Indians in France
Appearance
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Total population | |
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190,000 (2010s)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Paris, Overseas France, French Alps | |
Languages | |
Bengali,
English, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Konkani, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and other Indian languages, | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Hinduism Minority Sikhism, Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin, Tamil, Desi, Indians in Germany, Indians in Switzerland, Indians in Italy, British Indians, Indian Maltese, South Asians in Ireland, Indo-Canadians, Indians in China, Indian Singaporeans, Indians in Hong Kong |
Indo-French people or Indians in France are expatriate residents from India in France, as well as people of Indian national origin. As of 2000[update], there were an estimated 65,000 Indians living in metropolitan France, in addition to 300,000 Indians in the French overseas departments and regions of Réunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana.
History
[edit]A majority of the Indian community hails from West Bengal, Puducherry and the former French colonies in India. Later arrivals to mainland France were mostly Gujaratis, Keralites and Indians from Mauritius, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, the Seychelles, Réunion, and Madagascar.
Notable people
[edit]- Paris Viswanathan
- Sujata Bajaj
- Nalini Anantharaman
- Nalini Balbir
- Henri Bangou
- Jacques Bangou
- Chetan Eknath Chitnis
- Amar Bose
- Vanu Bose
- Cynthia Brown
- Jayasri Burman
- Maya Burman
- Sakti Burman
- Anju Chaudhuri
- Partha Pratim Majumder
- Jeanne Dupleix
- Ivan Grésèque
- Hidayat Inayat Khan
- Indila
- Romuald Karmakar
- Aurore Kichenin
- Lord Kossity
- Subrata K. Mitra
- Prithwindra Mukherjee
- Rudgy Pajany
- Ashley Radjarame
- Vasant Rai
- S. H. Raza
- Vijay Singh.
- Kiran Vyas
- Falguni Vyas
- Shumona Sinha
- Samuel Moutoussamy
- J. R. D. Tata
- Kévin Théophile-Catherine
- Khal Torabully
- Vikash Dhorasoo
- Wesley Saïd
- Severus of Vienne
See also
[edit]- Réunionnais of Indian origin
- Indians in Guadeloupe
- Indo-Martiniquais
- Indians in French Guiana
- Tamils in France
- France–India relations
- Romani people in France
- French people in India