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| population = {{circa|'''1.4 billion'''}}
| popplace = [[Non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen of India|Indian diaspora]]:<br/>{{circaCirca|'''17.9 million'''32,285,425|lk=yes}} (2023 estimate, including people of Indian origin)<ref>{{Cite web |lastpublisher=Singh |first=Ruchi |date=2022-03-07 |title=OriginMinistry of World'sExternal LargestAffairs, MigrantGovernment Population,of India. Seeks|website=mea.gov.in to|title=Population of LeverageOverseas ImmigrationIndians |url=https://www.migrationpolicymea.gov.in/population-of-overseas-indians.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/articleweb/india20231008153753/https://www.mea.gov.in/population-migrationof-countryoverseas-profileindians.htm |access-date=20222023-1110-0509 |websitearchive-date=migrationpolicy.org8 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
| region1 = {{flagicon|US}} [[Indian Americans|United States]]
| pop1 = 4,946,306
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| region14 = {{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Indians in Qatar|Qatar]]
| pop14 = 650,000
| ref14 = <ref name=pop>{{cite web |url=http://priyadsouza.com/population-of-qatar-by-nationality-in-2017/ |title=Population of Qatar by nationality - 2017 report |access-date=7 February 2017 |archive-date=25 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225053320/http://priyadsouza.com/population-of-qatar-by-nationality-in-2017/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| region15 = {{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Indian Nepalis|Nepal]]
| pop15 = 600,000
| ref15 = <ref name=IndianEmbassyNepal>{{cite web|url=https://www.indembkathmandu.gov.in/page/about-india-nepal-relations/|title=About India-Nepal Relations|website=Embassy of India, Kathmandu, Nepal|date=February 2020|access-date=29 August 2020|archive-date=12 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912101420/http://www.indembkathmandu.gov.in/page/about-india-nepal-relations/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| region16 = {{flagicon|Bangladesh}}[[Indians in Bangladesh|Bangladesh]]
| pop16 = 500,000-1,000,000
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| pop17 = 161,000-1,000,000+
| ref17 = <ref>[http://www.bib-demografie.de/DE/Aktuelles/Presse/Archiv/2017/2017-03-01-zuwanderung-aussereuropaeische-Laender-fast-verdoppelt.html Immigration from outside Europe almost doubled] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209232407/http://www.bib-demografie.de/DE/Aktuelles/Presse/Archiv/2017/2017-03-01-zuwanderung-aussereuropaeische-Laender-fast-verdoppelt.html |date=9 December 2017 }}. Federal Institute for Population Research. Retrieved 1 March 2017</ref><ref name="moia"/>
| region18 = {{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} [[Indo-TrinidadianIndo–Trinidadians and TobagonianTobagonians|Trinidad and Tobago]]
| pop18 = 468,524
| ref18 = <ref name="moia"/>
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| ref37 = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.pl/web/udsc/cudzoziemcy-w-polsce-po-2020-r|title=Cudzoziemcy w Polsce po 2020 r. - Urząd do Spraw Cudzoziemców - Portal Gov.pl|website=Urząd do Spraw Cudzoziemców}}</ref>
| region38 = {{flagicon|Cayman Islands}} [[Cayman Islands–India relations|Cayman Islands]]
| pop38 = 12,218081
| ref38 = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eso.ky/UserFiles/right_page_docums/files/uploads/chapter_10_-_labour_force_and_employment.xlsx|title=Labour Force Indicators by Sex, 2014- 2019|website=eso.ky|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307225411/https://www.eso.ky/UserFiles/right_page_docums/files/uploads/chapter_10_-_labour_force_and_employment.xlsx|archive-date=7 March 2022}}</ref>
| languages = [[Languages of India]], including: {{hlist|[[Assamese language|Assamese]] | [[Awadhi language|Awadhi]] | [[Bagheli language|Bagheli]] | [[Bengali language|Bengali]] | [[Bhil language|Bhil]]|[[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] | [[Bodo language|Bodo]] | [[Braj Bhasha]] | [[Bundeli language|Bundeli]] | [[Chhattisgarhi language|Chhattisgarhi]]|[[Dogri language|Dogri]] | [[Indian English|English]] | [[Garhwali language|Garhwali]]|[[Gondi language|Gondi]]| [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] | [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]]|[[Hindi]] | [[Kannauji language|Kannauji]] | [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] | [[Kannada]] |[[Khandeshi language|Khandeshi]]|[[Kodava language|Kodava]]|[[Konkani language|Konkani]] | [[Kumaoni language|Kumaoni]]|[[Kurukh language|Kurukh]]|[[Kutchi language|Kutchi]]|[[Ladakhi language|Ladakhi]] | [[Magahi language|Magahi]]|[[Maithili language|Maithili]] | [[Malayalam]] | [[Marathi language|Marathi]] | |[[Meitei language|Meitei]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meitei |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mni/25 |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=Ethnologue |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipuri language {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Manipuri-language |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en |quote=Manipuri language, Manipuri Meiteilon, also called Meitei (Meetei), a Tibeto-Burman language spoken predominantly in Manipur, a northeastern state of India.