Indians in Malaya

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Indians in Malaya were a significant South Asian migrant community in British Malaya, many of whom worked in plantations, public works, and administration under colonial rule and later formed an important part of Malaysia and Singapore’s multicultural societies.

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Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South Asian diaspora ⓘ
diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group in Malaya ⓘ
associatedWith indentured labour migration ⓘ
kangani labour recruitment system ⓘ
broughtBy British colonial administration ⓘ
contributedTo multicultural society of Malaysia ⓘ
multicultural society of Singapore ⓘ
countryOfOrigin British India ⓘ
India ⓘ
culturalInstitution Hindu temples in estates ⓘ
Tamil schools in plantations ⓘ
gurdwaras for Sikh community ⓘ
culturalPractice Deepavali celebrations ⓘ
Thaipusam celebrations ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Indian ⓘ
experienced economic marginalisation on plantations ⓘ
segregated estate housing ⓘ
historicalPeriod British colonial period in Malaya ⓘ
language Malayalam ⓘ
Punjabi ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
legacy recognised as one of the major ethnic communities in Malaysia ⓘ
recognised as one of the major ethnic communities in Singapore ⓘ
majorMigrationWave early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
politicalInvolvement membership in Malayan Indian Congress ⓘ
participation in Malayan independence movement ⓘ
participation in trade unions ⓘ
postColonialStatus Malaysian Indian community ⓘ
Singaporean Indian community ⓘ
primaryOccupation clerical work in colonial administration ⓘ
plantation labour ⓘ
police service ⓘ
public works labour ⓘ
railway construction ⓘ
road construction ⓘ
rubber plantation work ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
teaching ⓘ
region British Malaya ⓘ
Malaya ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Sikhism ⓘ
roleInEconomy construction of railways in Malaya ⓘ
development of plantation agriculture in Malaya ⓘ
development of rubber industry in Malaya ⓘ
public infrastructure development in Malaya ⓘ
subgroup Chettiar community in Malaya ⓘ
Malayali community in Malaya ⓘ
Muslim Indian community in Malaya ⓘ
Sikh community in Malaya ⓘ
Tamil community in Malaya ⓘ
linked to: Indians in Malaya

Telugu community in Malaya ⓘ
linked to: Telugu people

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pearl of the Orient → associatedWith → Indian community in Penang ⓘ
linked to: Indians in Malaya
Indians in Malaya → subgroup → Tamil community in Malaya ⓘ
linked to: Indians in Malaya