jews in Israel">Jews</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Kuwait" title="Indians in Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Lebanon" title="Indians in Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Oman" title="Indians in Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Qatar" title="Indians in Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-Resident_Indians_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="Non-Resident Indians in Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Turkey" title="Indians in Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Indians in the United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;padding:0.30em 0; line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eastern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Poland" title="Indians in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Russia" title="Indians in Russia">Russia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Finland" title="Indians in Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Sweden" title="Indians in Sweden">Sweden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Cyprus" title="Indians in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Italy" title="Indians in Italy">Italy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamils_in_Italy" title="Tamils in Italy">Tamil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Maltese" title="Indian Maltese">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Portugal" title="Indians in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Spain" title="Indians in Spain">Spain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Western</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_France" title="Indians in France">France</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamils_in_France" title="Tamils in France">Tamil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Germany" title="Indians in Germany">Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Germans" title="Tamil Germans">Tamil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Indians in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Switzerland" title="Indians in Switzerland">Switzerland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Tamils" title="Swiss Tamils">Tamil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Indians" title="British Indians">United Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_community_of_London" title="Indian community of London">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Indo-Caribbean_people" title="British Indo-Caribbean people">Indo-Caribbean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Gujaratis" title="British Gujaratis">Gujarati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Punjabis" title="British Punjabis">Punjabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Sindhis" title="British Sindhis">Sindhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Tamil" class="mw-redirect" title="British Tamil">Tamil</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;padding:0.30em 0; line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Australians" title="Indian Australians">Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malayali_Australians" title="Malayali Australians">Malayali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_Australians" title="Punjabi Australians">Punjabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Australians" title="Tamil Australians">Tamil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_Australians" title="Sindhi Australians">Sindhi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Fijians" title="Indo-Fijians">Fiji</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gujaratis_in_Fiji" title="Gujaratis in Fiji">Gujarati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Indians_in_Fiji" title="South Indians in Fiji">South Indian</a></li></ul></li> <li>New Caledonia<sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_New_Zealanders" title="Indian New Zealanders">New Zealand</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_Indians" title="Māori Indians">Maori-Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_New_Zealanders" title="Punjabi New Zealanders">Punjabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_New_Zealanders" title="Tamil New Zealanders">Tamil</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;padding:0.30em 0; line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Indian_diaspora#Diaspora_by_state_and_ethnolinguistic_regions_of_India" title="Indian diaspora">Ethnic diasporas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_Hindu_diaspora" title="Bengali Hindu diaspora">Bengali Hindu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarati_diaspora" title="Gujarati diaspora">Gujarati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashmiri_diaspora" title="Kashmiri diaspora">Kashmiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirpuri_diaspora" title="Mirpuri diaspora">Mirpuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_diaspora" title="Mizo diaspora">Mizo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odia_diaspora" title="Odia diaspora">Odia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_diaspora" title="Punjabi diaspora">Punjabi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sikh_diaspora" title="Sikh diaspora">Sikhs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Romani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_diaspora" title="Sindhi diaspora">Sindhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Indian_diaspora" title="South Indian diaspora">South Indians</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malayali_diaspora" title="Malayali diaspora">Malayalis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Gulf_diaspora" title="Kerala Gulf diaspora">In the Gulf</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_diaspora" title="Tamil diaspora">Tamils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_diaspora" title="Telugu diaspora">Telugus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian_people" title="Anglo-Indian people">Anglo-Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chindians" title="Chindians">Chindians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_diaspora" title="South Asian diaspora">South Asian diaspora</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Desi" title="Desi">Desi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_India" title="Little India">Little India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman" title="Pravasi Bharatiya Samman">Non-Resident Indian Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Divas" title="Pravasi Bharatiya Divas">Non-Resident Indian Day</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup><small>1</small></sup> An <a href="/wiki/Overseas_departments_and_regions_of_France" title="Overseas departments and regions of France">overseas department</a> of France in the southwest Indian Ocean</li> <li><sup><small>2</small></sup><a href="/wiki/Overseas_departments_and_regions_of_France" title="Overseas departments and regions of France">Overseas departments</a> of France in the Americas</li> <li><sup><small>3</small></sup>A <a href="/wiki/Overseas_France#Sui_generis_collectivity" title="Overseas France">sui generis collectivity</a> of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> 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