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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 ...
As of 2019, about 48,724 people of Indian immigrant descent lived in the Netherlands. [ 1] Most of them live in the provinces of North Holland, South Holland and North Brabant . From 2016 to 2022 the population of Indians in the Netherlands doubled from 32,682 to 65,399 (Note that this number excludes Indo-Surinamese). [ 7]
Indians in Italy. Indians in Italy comprise the second largest population of Indians in Continental Europe, after Indians in Germany. [1] [2] Although Italy and India have maintained important relations since ancient times, significant Indian migration to Italy is a recent phenomenon. Many Indians began immigrating to Italy in the early 1990s ...
The Indian indenture system was a system of indentured servitude, by which more than 1.6 million workers [ 1] from British India were transported to labour in European colonies, as a substitute for slave labor, following the abolition of the trade in the early 19th century. The system expanded after the abolition of slavery in the British ...
Colonial India was the part of the Indian subcontinent that was occupied by European colonial powers during the Age of Discovery. European power was exerted both by conquest and trade, especially in spices. [ 1][ 2] The search for the wealth and prosperity of India led to the colonisation of the Americas after Christopher Columbus went to the ...
Around two-thirds of the labourers who came remained on the island. The demand for their labour came after the end of slavery in 1830 and the failure to attract workers from Europe. Indian labourers, who had proved their worth in similar conditions in Mauritius, were sought by the British Jamaican government, in addition to workers coming from ...
Syeda X, a poor migrant woman living in shanty towns that skirt India’s capital Delhi, struggled through more than 50 jobs in 30 years. She trimmed jeans threads, cooked savouries, shelled ...
The community of Indians in Germany includes Indian expatriates residing in Germany, as well as German citizens of Indian origin or descent. In 2009, the German government estimated that the number of people of Indian descent residing in Germany at 110,204, of which 43,175 people were holding an Indian passport, while 67,029 were holding a German passport. [2]