Indians in France
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Indians in France are expatriate residents of France from India, 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.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 190,000 (2010s)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Paris, Overseas France | |
| Languages | |
| French, Punjabi, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Indian languages, English | |
| Religion | |
| Sikhism, Hinduism, Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin, Tamil, Desi |
HistoryEdit
A majority of the Indian community hails from Puducherry and Chandannagar, 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 peopleEdit
- Nalini Anantharaman
- Nalini Balbir
- Henri Bangou
- Jacques Bangou
- Cynthia Brown (singer)
- Jayasri Burman
- Maya Burman
- Sakti Burman
- Anju Chaudhuri
- Jeanne Dupleix
- Ivan Grésèque
- Hidayat Inayat Khan
- Indila
- Romuald Karmakar
- Aurore Kichenin
- Lord Kossity
- Subrata K. Mitra
- Sri Mahesh Ghatradyal
- Prithwindra Mukherjee
- Rudgy Pajany
- Vasant Rai
- S. H. Raza
- Shumona Sinha
- Charles Sobhraj
- Samuel Moutoussamy
- J. R. D. Tata
- Kévin Théophile-Catherine
- Khal Torabully