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{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
|group = Thai Indians<br />
|image = Wat Khaek Silom Sri Mariamman Hindu temple in Bangkok Thailand.jpg<br />
|caption = [[Mariamman Temple, Bangkok]]<br />
|poptime = <br />
|population = '''Indian nationals'''<br />[[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|65,000]]<br />'''People of Indian descent'''<br />465,000<br />
|popplace = [[Bangkok]]{{·}}[[Pattaya]]{{·}}[[Chiang Mai]]{{·}}[[Phuket]]<br />
|langs = [[Thai language|Thai]]{{·}}[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]{{·}}[[Tamil language|Tamil]]{{·}}[[English language|English]]{{·}}[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]{{·}}[[Urdu]]{{·}}[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]<br />
|rels = [[Hinduism]]{{·}}[[Buddhism]]{{·}}[[Sikhism]]{{·}}[[Islam]]<br>historically [[Zoroastrianism]]<ref>Somlak Wongrat (n.d.). ''อิหร่านใน...8 ทิวาราตรี [8 Days in Iran]''. Nonthaburi : Amarin Book Center, p. 111-112</ref><br />
|related-c = [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|People of Indian Origin]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Thai Indians''' are Thai people with full or partial [[Indian people|Indian]] ancestry. <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kutanan|first=Wibhu|last2=Kampuansai|first2=Jatupol|last3=Brunelli|first3=Andrea|last4=Ghirotto|first4=Silvia|last5=Pittayaporn|first5=Pittayawat|last6=Ruangchai|first6=Sukhum|last7=Schröder|first7=Roland|last8=Macholdt|first8=Enrico|last9=Srikummool|first9=Metawee|last10=Kangwanpong|first10=Daoroong|last11=Hübner|first11=Alexander|date=June 2018|title=New insights from Thailand into the maternal genetic history of Mainland Southeast Asia|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41431-018-0113-7|journal=European Journal of Human Genetics|language=en|volume=26|issue=6|pages=898–911|doi=10.1038/s41431-018-0113-7|issn=1476-5438|doi-access=free}}</ref> But these ancestral ties are usually left out of statistics. About 65,000 Indian Thais have full Thai citizenship, but around 400,000 [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|persons of Indian origin]] settled in [[Thailand]] mainly in the urban cities.<br />
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==Migration history==<br />
Since ancient time, there have been various exchanges between [[India]] and [[Thailand]]. Modern Indian communities have been around since the 1860s. Most of the Indians arrived in the last century, notably from [[Tamil Nadu]] and other areas of [[Southern India]]. Some others came from [[Northern India]] such as [[Delhi]], [[Punjab region|Punjab]], [[Rajasthan]] and some from [[Gujarat]]. [[Buddhism]] and [[Hinduism]] originally arrived in Thailand from [[India]] and spread over the centuries.<br />
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The historical number of the Indian population in Thailand can be seen in British consular statistics; however, these figures often lumped Indians together with Sinhalese and Malays. According to 1912 statistics, there were 30 Indians registered in the Chiengmai ([[Chiang Mai]]) consular district, 41 Indians and Malays in the Puket ([[Phuket (city)|Phuket]]) consular district, 40 Indians and Malays in the Senggora ([[Songkhla]]) consular district, and 423 Indians, Sinhalese, and Malays in the [[Bangkok]] consular district. These figures were also believed to be a gross undercount of the true population; for example, the Bangkok consular district had registered only 517 British subjects, but other estimates claimed the number was 20 times higher.<ref>{{citation|url=https://archive.org/stream/bangkoksiamdirec1914bank|title=Bangkok and Siam, directory|publisher=Bangkok Times Press|publication-place=Straits Settlements and Siam|year=1914|ref=CITEREFBTP1914|p=199}}</ref><br />
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==Notable people==<br />
*[[Savika Chaiyadej]] - Thai soap actress<br />
*[[Napakpapha Nakprasitte]] - Thai actress and Model<br />
*[[Ratana Pestonji]] - Thai film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer<br />
*[[Vidya Dhar Shukla]] - Chief Hindu priest of Thailand<br />
*[[Ammar Siamwalla]] - One of Thailand's most prominent economists <br />
*[[Santi Thakral]] - Member of the Privy Council of King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailand<br />
*[[Nishita Shah]] - Businesswoman<br />
*[[Aloke Lohia]] - Billionaire Businessman<br />
*[[Lek Nana]] - Businessman and Politician<br />
* Kalayil Thomas Varghese - Notable Bureaucrat in Thailand<br />
* [[Chalida Vijitvongthong]] - Thai actress and model<br />
* Rajbul Bhatiasevi - Prominent Businessman<br />
* Satish Sehgal - President of the India Thai Business Association<br />
* Praveenar Singh - Model and [[Miss Universe Thailand 2020]] 1st runner-up<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Demographics of Thailand]]<br />
*[[Religion in Thailand]]<br />
*[[Phahurat]]<br />
**[[Hinduism in Southeast Asia]]<br />
**[[Sikhism in Thailand]]<br />
* [[Nepalis in Thailand]]<br />
* [[Pakistanis in Thailand]]<br />
*[[Mariamman Temple, Bangkok]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.indothaitrade.com/ India Thailand Trade]<br />
*[https://www.thaindiannews.com/ Thai Indian Update]<br />
*[http://www.thaindian.com/?oldhome Thaindian.com]<br />
*[http://www.thaisikh.org/ Thai Sikh Organization]<br />
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*[http://www.masalathai.com/ Masala Magazine for Indians In Thailand]<br />
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