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A 2013 report by the Global Detroit and Data Driven Detroit stated that of the immigrant ethnic groups to Metro Detroit, the largest segment is the Indian population.<ref name=WarikooImmigrants2013>Warikoo, Niraj. "[http://www.freep.com/article/20130720/NEWS05/307200020/report-immigrants-metro-detroit Biggest metro Detroit immigrant group is from India, report shows]." ([http://www.globaldetroit.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/www-freep-com-2.pdf Archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309125807/http://www.globaldetroit.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/www-freep-com-2.pdf |date=2014-03-09 }}) ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. July 20, 2013. Retrieved on March 9, 2014.</ref> As of 2012, the Indian populations of [[Farmington Hills, Michigan|Farmington Hills]] and [[Troy, Michigan|Troy]] are among the twenty largest Indian communities in the United States.<ref name=AsianIndian>"[http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20120817/celebration-of-asian-indian-culture-comes-to-novi Celebration of Asian Indian culture comes to Novi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309125026/http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20120817/celebration-of-asian-indian-culture-comes-to-novi |date=2014-03-09 }}." ''[[The Oakland Press]]''. August 17, 2012. Retrieved on March 9, 2014.</ref> As of the [[2000 U.S. census]] there were 39,527 people with origins from [[Partition of India|post-partition]] [[India]] (Indians and [[Indian Americans]]) in Metro Detroit,<ref name=MetzgerBoozaAsianp12>Metzger, Kurt and Jason Booza. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20060620081425/http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf Asians in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit]." Center for Urban Studies, [[Wayne State University]]. January 2002 Working Paper Series, No. 7. p. 12. Retrieved on November 6, 2013.</ref> making them the largest Asian ethnic group in the [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]]-[[Macomb County, Michigan|Macomb County]]-[[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland County]] tri-county area. People of those origins are found throughout Metro Detroit, with the majority being in Oakland County.<ref name=MetzgerBoozaAsianp11>Metzger, Kurt and Jason Booza. "[http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf Asians in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109050601/http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf |date=2013-11-09 }}." Center for Urban Studies, [[Wayne State University]]. January 2002 Working Paper Series, No. 7. p. 11. Retrieved on November 6, 2013.</ref> Across the border, there is an equally large and growing [[Indian Canadian]] community in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maru |first=Sanjay |date=July 30, 2019 |title=Indian restaurants popping up in Windsor amid high Desi student population |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/indian-restaurants-influx-windsor-1.5222459 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=May 25, 2025 |website=[[CBC News]]}}</ref>

==History==
In 1924 the "original six" people were the first Indians to settle in Detroit. They included Sarwan Singh Grewal, a [[Jat Sikh]] from [[Sahuli]], [[Ludhiana District]], [[Punjab, British India|Punjab]], and Arjin Singh. They had moved to Detroit from California after experiencing a low wage of twenty cents an hour while working in that state. They drove in a car eastward, staying in [[Chicago]] for one month before settling in Detroit.<ref>Helweg, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rCUj0eDseVoC&pg=PT74 page unstated] ([[Google Books]] PT74).</ref>

According to the [[1990 U.S. census]], the [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne]]-[[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland]]-[[Macomb County, Michigan|Macomb]]-[[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston]] area had 16,096 Asian Indians. By the 1990s Indian businesses and institutions began appearing in Metro Detroit, especially in [[Farmington Hills, Michigan|Farmington Hills]], [[Garden City, Michigan|Garden City]], and [[Sterling Heights, Michigan|Sterling Heights]].<ref name=HelwegPT79>Helweg, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rCUj0eDseVoC&pg=PT79 Page unstated] ([[Google Books]] PT79). "The 1990 census counted 16,096 Asian Indians in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, and Livingston Counties"</ref>

By 2004, there was an estimate of 93,681 Asian Indians in the entire State of Michigan, almost four times the number in 1990, 23,845. As of that year, many Asian Indians moved to [[Canton Township, Michigan|Canton Township]], Farmington Hills, [[Troy, Michigan|Troy]], and [[West Bloomfield Township, Michigan|West Bloomfield Township]].<ref name="ChanNoviTheater">Chan, Erin. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20060628131031/http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20060608%2FFEATURES01%2F606080356%2F1036%2FENT01 BOLLYWOOD NIGHTS: With its daily slate of Indian films, a Novi theater is becoming a hub of south Asian culture]." () ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. June 8, 2006. Retrieved on March 9, 2014.</ref>

