INDIAN

DIASPORA IN
MALAYSIA

NAME :
RUTVIKA
SHIRODKAR
 objective
• Economic status of Indians in Malaysia
01 • Contribution of Indians to Malaysia
02 • Indian festivals in Malaysia
• Discrimination against Indians in Malaysia
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 INTRODUCTION
• Term ‘Diaspora’

• Indian diaspora holds a strong presence in Malaysia

• Indian Malaysian are Malaysian citizens of Indian

ancestry and form the third largest group in Malaysia
after the Malays and Chinese

• Indian migration towards Malaysia was divided into

three waves
 economic status
• A substantial part of Malaysian working class also exists a large group
of educated upper middle class professionals
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• The Indian Malaysians were also educated in many fields
02 are about 1,50,000 Indian workers in Malaysia were in both the
• There
03 skilled and the semi skilled category
• There are major Indian business districts in Kuala Lumpur
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(Brickfields , Jalan Ampang ,and Jalan Masjid India) : (Lebuh Pasar )
in05George town , Penang , Jalan Tengkukelana in Klang , Selangur
06 and Ipoh , Perak
• Use of Tamil as the medium of instruction .
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Contribution of Indians in Malaysia
• Indians have contributed significantally to the building of Malaysia
01 since the 19th century
• Indian doctors , chemists , and veterinarians formed the bulk of
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medical personnel in Malaysia their contribution still persist to
03 present day
04civil servants formed the core of the civil service both pre
• Indian
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The Indians also contributed in the field of education .

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 Indian contribution towards
malaysian cuisine

◦Indian cuisine in
◦Snacks like murukku
Malysia is mostly and banana chips are
Indian muslim based on south made to mark on
restuarants and Indian cusine dishes Deepavali
stalls are referred like idli vada and ◦Sweets like pasayum,
dosa are very halwa, and gheeballs
to as “mamak are very popular
common for
 Indian malaysian festivals

◦Thaipusam– the
biggest Hindu ◦Pongal the
festival is harvest festival is
celebrated every ◦Other festival
celebrated
year like makar
among Tamils
◦The popular Sankranti and
and Oman is
hindu festival lohri are also
most popular
“festival of lights” celebrated
among the
Deepavali is also ◦Indian Muslims
Malayalee
celebrated by celebrate
community
hindu
 86.2% Hindus

6% Christians

Religion of indian population in 4% Muslims

malaysia
The Indian community which
mostly consist of tamil follows
2% Sikhs
Hinduism as the main faith
The religion wise Indian
population in Malaysia is as
follows
1.7 Buddhism
%
Discrimination against Indians in Malaysia

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• INDIANS WERE DEPRIVED OF
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EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION
04• POLICY FAVOURING MALAYS IN
05 EDUCATION AND JOBS
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 CONCLUSION

THE RED TAPE THAT MALAYSIA'S GOVERNMENT IMPOSES ON INDIAN-

OWNED BUSINESSES SHOULD BE REMOVED. ADDITIONALLY,
MALAYSIA SHOULD GUARANTEE THAT INDIANS RECEIVE A SHARE
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PROPORTIONATE TO THEIR POPULATION SHARE.THE SITUATION OF
02 WOULD IMPROVE IF THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT
ETHNIC INDIANS
SHOWN A STRONGER GRASP OF THE ISSUES FACING THE INDIAN
03 PARTICULARLY IN THE ESTATE INDUSTRY AND AMONG
POPULATION,
URBAN SQUATTERS. ADDITIONALLY, THESE ADJUSTMENTS WOULD
MAKE IT04
POSSIBLE TO STRENGTHEN MALAYSIA'S AND INDIA'S
BILATERAL05TIES. THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENCOURAGE
CULTURAL TIES BETWEEN INDIANS AND MALAYSIANS AND RESTRICT
06UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRATION FROM INDIA
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