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{{Short description|Indian diaspora in Nepal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Indian Nepali<br>भारतीय नेपाली
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| population       = 
| regions          = [[terai|Terai region]], [[Kathmandu]], [[Biratnagar]], [[Birganj]], [[Jhapa]], [[Mahakali (disambiguation)#Places|Mahakali]], [[Butwal]], [[Chitwan]]
| langs            = [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], [[Maithili language|Maithili]], [[Marwari language|Marwari]], [[Bengali language|Bangla]], [[Languages of Nepal|Various Nepalese languages]]
| rels             = {{hlist|[[Hinduism]]| [[Buddhism]]| [[Islam]]| [[Jainism in Nepal|Jainism]]}}
| related          = {{hlist|[[Burmese Indians]]| [[Indians in China]]}}
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}}
'''Indian Nepali''', '''Indian Nepali''' or '''Indo Nepalese,''' are  people of Indian origin who migrated from [[India]] to [[Nepal]], predominantly since [[British India]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Neha Tamang |last2=Prabhakaran |first2=Dr S. |date=2023-03-10 |title=Tracing The Origin Of Indian Gorkhas In Darjeeling And The Problem Of Their Identity Crisis |url=https://namibian-studies.com/index.php/JNS/article/view/5871 |journal=Journal of Namibian Studies: History Politics Culture |language=en |volume=33 |pages=722–741 |doi=10.59670/8m02ke21 |doi-broken-date=1 July 2025 |issn=2197-5523}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-21 |title=Nepali Migrant Workers in India: A Rite of Passage to Adulthood - CSEP |url=https://csep.org/blog/nepali-migrant-workers-in-india-a-rite-of-passage-to-adulthood/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> 

The [[Marwari people|Marwari]] people have lived in Nepal for several hundred years. They came to Nepal from [[Rajasthan]] as traders and flourished in Nepal where there was very little trade activity then. Now the Marwaris control majority of top businesses of Nepal. There are also a few [[Punjabis]] and [[Bengalis]] in major cities of Nepal. Many Muslims have also emigrated from India to Nepal. A majority of them are involved in low profile works like rickshaw pullers, cobblers, tailors, scavengers etc, while some run small businesses. {{CN|date=June 2025}}

In 2001, it was estimated that around 4 million Indians had married [[Madhesi people|Madhesi Nepalis]] over the previous 35 to 40 years while an estimated 400,000 migrated from India to Nepal, mostly for work.<ref name="icimod">https://lib.icimod.org/api/files/4003b203-c144-4cf9-9bed-48a5ad2c09ff/1139.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjex42z1Y_qAhUyheYKHaRWAKkQFjAHegQIDhAK&usg=AOvVaw3lkum5JJrLIm07yZWQymLG {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref name="TheHindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/01/07/stories/05071343.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015044439/http://hindu.com/2001/01/07/stories/05071343.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2012|title=Where big can be bothersome|date=7 January 2001|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Madheshi people]]
* [[Indo-Nepalese relations]]
* [[Nepali Indian]]
* [[1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship]]

==References==
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{{Immigration to Nepal}}
{{Indian diaspora}}

[[Category:Ethnic groups in Nepal|Indian]]
[[Category:Indian diaspora by country|Nepal]]
[[Category:Nepalese people of Indian descent|*]]


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