As of 2006, of the over 100,000 ethnic Asian Indians in Michigan, the majority are in Metro Detroit.<ref name=Kleinlittle>Klein, Sarah. "[http://www2.metrotimes.com/culture/story.asp?id=9570 A little India]" ([https://archive.today/20140310100203/http://www2.metrotimes.com/culture/story.asp?id=9570 Archive]). ''[[Metro Times]]''. August 23, 2006. Retrieved on March 9, 2014.</ref>

==Geography==
[[Canton Township, Michigan|Canton Township]], [[Farmington Hills, Michigan|Farmington Hills]], and [[Troy, Michigan|Troy]] all have major Asian Indian populations.<ref name=Kleinlittle/> The 2008 ''[[CNN]]''/''[[Money (magazine)|Money]]'' "Best Places to Live" stated that the city of [[Novi, Michigan|Novi]] had a significant Asian Indian population.<ref name=BestPlaces2008>"[https://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/PL2659440.html 48. Novi, MI]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131110231807/http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/PL2659440.html Archive]) ''Best Places to Live 2008''. Retrieved on March 9, 2014.</ref> According to the [[2000 U.S. census]] there were 4,697 Asian Indians in Troy,<ref name=MetzgerBoozaAsianp31>Metzger, Kurt and Jason Booza. "[http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf Asians in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109050601/http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf |date=2013-11-09 }}." Center for Urban Studies, [[Wayne State University]]. January 2002 Working Paper Series, No. 7. p. 31. Retrieved on November 6, 2013. See "Appendix III-2: Asian Population in Oakland County Communities in 2000" - Rows: "Farmington Hills", "Novi", and "Troy" Column: "Asian Indian"</ref> 3,413 Asian Indians in Canton Township,<ref name=MetzgerBoozaAsianp35>Metzger, Kurt and Jason Booza. "[http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf Asians in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109050601/http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf |date=2013-11-09 }}." Center for Urban Studies, [[Wayne State University]]. January 2002 Working Paper Series, No. 7. p. 31. Retrieved on November 6, 2013. See "Appendix III-3: Asian Population in Wayne County Communities in 2000" - Rows: "Canton township" and "Detroit" Column: "Asian Indian"</ref> 3,384 Asian Indians in Farmington Hills, and 1,278 ethnic Asian Indians in Novi.<ref name=MetzgerBoozaAsianp31/> A 2014 ''[[Crain's Detroit Business]]'' article stated that [[Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan|Bloomfield Township]] also has a community of ethnic Asian Indians.<ref name=Indianimm>"[http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20140601/NEWS/306019990/india-leads-all-nations-in-sending-people-to-detroit India leads all nations in sending people to Detroit]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20171231204435/http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20140601/NEWS/306019990/india-leads-all-nations-in-sending-people-to-detroit Archive]). ''[[Crain's Detroit Business]]''. June 1, 2014. Updated June 6, 2014. Retrieved on September 29, 2014.</ref> As of 2006 there is also a population of Indians in [[West Bloomfield Township]].<ref name=ChanNoviTheater/>

Within the City of Detroit, as of 2000, there were 2,991 Asian Indians.<ref name=MetzgerBoozaAsianp35/> As of 2002, three areas had concentrations of Indian Americans. A portion of Detroit next to eastern [[Hamtramck]] includes Indian Americans along with [[Bangladeshi Americans]] and [[Pakistani Americans]]. Also the area north of [[Downtown Detroit]]; including the region around the [[Henry Ford Hospital]], the [[Detroit Medical Center]], and [[Wayne State University]]; has transient Asian national origin residents who are university students or hospital workers; most of these Asians are Chinese and Indians. Few of them have permanent residency after schooling ends. In addition there is an area in the westside of Detroit adjacent to [[Dearborn, Michigan|Dearborn]] and [[Redford Township]] that has a mostly Indian Asian population.<ref name=MetzgerBoozap8>Metzger, Kurt and Jason Booza. "[http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf Asians in the United States, Michigan and Metropolitan Detroit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109050601/http://www.cus.wayne.edu/content/publications/Asians7.pdf |date=2013-11-09 }}." Center for Urban Studies, [[Wayne State University]]. January 2002 Working Paper Series, No. 7. p. 8. Retrieved on November 6, 2013.</ref>

==Demographics==
Many Indian immigrants who arrive to Metro Detroit already have high competency in the English language. This is especially the case with people who work in the technology and health care sectors. As of 2014 over 70% of Metro Detroit ethnic Indians who were born outside of the United States have at minimum a [[bachelor's degree]].<ref name="Indianimm"/>

