Indian Singaporeans
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Indian Singaporeans are an ethnic community in Singapore descended largely from migrants from the Indian subcontinent, contributing significantly to the country’s cultural, economic, and political life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indian Singaporeans canonical | 2 |
| Singaporean Tamils | 1 |
| Tamil Singaporeans | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Singaporean people by ethnicity
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Deepavali public holiday in Singapore
ⓘ
Indian Heritage Centre ⓘ Little India, Singapore ⓘ Tamil language as an official language of Singapore ⓘ |
| citizenship | Singaporean ⓘ |
| continentOfResidence | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Singapore ⓘ |
| demographicGroupOf | Singapore ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
India ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
Pakistan ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| governedBy | Singaporean law ⓘ |
| hasDiasporaConnectionsTo |
India
ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| historicalMigrationPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Bengali
ⓘ
English ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Malay ⓘ Mandarin Chinese ⓘ Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form:
Punjabi
Tamil ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| migrationReason |
colonial-era labor migration
ⓘ
professional and skilled migration ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| officialLanguageCommunity | Tamil ⓘ |
| partOf | multiracial society of Singapore ⓘ |
| recognizedAsMinority | yes ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Sikhism ⓘ |
| significantIn |
Singaporean culture
ⓘ
Singaporean economy ⓘ Singaporean politics ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Gujarati people
ⓘ
surface form:
Gujarati Singaporeans
Malayali people ⓘ
surface form:
Malayalee Singaporeans
Punjabi diaspora ⓘ
surface form:
Punjabi Singaporeans
Sindhi people ⓘ
surface form:
Sindhi Singaporeans
Indian Singaporeans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tamil Singaporeans
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Singaporean Tamils
this entity surface form:
Tamil Singaporeans