}}</ref>|[[Nepali language|Nepali]] | [[Odia language|Odia]] | [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] | [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]]|[[Sanskrit]] | [[Santali language|Santhali]] | [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] | [[Tamil language|Tamil]] | [[Telugu language|Telugu]] |
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'''Indian people''' or '''Indians''' are the [[Indian nationality law|citizens and nationals]] of the [[India|Republic of India]]. In 2022, the population of India stood at 1.4 billion people, of various [[Indian ethnic groups|ethnic groups]]. According to [[United Nations|UN]] forecasts, India overtook [[China]] as the world's most populous country by the end of April 2023, containing 17.50 percent of the global population.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 April 2023 |title=India to overtake China as world's most populous country in April 2023, United Nations projects |url=https://www.un.org/en/desa/india-overtake-china-world-most-populous-country-april-2023-united-nations-projects#:~:text=Smith%20Mehta%2Funsplash.-,India%20to%20overtake%20China%20as%20world's%20most%20populous%20country%20in,the%20world's%20most%20populous%20country |access-date=27 April 2023 |website=[[United Nations]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ellis-Petersen |first1=Hannah |last2=correspondentEllis-Petersen |first2=Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia |date=2023-04-24 |title=India overtakes China to become world's most populous country |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/24/india-overtakes-china-to-become-worlds-most-populous-country |access-date=2023-07-12 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65380148 "India's population to surpass China this week - UN"]. ''BBC.'' April 24, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2023.</ref> In addition to the Indian population, the [[Non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen of India|Indian overseas diaspora]] also boasts large numbers, particularly in the [[Arab states of the Persian Gulf]], former British colonies, and the [[Western world]].<ref name="moia" />
 
While the demonym "Indian" applies to people originating from the present-day Republic of [[India]], it was also used as the identifying term for people originating from what is now [[Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh]] prior to the [[Partition of India]] in 1947.<ref name="Stern2001">{{cite book |last1=Stern |first1=Robert W. |title=Democracy and Dictatorship in South Asia: Dominant Classes and Political Outcomes in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh |date=2001 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=9780275970413 |page=6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Henry Newman|title=The Calcutta Review |date=1921 |publisher=[[University of Calcutta]] |page=252 |language=en |quote=I have also found that Bombay is India, Satara is India, Bangalore is India, Madras is India, Delhi, Lahore, the Khyber, Lucknow, Calcutta, Cuttack, Shillong, etc., are all India.}}</ref>
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==History==
{{Main|History of India|Greater India}}
 
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=== Ancient era ===
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The Indian people established during the ancient and medieval periods to the early eighteenth century some of the greatest empires and dynasties in South Asian history like the [[Maurya Empire]], [[Satavahana dynasty]], [[Gupta Empire]], [[Rashtrakuta dynasty]], [[Chalukya Empire]], [[Chola Empire]], [[Karkota Empire]], [[Pala Empire]], [[Vijayanagara Empire]], [[Delhi Sultanate]], [[Mughal Empire]], [[Maratha Confederacy]] and [[Sikh Empire]]. The first great empire of the Indian people was the [[Maurya Empire]] having [[Patliputra]](currently [[Patna]], [[Bihar]]) as its capital, conquered the major part of [[South Asia]] in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC during the reign of [[Chandragupta Maurya]] and [[Ashoka]] alongside their senior advisor, [[Chanakya|Acharya Chanakya]], the world's pioneer of the fields of political science and economics. The next great ancient empire of the Indian people was the [[Gupta Empire]]. This period, witnessing a [[Hindu]] religious and intellectual resurgence, is known as the classical or "[[Golden Age of India]]". During this period, aspects of Indian civilisation, administration, culture, and [[Hinduism]] and [[Buddhism]] spread to much of [[Asia]], while the [[Chola Empire]] in the south had flourishing maritime trade links with the Roman Empire during this period. The ancient Indian mathematicians [[Aryabhata]], [[Bhāskara I]] and [[Brahmagupta]] invented the concept of zero and the [[Hindu–Arabic numeral system]] [[decimal|decimal system]] during this period.