==Economy and commerce==
Many Indians work in the information technology sector and medical sectors, and by 2014 an increasing demand in the sectors increased immigration of Indians to Metro Detroit. The automobile suppliers that manage information technology contracts with automobile companies hire Indian IT workers. As of 2014, almost half of ethnic Indians in Metro Detroit who were born outside of the United States have annual incomes of over $75,000.<ref name=Indianimm/>

Businesses supporting the Indian community include grocery stores, web portal www.miindia.com, AM radio stations, wedding companies, and dress shops.<ref name=Kleinlittle/>

==Religion==
In the late 1970s, many Indian leaders in the community formed a committee to build the first Hindu Temple in Michigan. After years of planning and raising funds, in 1983, the Hare Krishna temple was inaugurated in Detroit. The creation of a religious building is an indicator of these Indian immigrants putting down roots in Michigan especially in the metro Detroit area. The population of South Asians in 1990 was fairly small with around 23,000 Asian-Indians, 1,500 Pakistani, 342 Bangladeshi, and 179 Sri Lankan people out of the total 100,000 Asian population. The presence of Asian Indians was prevalent enough for the census to include them as their own category. As of 2013 Hindu temples and religious centers had been recently established in Detroit, [[Ada, Michigan|Ada]], [[Canton, Michigan|Canton]], [[Hamtramck]], [[Livonia, Michigan|Livonia]], [[Novi, Michigan|Novi]], [[Pontiac, Michigan|Pontiac]], [[Sterling Heights, Michigan|Sterling Heights]], and [[Troy, Michigan|Troy]]. In 2012 a Hindu temple built for $11 million opened in Troy. The Sri [[Venkateswara]] Temple and Cultural Center (SVTCC), a temple mainly catering to [[Telugu language|Telugu]] speakers, opened in Novi in 2013. It is the first Michigan Hindu temple to be named after a southern Indian deity.<ref name=WarikooHinduTempleNovi>Warikoo, Niraj. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20160102212109/http://www.freep.com/article/20130531/NEWS05/305310017/Hindu-temple-opens-in-Novi New Hindu temple in Novi reflects region's growing Asian-Indian population]" (). ''[[Detroit Free Press]]''. May 31, 2013. Retrieved on March 9, 2014. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140309125133/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/89086086/new-hindu-temple-novi-reflects-regions-growing-asian-indian-population Available at] [[EBSCOHost]], Accession#89086086, from News India Times;6/14/2013, Vol. 44 Issue 24, p15</ref>

There are many other Hindu Temples in Metro Detroit such as: BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Detroit and BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Sterling Heights

==Culture and recreation==
The India Day, a celebration of Indian culture sponsored by the India League of America - Michigan, is held annually.<ref name=AsianIndian/>

The Festival of India is held at [[Philip A. Hart Plaza]] in [[Downtown Detroit]]. Jaydevi and Bharat Sanghvi founded the festival. It was held regularly in the 1970s, but according to Sarah Klein of the ''[[Metro Times]]'', it "lost its luster" and then was no longer held.<ref name=Kleinlittle/> Indians moved their cultural festivals to suburban areas as Detroit declined. In 2005, 20 years after the festival closed, the nonprofit United South Asian Promotions (USAP), founded by Gurvinder Singh, Jack Sandhu and Raj Sanghvi, the son of the original founders of the Festival of India, restarted the festival.<ref name=Kleinlittle/>

