Indian Indonesians

Indian Indonesians
	Indian-Indonesian community in Sri Mariamman Temple, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Total population
	Official: 120,000 (2010)
Regions with significant populations
	Majority in Medan and Deli Serdang, significant populations found in Surabaya, Banda Aceh, Jakarta, Bandung, Denpasar, Padang, Palembang, Surakarta, Bogor and Semarang
Languages
	Mainly: Indonesian • Tamil; Also: · Javanese · Punjabi · Hindi · Urdu · Minangkabau · Gujarati · Sindhi · Telugu · Sundanese · Balinese · English
Religion
	Predominantly; Hinduism (40%); Significant minorities; Islam (30%) • Buddhism (18%) • Christianity (10%); Others; Sikhism • Jainism (2%)
Related ethnic groups
	People of Indian origin, Malaysian Indians

Indian Indonesians are Indonesians whose ancestors originally came from the Indian subcontinent. Therefore, this term can be regarded as a blanket term for not only Indonesian Indians but also Indonesians with other South Asian ancestries (e.g. Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, etc.). According to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, there were about 120,000 people of Indian origin as well as 9,000 Indian nationals living and working in Indonesia as of January 2012.^[3] Most of them were concentrated in the province of North Sumatra and urban areas such as Banda Aceh, Surabaya, Medan, and Jakarta. However, it is quite impossible to get correct statistical figures on the Indian Indonesian population, because some of them have merged and assimilated with the indigenous population to become indistinguishable from native Indonesians.^[4]

An old Indian enclave in Pasar Baru, Jakarta, Indonesia

Shri Mariamman Temple in Kampung Madras, Medan, Indonesia

Portrait of an Indian family in Sumatra, 1920s

Cuisine

List of notable Indonesian Indians


Name	Notes
Ayu Azhari	Indonesian actress.
Charles Tambu	Indonesian politician.
D. Kumaraswamy	Indonesian Hindu reformer and Tamil community leader in Indonesia.
Farouk Afero	Indonesian film actor
Gurnam Singh	Indonesian athlete, won three gold medals in the 1962 Asian Games in athletics.
Harbrinderjit Singh Dillon	Indonesian politician.
Kimmy Jayanti	Indonesian model and actress.
Kobalen A.S	Indonesian politician
Manoj Punjabi	Indonesian cineaste and media tycoon and founder of MD Pictures and MD Entertainment production houses.
Musa Rajekshah	Indonesian entrepreneur and politician
Nataraja Ramakrishna	Indonesian dance guru
Nuruddin ar-Raniri	Sultanate of Aceh politician
Raam Punjabi	Indonesian cineaste and media tycoon and founder of the Multivision Plus production house, uncle of Manoj Punjabi.
Ram Soraya	Indonesian Entrepreneur, movie producer and the owner of production house Soraya Intercine Films.
Sarah Azhari	Indonesian actress, model and singer.
Sri Prakash Lohia	Indonesian billionaire businessman.
Swami Anand Krishna	Indonesian spiritual humanist.
Wijay	Indonesian football player for PSMS Medan.

Notes

^ The actual number of Indonesians of full or partial Indian descent is unknown as a great portion of the community has merged with the rest of the population therefore making it sometimes impossible to gather accurate statistical figures within Indonesia.^[1]

References

^ Sandhu, K. S.; Mani, A. (December 18, 1993). Indian Communities in Southeast Asia (First Reprint 2006). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 9789812304186. Retrieved December 18, 2017 – via Google Books.
^ Aris Ananta, Evi Nurvidya Arifin, M Sairi Hasbullah, Nur Budi Handayani, Agus Pramono. Demography of Indonesia's Ethnicity. Singapore: ISEAS: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2015. p. 273.
^ "Sorry for the inconvenience". Mea.gov.in. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
^ Sandhu, S; Mani, A, eds. (2006). Indian Communities in Southeast Asia (First Reprint ed.). ISBN 9789812304186. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

Other sources

J.L.A. Brandes, 1913, Oud-Javaansche oorkonden: nagelaten transscripties van wĳlen J.L.A. Brandes; uitgegeven door N.J. Krom. Batavia: Albrecht. (Old Javanese inscriptions, bequeathed by the late J.L.A. Brandes, edited by N.J. Krom).
Jan Gonda, 1952, Sanskrit in Indonesia. New Delhi: International Academy of Indian Culture.
Page of the Indian Embassy in Jakarta on Indonesia
Nilay Kothari
There has never been Indian Kings whose expansion in the South-east Asia known to be of a Sanskrit Speaking. The Raja-raja Chera, Chola, Pandia and the rest of the Kings whose ruler-ship established in this part of the world are of the South Indian Kings.