<ref>The Earth and Its Peoples by Richard Bulliet, Pamela Crossley, Daniel Headrick, Steven Hirsch, Lyman Johnson p.192</ref> During this period Indian cultural influence spread over many parts of [[Southeast Asia]] which led to the establishment of [[Greater India|Indianized kingdoms]] in [[Southeast Asia]].<ref>The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia: From early times to c. 1800, Band 1 by [[Nicholas Tarling]] p.281</ref>
 
=== Medieval era ===
During the early medieval period the great [[Rashtrakuta dynasty]] governed most of the Indian subcontinent from the 8th to 10th centuries and the [[Amoghavarsha]] of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty was described by the Arab traveller Sulaiman as one of the four great kings of the world.<ref>The Shaping of Modern Gujarat: Plurality, Hindutva, and Beyond; Acyuta Yājñika, Suchitra Sheth, Penguins Books, (2005), p.42, {{ISBN|978-0-14400-038-8}}</ref> The medieval south Indian mathematician [[Mahāvīra (mathematician)|Mahāvīra]] lived in the [[Rashtrakuta dynasty]] and was the first Indian mathematician who separated astrology from mathematics and who wrote the earliest Indian text entirely devoted to mathematics.<ref>The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones by Clifford A. Pickover: page 88</ref> The greatest maritime empire of the medieval Indians was the [[Chola dynasty]]. Under the great [[Rajaraja Chola I]] and his successor [[Rajendra Chola I]] the Chola dynasty became a military, economic and cultural power in [[South Asia]] and [[South-East Asia]].<ref name=kulke115>Kulke and Rothermund, p 115</ref><ref name=keay215>Keay, p 215</ref> The power of the [[Chola empire]] was proclaimed to the eastern world by the expedition to the [[Ganges]] which [[Rajendra Chola I]] undertook and by the occupation of cities of the maritime empire of [[Srivijaya]] in [[Southeast Asia]], as well as by the repeated embassies to China.<ref name="sastri158">[[K.A. Nilakanta Sastri]], ''A History of South India'', p 158</ref>
 
During the late medieval period the great [[Vijayanagara Empire]] ruled most of southern India from the 14th to 16th centuries and reached its peak during the reign of [[Sri Krishnadevaraya]]<ref>Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture by John Stewart Bowman p.270</ref> The medieval [[Kerala School of Astronomy and Mathematics]] flourished during this period under such well known south Indian mathematicians as [[Madhava of Sangamagrama|Madhava]] ({{Circa|1340|1425}}), who made important contributions to Trigonometry and Calculus, and [[Nilakantha Somayaji|Nilakhanta]] (c. 1444–1545), who postulated on the orbitals of planets.<ref name="planet">"History of Science and Philosophy of Science: A Historical Perspective of the Evolution of Ideas in Science", editor: Pradip Kumar Sengupta, author: Subhash Kak, 2010, p91, vol XIII, part 6, Publisher: Pearson Longman, {{ISBN|978-81-317-1930-5}}</ref>
 
=== Modern era ===
The [[Mughal Empire]] consolidated much of the Indian sub-continent under a single realm. Under the Mughals, India developed a strong and stable economy, leading to commercial expansion and greater patronage of culture, greatly influencing Indian society.<ref name="Thackston">{{cite book|title=The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor|publisher=[[Modern Library]]|isbn=978-0-375-76137-9|author=Zahir ud-Din Mohammad|author-link=Babur|editor=Thackston, Wheeler M.|editor-link=Wheeler Thackston|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/babarinizam00babu/page/ xlvi]|date=10 September 2002|quote=In India the dynasty always called itself {{transliteration|fa|Gurkani}}, after {{lang|chg-Latn|[[Timur|Temür]]}}'s title {{transliteration|fa|Gurkân}}, the Persianized form of the Mongolian {{lang|mn-Latn|kürägän}}, "son-in-law," a title he assumed after his marriage to a [[Genghisid]] princess.|title-link=Baburnama}}</ref> The [[Mughal Empire]] balanced and pacified local societies through new administrative practices{{sfn|Asher|Talbot|2008|p = 115}}{{sfn|Robb|2001|pp = 90–91}} and had diverse and inclusive ruling elites,{{sfn|Metcalf|Metcalf|2006|p = 17}} leading to more systematic, centralised, and uniform rule.