Little India (Neighborhood)
The name Little India ( Hindi : प्रवासी भारतीय [Pravāsī Bhāratīya]) generally refers to neighborhoods and enclaves in a city in which predominantly people of Indian descent are concentrated, live there, do their business (especially special clothing, food including spices, restaurants etc.). The Hindi term “Pravāsī Bhāratīya” roughly means “Indian migrant”. Such neighborhoods, which can be found around the world outside of India, have become a popular tourist destination.
The destination countries of the Indians who emigrated from India were different. In early times, Indian traders settled in countries bordering the Indian and Pacific Oceans. During the colonial period, especially after the ban on the slave trade, there was an enormous demand for labor in the - not only British - colonies, which also resulted in a wave of emigration from India to the colonies.
At the end of 2018 there were the following large Indian communities with around one million or more members, spread across the following states:
| United States | 4,460,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3,104,586 |
| Malaysia | 2,987,950 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,814,568 |
| Myanmar | 2,008,991 |
| United Kingdom | 1,825,000 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,614,000 |
| South Africa | 1,560,000 |
| Canada | 1,016,185 |
| Kuwait | 929.903 |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b CF Andrews: India's Emigration Problem , In: Foreign Affairs, April 1930, ed. from the Council on Foreign Relations, online at: foreignaffairs.com / ...
- ^ A b Daniel Naujoks: Emigration, Immigration, and Diaspora Relations in India , a study by the Migration Information Source, ed. from Migration Policy Institute, October 15, 2009, online at: migrationpolicy.org / ...
- ↑ Population of Overseas Indians , compiled in December 2018 by the Government of India (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), online at: mea.gov.in / ...