[2] The actual number of Indonesians of full or partial Indian descent is unknown as a great portion of the community has merged with the rest of the population therefore making it sometimes impossible to gather accurate statistical figures within Indonesia.^[1]

[1] Sandhu, K. S.; Mani, A. (December 18, 1993). Indian Communities in Southeast Asia (First Reprint 2006). Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN 9789812304186. Retrieved December 18, 2017 – via Google Books.

[3] Aris Ananta, Evi Nurvidya Arifin, M Sairi Hasbullah, Nur Budi Handayani, Agus Pramono. Demography of Indonesia's Ethnicity. Singapore: ISEAS: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2015. p. 273.

[4] "Sorry for the inconvenience". Mea.gov.in. Retrieved December 18, 2017.

[5] Sandhu, S; Mani, A, eds. (2006). Indian Communities in Southeast Asia (First Reprint ed.). ISBN 9789812304186. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

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v t e Ethnic groups in Indonesia
Indonesians
Sumatra	Aboriginal Akit Batin Bonai Lubu Mante Orang Kuala Orang Rimba Sakai Petalangan Talang Mamak Acehnese Alas Batak Angkola Karo Mandailing Pakpak Simalungun Toba Batak Enggano Gayo Kluet Komering Lampung Laut Malay Asahan Basemah Belida Bugis-Malay Deli Enim Kikim Kisam Lahat Langkat Lembak Lintang Musi Palembang Pegagan Penesak Rambang Riau Semendo Serdang Mentawai Sakuddei Minangkabau Aneuk Jamee Nias Haloban Ogan Rejang Simeulue Singkil
Java	Betawi Javanese Cirebonese Banyumasan Osing Tenggerese Kangeanese Madurese Bawean Malay Sundanese Baduy Bantenese
Kalimantan	Banjar Dayak Apo Duat Kelabit Lun Bawang Sa'ban Apo Kayan Bahau Kayan Kenyah Lebbo' Uma Baka' Bidayuh Kendayan Selako Iban Mualang Murut Tidung Ot Danum Lawangan Ma'anyan Ngaju Bakumpai Meratus Punan Bah Bukitan Krio Malay Berau Pontianak Moro Orang Laut Bajau Suluk
Sulawesi	Buginese Bungku Butonese Bonerate Gorontaloan Kalumpang Lindu Makassar Malay Mandarese Minahasan Mongondow Muna Pamona Rampi Sangirese Seko Tau Taa Wana Torajan Mamasa
Papua	Abun Amungme Asmat Bauzi Damalme Dani Ekari (Mee) Fayu Kanum Ketengban Kombai Korowai Lani Marind Mek Moni Nduga Sawi Sentani Tehit Tobati Wambon Waropen Wolani Yali Yaur Yei
Lesser Sunda Islands	Abui Atoni Bali Aga Balinese Bimanese Bunak Helong Kemak Lamaholot Malay Loloan Manggarai Nage Rotenese Sasak Savu Sikka Sumba Sumbawa Tetum
Maluku Islands	Moluccan Alfur Alune Manusela Nuaulu Ambelau Ambonese Buru Wai Apu Kayeli Lisela Tanimbarese Tobelo Togutil Wemale
Non-indigenous	African Black Dutchmen Arab Armenian Chindian Chinese Benteng Bangka Belitung Chinese Maluku Chinese Padang Chinese Aceh Chinese Bali Chinese Parit Chinese Palembang Chinese Medan Chinese Peranakan Filipino Indian Klingalese Tamil Indo Japanese Jewish Korean Mardijker Pakistani Portuguese Totok

v t e Indian Indonesians
Indonesians Person of India Origin
Ethnolinguistic groups	Tamil Indonesians Punjabis Bengalis Gujarati people Sindhis Pakistanis Jawi Peranakan Klingalese Betawi people Mardijker people
By states	Aceh North Sumatra West Sumatra Jakarta
Notable peoples	List of Indonesian Indians
Cuisine	Indian Indonesian cuisine
Relaated etnic	Malaysian Indians Indian Singaporeans Indians in Brunei Indian Filipino Indians in Thailand

Cuisine

List of notable Indonesian Indians

See also

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