{{sfn|Asher|Talbot|2008|p = 152}} Newly coherent social groups in northern and western India, such as the [[Marathas]], the [[Rajputs]], the [[Pathans of Uttar Pradesh|Pathans]], the [[Jats]] and the [[Khalsa|Sikhs]], gained military and governing ambitions during Mughal rule, which, through collaboration or adversity, gave them both recognition and military experience.<ref name="AsherTalbot2006">{{cite book | author1=Catherine Ella Blanshard Asher | author2=Cynthia Talbot | title=India before Europe | year= 2006 | publisher=Cambridge University Press | isbn=978-0-521-80904-7 | page=265}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author1=Burjor Avari | title=Islamic Civilization in South Asia: A History of Muslim Power and Presence in the Indian Subcontinent |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hGHpVtQ8eKoC&q=%22Hindu+Jats%22+rebellion+mughals&pg=PA131 | publisher=Routledge | isbn=9780415580618 | pages=131–| year=2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author1=Erinn Banting | title=Afghanistan: The people |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fl8cd15sc7wC&q=pashtuns+mughal+empire+rebel&pg=PA9| isbn=9780778793366 | year=2003 | publisher=Crabtree Publishing Company }}</ref>{{sfn|Metcalf|Metcalf|2006|pp = 23–24}}
[[File:Joppen map-India in 1605 published 1907 by Longmans.jpg|thumb|The [[Mughal Empire]] during the reign of [[Akbar the Great]], prior to the conquest of the [[Deccan sultanates]].]]
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==Culture==
{{Main|Culture of India|Greater India}}
India is one of the world's oldest civilisations.<ref name="asaw">{{cite book |last1=Kenoyer |first1=Jonathan Mark |author-link1=Jonathan Mark Kenoyer |last2=Heuston |first2=Kimberley |date=May 2005 |title=The Ancient South Asian World |url=http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryWorld/Ancient/Other/~~/dmlldz11c2EmY2k9OTc4MDE5NTE3NDIyOQ== |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-517422-9 |oclc=56413341 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120093649/http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryWorld/Ancient/Other/~~/dmlldz11c2EmY2k9OTc4MDE5NTE3NDIyOQ%3D%3D |archive-date=20 November 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Indian culture, often labelled as an amalgamation of several various cultures, spans across the [[Indian subcontinent]] and has been influenced and shaped by a history that is several thousand years old.<ref>John Keay (2011), ''India: A History'', 2nd Ed - Revised and Updated, Grove Press / Harper Collins, {{ISBN|978-0-8021-4558-1}}, see Introduction and Chapters 3 through 11</ref><ref>Mohammada, Malika (2007), The foundations of the composite culture in India, Aakar Books, {{ISBN|81-89833-18-9}}</ref> Throughout the history of India, Indian culture has been heavily influenced by [[Dharma|Dharmic]] religions.<ref name="Finding Lost">Nikki Stafford [https://archive.org/details/findinglostunoff0000staf/page/174 <!-- pg=174 quote="dharmic religions" origin india. --> Finding Lost], ECW Press, 2006 {{ISBN|1-55022-743-2}} p. 174</ref> They have been credited with shaping much of Indian [[philosophy]], [[literature]], [[architecture]], [[art]] and [[music]].<ref name="Om Prakash">{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzpYb5UOeiwC|page=3 |chapter=1 |title=Cultural History of India |publisher=New Age International Limited Publications |year=2005 |isbn=978-81-224-1587-2}}</ref> [[Greater India]] was the historical extent of [[Indian culture]] beyond the [[Indian subcontinent]]. This particularly concerns the spread of [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], [[architecture]], [[Public administration|administration]] and [[writing system]] from India to other parts of [[Asia]] through the [[Silk Road transmission of Buddhism|Silk Road]] by the travellers and maritime traders during the early centuries of the [[Common Era]].<ref>Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor, by [[Keat Gin Ooi]] p.642</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">Hindu-Buddhist Architecture in Southeast Asia by Daigorō Chihara p.226</ref> To the west, [[Greater India]] overlaps with [[Greater Persia]] in the [[Hindu Kush]] and [[Pamir Mountains]].<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=978-0-521-88782-3&ss=exc |title=Justice, Punishment and the Medieval Muslim Imagination |series=Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization |last=Lange |first=Christian |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-88782-3 |date=2008-07-10 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Lange: Greater Persia (including Khwārazm, Transoxania, and Afghanistan)."</ref> During medieval period, [[Islam]] played a significant role in shaping Indian cultural heritage.<ref name="Usha">{{cite book
