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The most recent estimates on overseas Indians indicate the strength on the Indian Diaspora on the continent to have risen to 2,710,6545. Members of the Indian diaspora reside in 46 countries of Africa. Indians in Africa account for 12.37% of the total diaspora in India over time. The concentration of Indian diaspora populations varies ...
The Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa consists of approximately 3 million people of Indian origin. Some of this diaspora in Southeast Africa arrived in the 19th century from British India as indentured labourers, many of them to work on the Kenya–Uganda railway. Others had arrived earlier by sea as traders.
Indian Diaspora in South Africa, from the Report of the High-Level Committee on The Indian Diaspora (2001) of the Non-resident Indian and Persons of Indian Origin Division of the Ministry of External Affairs of India; 2001 Digital Census Atlas Archived 12 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine; History of Indian Settlement; Indian Chronology
Indian diaspora. Overseas Indians ( ISO: Pravāsī Bhāratīya ), officially Non-Resident Indians ( NRIs) and People of Indian Origin ( PIOs) are Indians who reside or originate outside of India. [30] [31] According to the Government of India, Non-Resident Indians are citizens of India who currently are not living in India, while the term ...
t. e. Indians in Kenya, often known as Kenyan Asians, [1] are citizens and residents of Kenya with ancestral roots in the Indian subcontinent. Significant Indian migration to modern-day Kenya began following the creation of the British East Africa Protectorate in 1895, which had strong infrastructure links with Bombay in British India.
Indians in Uganda. There is a sizable community of the Indian diaspora and people of Indian descent in Uganda. In 2003, there were an estimated 15,000 people of Asian descent (mostly Indians and Pakistanis) living in Uganda. At its peak, this community stood at between 80,000 to 100,000 people in the 1960s. However, in 1972, Ugandan dictator ...
Indo-Trinidadians and Tobagonians are a subgroup of Indo-Caribbeans, which is a subgroup of the wider Indian diaspora. Generally, most Indians in Trinidad and Tobago can trace their ancestry back to northern India, especially the Bhojpur and Awadh regions of the Hindi Belt, which lies in the Gangetic plains, a plain that is located between the ...
The India–Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) is the official platform for African-Indian relations. The IAFS is held once in every three years. It was first held from April 4 to April 8, 2008 in New Delhi, and was the first such meeting between the heads of state and government of India and 14 countries of Africa chosen by the African Union.