As of 2006 SR Movies, an eight screen movie theater in the [[Novi Town Center]] development in [[Novi, Michigan|Novi]], previously played standard American films in English and also Indian films,<ref name=HastingsHorray>Hastings, Michael. "[http://www2.metrotimes.com/screens/story.asp?id=8900 Hooray for Bollywood]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160311003051/http://www2.metrotimes.com/screens/story.asp?id%3D8900 Archive]) ''[[Metro Times]]''. February 22, 2006. Retrieved on March 10, 2014.</ref> including those in [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], and other [[Languages of India|Indian languages]]. Sonali and Rakesh Gangwani, a wife and husband couple from New Delhi resident in [[Redford Township, Michigan|Redford Township]],<ref name=ChanNoviTheater/> managed the theater, which according to Sonali was the first theater showing [[Bollywood]] films seven days per week in the state of Michigan.<ref>Muzumdar, Tania. "[http://www.metromodemedia.com/features/michiganmasala0125.aspx Michigan Masala]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130615001323/http://www.metromodemedia.com/features/michiganmasala0125.aspx Archive]). Metro D Media. Thursday July 23, 2009. Retrieved on March 10, 2014.</ref> At least one Indian film, as of 2006, was screened every day.<ref name=HastingsHorray/> The couple took over the management of the theater in December 2005.<ref name=Kleinlittle/> Prior to the change in management, the Goodrich theater chain owned the complex, and the Gangwanis rented one or two screens on weekends. The management change was effective on the first of the month.<ref name=HastingsHorray/> The name "SR" came from their given names.<ref name=ChanNoviTheater/> The theater closed in 2010 as part of the redevelopment of Novi Town Center.<ref>Walsh, Dustin. "[http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20101004/free/101009967/wal-mart-to-open-in-novi-town-center Wal-Mart to open in Novi Town Center]." ''[[Crain's Detroit Business]]''. October 4, 2010. Retrieved on March 10, 2014. "The businesses — Diamond Jim Brady's Bistro, Pita Café, and Town Center 8 movie theater — closed last week as part of deal to renovate the Town Center to accommodate the Wal-Mart, said Steve Russo, president of Indianapolis-based Russo Communications, representing the Town Center. "</ref> The theater was not a part of the redevelopment plans, so it did not pay any rent during its final three years of operations.<ref name=Walsh>Walsh, Dustin. "[http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20101004/free/101009967/wal-mart-to-open-in-novi-town-center Wal-Mart to open in Novi Town Center]." ''[[Crain's Detroit Business]]''. October 4, 2010. Retrieved on March 10, 2014. "Town Center 8, which is not part of the relocating tenants, paid no rent during the past three years it has been an Indian-themed movie theater, because it was not part of the expansion plan. "</ref>

Anand Kumar started the website ''[https://www.miindia.com/ Miindia]'', an Indian community portal, in 1999. In 2017 the website has a daily count of 6,000 unique users and over one million monthly hits. <ref name=Kleinlittle/> Among the small assortment of Indian publications in Michigan is the [[Little India of Michigan Newsletter]], which is published online and is distributed in local Indian businesses.<ref>https://littleindia.substack.com</ref><ref>https://www.candgnews.com/news/teens-showcase-indian-community-through-newsletter-7497</ref>

==Notable residents==
* Dr. [[Sanjay Gupta]], chief medical correspondent for [[CNN]] ([[Novi, Michigan|Novi]])<ref>Steinberg, Stephanie. "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MGNjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FXkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2998,245537&dq=sanjay-gupta+novi-high&hl=en Alum Gupta nominated for surgeon general post]." ''[[The Michigan Daily]]''. Wednesday January 14, 2009. p. 1A. Retrieved from [[Google News]] (1 of 16) on October 28, 2013. "[...]School in 1993. He also grew up in nearby Novi, Mich., and attended Novi High School."</ref>
*[[Padma Kuppa|Representative Padma Kuppa]], Indian-American Democrat serving in the state House of representatives from Troy, Michigan.
*[[Sam Singh|Representative Sam Singh]], Indian-American from East Lansing.
*[[Shri Thanedar|Congressman Shri Thanedar]], congressman of [[Michigan's 13th congressional district|MI-13]]
*Madhu Anderson, former deputy treasurer of the State of Michigan

==See also==
* [[Demographics of Metro Detroit]]
* [[Indo-Canadians in British Columbia]]
** [[South Asian Canadians in Greater Vancouver]]
* [[South Asian Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area]]
* [[Indian community of London]]

==References==
* Helweg, Arthur W. ''Asian Indians in Michigan'' (Discovering the Peoples of Michigan). [[Michigan State University Press]], March 1, 2012. {{ISBN|1609170482}}, 9781609170486.

==Notes==
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==Further reading==
* Keshavan, Meghana. "[http://www2.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=11424&quot%3B Bollywood nights]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120915034813/http://www2.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=11424 Archive]) ''[[Metro Times]]''. August 22, 2007. - Article about Indian nightclub scene in Metro Detroit

==External links==
* [http://ilamichigan.org/ India League of America (ILA) - Michigan]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030711155025/http://miiaca.com/ Indian American Cultural Association (IACA)]
* [http://www.detroittelugu.org Detroit Telugu Association] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093957/http://www.detroittelugu.org/ |date=2014-03-29 }} (DTA, {{langx|te|డిట్రాయిట్ తెలుగు అసోసియేషన్}}, డిటిఎ)
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.festivalofindiadetroit.com |date=* |title=Festival of India Detroit }}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.novitowncenter8.com |date=* |title=SR Movies - Novi Town Center 8 }}
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