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}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In the 5th century&nbsp;BCE, Greek historian [[Herodotus]] describes the richness of the quality of Indian textiles.<ref>{{cite book
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=== Sports ===
{{Main|Sport in India}}
Sports in India are mainly in two categories: traditional sports and global sports. [[Traditional games of India|Traditional sports]] like ''[[Gillidanda|gilli danda]]'', ''[[kho kho]], [[kabaddi]]'' are quite popular. On the other hand, Indians are highly enthusiastic about the game of cricket, to the extent that it is treated as a religion in itself.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cricket is a Religion in India |url=https://www.sportspundit.com/cricket/articles/5500-cricket-is-a-religion-in-india |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=Sports Pundit |language=en}}</ref> Sports like hockey, volleyball, football are quite popular while polo, golf and tennis are preferred sports for affluent sections of the society. In recent times with government support Olympic sports like shooting, archery, wrestling, javelin throw, swimming, badminton have gained prominence in the Indian society.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nair |first=Abhijit |date=2021-04-25 |title=In which sports has India competed at the Olympics? |url=https://thebridge.in/olympics-facts/which-sports-india-competed-olympics-21137 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Indian diaspora==
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<!--[[File:Screen shot 2010-06-28 at 28 Jun 17.17.19.png|thumb|right|160px|[[Nikki Haley]] is an [[Americans|American]] born to [[Sikh]] [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] parents who is the [[Governor of South Carolina|Governor-elect of South Carolina]].]]-->
 
Although, population groups originating in different parts of the Indian subcontinent and within the international borders of the modern country of [[India]] had been migrating to [[Southeast Asia]], [[East Asia]], [[Central Asia]], [[North Africa]], and even along Europe's Mediterranean coast, the Indian diaspora generally socio-politically or historically refers to those whose families or themselves migrated to other parts of the world after the British Empire established itself in India. Population estimates from 2016 vary from a conservative 12 million to 20 million-person diaspora.<ref name="The Indian Diaspora">{{cite web|title=Executive Summary - The Indian Diaspora|url=http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/part1-exe.pdf|website=Indiandiaspora.nic.in|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222045/http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/part1-exe.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="India and its Diaspora">{{cite web|title=India and its Diaspora|url=http://moia.gov.in/accessories.aspx?aid=10|website=Moia.gov.in|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023255/http://moia.gov.in/accessories.aspx?aid=10|archive-date=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
 
===United Kingdom===
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===Canada===
{{Main|Indo-Canadians}}
There are approximately 1.86 million people of Indian origin or ancestry in Canada, the majority of which live in Greater [[Toronto]] and [[Vancouver]], with growing communities in Alberta and Quebec.{{efn|[[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]]: Statistic includes all persons with ethnic or cultural origin responses with ancestry to the nation of India, including "Anglo-Indian" (3,340), "Bengali" (26,675), "Goan" (9,700), "Gujarati" (36,970), "Indian" (1,347,715), "Jatt" (22,785), "Kashmiri" (6,165), "Maharashtrian" (4,125), "Malayali" (12,490), "Punjabi" (279,950), "Tamil" (102,170), and "Telugu" (6,670).<ref name="canadapopulation2021">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Ethnic or cultural origin by gender and age: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations with parts |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810035601 |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>|name="notecanadapopulation2021"}} Roughly 5.1% of the total Canadian population is of Indian ancestry, a figure higher than both the United States and Britain.{{efn|name="notecanadapopulation2021"}} [[South Asian Canadians]] account for 7.1% of Canada’s population. According to Statistics Canada, Indo-Canadians are one of the fastest-growing visible minority groups in Canada, making up the second-largest group of non-European descent in the country after Chinese Canadians.
