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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{no footnotes|date=September 2017}}<br /> {{Infobox ethnic group<br /> | group = Indians in France<br /> | image = <br /> | population = 190,000 (2010s)&lt;ref&gt;[http://mea.gov.in/images/attach/NRIs-and-PIOs_1.pdf Population of Overseas Indians (2010s)]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> | popplace = [[Paris]], [[Overseas France]]<br /> | langs = [[French language|French]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Hindi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]], [[Languages of India|Indian languages]], [[English language|English]]<br /> | rels = [[Sikhism]], [[Hinduism]], [[Islam]], [[Catholicism]], [[Protestantism]], [[Jainism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Zoroastrianism]]<br /> | related-c = [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin]], [[Tamil people|Tamil]], [[Desi]]<br /> | native_name = <br /> | native_name_lang = <br /> | related_groups = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Indians in France&#039;&#039;&#039; are expatriate residents of France from [[India]], as well as people of Indian national origin. {{asof|2000}}, there were an estimated 65,000 Indians living in [[metropolitan France]], in addition to 300,000 Indians in the French [[Overseas department and region|overseas departments and regions]] of [[Réunion]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]] and [[French Guiana]].<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> A majority of the Indian community hails from [[Pondicherry|Puducherry]] and [[Chandannagar]], the former [[French India|French colonies in India]]. Later arrivals to mainland [[France]] were mostly [[Gujarati people|Gujaratis]], [[ Kerala People|Keralites ]] and [[Indian people|Indians]] from [[Mauritius]], [[French Guiana]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]], the [[Seychelles]], [[Réunion]], and [[Madagascar]].<br /> <br /> ==Notable people==<br /> {{further information|:Category:French people of Indian descent}}<br /> {{div col}}<br /> * [[Nalini Anantharaman]]<br /> * [[Nalini Balbir]]<br /> * [[Henri Bangou]]<br /> * [[Jacques Bangou]]<br /> * [[Cynthia Brown (singer)]]<br /> * [[Jayasri Burman]]<br /> * [[Maya Burman]]<br /> * [[Sakti Burman]]<br /> * [[Anju Chaudhuri]]<br /> * [[Jeanne Dupleix]]<br /> * [[Ivan Grésèque]]<br /> * [[Hidayat Inayat Khan]]<br /> * [[Indila]]<br /> * [[Romuald Karmakar]]<br /> * [[Aurore Kichenin]]<br /> * [[Lord Kossity]] <br /> * [[Subrata K. Mitra]]<br /> * [[Sri Mahesh Ghatradyal]]<br /> * [[Prithwindra Mukherjee]]<br /> * [[Rudgy Pajany]]<br /> * [[Vasant Rai]]<br /> * [[S. H. Raza]]<br /> * [[Shumona Sinha]]<br /> * [[Charles Sobhraj]]<br /> * [[Samuel Moutoussamy]] <br /> * [[J. R. D. Tata]] <br /> * [[Kévin Théophile-Catherine]]<br /> * [[Khal Torabully]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Réunionnais of Indian origin]]<br /> * [[Indians in Guadeloupe]]<br /> * [[Indo-Martiniquais]]<br /> * [[Indians in French Guiana]]<br /> * [[Tamils in France]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [http://www.indiansinfrance.com/ Indians in France]<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030417123000/http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter11.pdf Indian Diaspora in Europe (France pages 13–16)]<br /> <br /> {{NRI-PIO}}<br /> {{Migration to France from Asia}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Indian diaspora in France|*]]<br /> [[Category:Indian diaspora by country|France]]<br /> [[Category:Indian diaspora in Europe|France]]<br /> [[Category:Ethnic groups in France]]<br /> [[Category:Asian diaspora in France]]<br /> [[Category:Immigration to France by country of origin]]</div>

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