 
The Indo-Canadian community can trace its history in Canada back 120 years to 1897 when a contingent of [[Sikh]] soldiers visited the western coast of Canada, primarily British Columbia which at the time was very sparsely populated and the Canadian government wanted to settle in order to prevent a takeover of the territory by the United States.
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===Caribbean===
{{Main|Indo-Caribbean people|Indo-TrinidadianIndo–Trinidadians and TobagonianTobagonians|Indo-Guyanese|Indo-Surinamese|Indo-Caribbean Americans|British Indo-Caribbean people|Indo-Canadians#Indians from the Caribbean|Indians in the Netherlands|Indians in France}}
{{See also|Hinduism in the West Indies|Hinduism in Trinidad and Tobago|Hinduism in Guyana|Hinduism in Suriname|Caribbean Hindustani|Indo-Caribbean music}}
After slavery was abolished in the European colonies, Indians were hired under the [[Indian indenture system]] to become indentured laborers to fill the need for cheap labor and for their skills in agriculture. In the [[English-speaking Caribbean]] and [[Suriname]], Indians primarily came from the [[Hindi Belt]], especially the [[Awadh]] region in central and eastern [[Uttar Pradesh]] and the [[Bhojpuri region|Bhojpur]] region of eastern Uttar Pradesh, western [[Bihar]], and northwestern [[Jharkhand]], along with a significant minority who came from [[South India]], and a smaller minority who came from other parts of India. They arrived from the late 1830s to the early 1920s as [[Indian indenture system|indentured laborers]] to work primarily on [[sugarcane]] [[Estate (land)|estates]], as well as on [[cocoa beans|cocoa]], [[rice]], [[banana]], [[coconut]], and [[coffee bean|coffee]] estates after indentureship. After the first wave of migration of indentured laborers, more Indians from [[Gujarat]], [[Sindh]], [[Kutch district|Kutch]], [[Punjab]], [[Bengal]], and [[South India]] came to the Caribbean for business and professional occupations from the 1930s till present-day. There are more than a million [[Indo-Caribbean people]]s. In [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [[Guyana]], and [[Suriname]] they are the largest ethnic groups. The Indians from the Bhojpuri and Awadhi-speaking areas of the Hindi Belt made up the majority of Indians in the Anglo-Caribbean and Suriname. Hence, their dialect of Hindustani, known as [[Caribbean Hindustani]] collectively, is based mostly on Bhojpuri and Awadhi, and it became the ''[[lingua franca]]'' of the early Indians. Also, since they formed the largest group of Indians, the traditions and culture from the Bhojpur and Awadh regions became the dominant culture for the Indians in those countries. [[France]] sent southern Indians to its colonies in the Caribbean as indentured laborers, hence there are also many residents of Indian descent in [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]], and [[French Guiana]], mostly of southern Indian descent. Many Indo-Caribbean people have migrated to the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Canada]], the [[Netherlands]], and [[France]], and few of them have even seasonally migrated to the neighboring [[Latin American]] and other Caribbean countries as migrant workers. A majority of Indo-Caribbean are [[Hindu]]s, while there is significant minority of [[Christians]] and [[Muslims]], along with smaller numbers of recently arrived Indian [[Jain]]s, [[Sikh]]s, [[Buddhist]], and [[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼís]]. Indo-Caribbean people are known as the descendants of the jahajis or [[girmityas]].<ref name=britain1>{{cite web|title=Forced Labour|year=2010|publisher=The National Archives, Government of the United Kingdom|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/india/forced.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=New System of Slavery|author=Hugh Tinker|year=1993|isbn=978-1-870518-18-5|publisher=Hansib Publishing, London}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=A Question of Labour: Indentured Immigration Into Trinidad & British Guiana, 1875-1917|author=K Laurence|publisher=St Martin's Press|year=1994|isbn=978-0-312-12172-3}}</ref><ref name=sl1>{{cite web|title=St. Lucia's Indian Arrival Day|year=2009|publisher=Caribbean Repeating Islands|url=http://repeatingislands.com/2009/05/07/st-lucia’s-indian-arrival-day/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Indian indentured labourers|publisher=The National Archives, Government of the United Kingdom|year=2010|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/indian-indentured-labour.htm}}</ref>
 
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