The community of Germans with Indian background includes Indian expatriates in Germany, as well as German citizens of Indian origin or descent. In 2009, the German government estimated that the number of people of Indian descent residing in Germany at 110,204, of which 43,175 people were holding an Indian passport, while 67,029 were holding a German passport. In 2020 the number stood at about 177,000 of Indian descent of which 139,000 had a migration background. According to the Federal Statistical Office the number of nationals from India is the second largest in Germany from either South, South East, East or Central Asia, only below the number of nationals from Afghanistan.https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Publikationen/Downloads-Migration/auslaend-bevoelkerung-2010200207004.pdf?__blob=publicationFile Majority of the Indians are

Tamils The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar ( ta, தமிழர், Tamiḻar, translit-std=ISO, in the singular or ta, தமிழர்கள், Tamiḻarkaḷ, translit-std=ISO, label=none, in the plural), or simply Tamils (), are a Drav ...

and

Bengalis Bengalis (singular Bengali bn, বাঙ্গালী/বাঙালি ), also rendered as Bangalee or the Bengali people, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of ...

. While other significant Indian Communities are

Telugus Telugu people ( te, తెలుగువారు, Teluguvāru), or Telugus, or Telugu vaaru, are the largest of the four major Dravidian ethnolinguistic groups in terms of population. Telugus are native to the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh ...

Punjabis The Punjabis (Punjabi: ; ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ; romanised as Panjābīs), are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group associated with the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of eastern Pakistan and northwestern India. ...

Malayalis The Malayali people () (also spelt Malayalee and also known by the demonym Keralite) are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group originating from the present-day state of Kerala in India, occupying its southwestern Malabar coast. They are predom ...

and Gujaratis.

History

In early to late 1960s and 1970s, many Malayali Catholic women from

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Ca ...

were recruited by the German Catholic institutions to work as nurses in German hospitals. According to the documentary ‘Translated lives’, around 5,000 women migrated from Kerala during the 1960s and 70s to become nurses there.

Modern era

Germany has become a popular destination for higher learning, and of the total student population in Germany about 12% are International students. Hundreds of schools in India have signed up to teach students German as their primary foreign language as part of an effort by Germany's top technical colleges to attract more Indian students. As a result, there has been a steady increase in the Indian student population in Germany which has quadrupled in 7 years since 2008. Of these, more than 80% Indian students pursue their studies or research in the STEM fields i.e., Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Notable people

* Rahul Kumar Kamboj, first Indian City Parliament Member of Frankfurt *

Evelyn Sharma Evelyn Lakshmi Sharma is a German actress and model who appears primarily in Indian films of the Hindi language. She marked her film debut with the 2006 American film ''Turn Left'' and made her Bollywood debut in the 2012 film '' From Sydney w ...

, Bollywood actress *

Mink Brar Mink Brar (born 4 November 1983) is a German model, actress and producer. Mink is known for her work in Bollywood films and on Indian television shows. She participated in the reality show ''Bigg Boss'' in 2012. Early life Mink was born on 4 N ...

, actress *

Ayesha Kapur Ayesha Giulia Kapur (born 13 September 1994) is an Indian-German actress, who is best known in the Bollywood movie Black. Kapur became the recipient of many Awards in the "Best Supporting Actress" category. In doing so, she became the second yo ...

, actress *

Sandeep Bhagwati Sandeep Bhagwati (born 4 June 1963) is a German composer of western classical music and an academic teacher. Career Sandeep Bhagwati was born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India to a German mother and an Indian father. Living in Germany since the a ...

, composer *

Rahul Peter Das Rahul Peter Das (born 7 July 1954 in Haan, North Rhine-Westphalia) was professor of South Asian studies (''Südasienkunde'') at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, where he is also the Dean of Studies of thFaculty of Philosophy I He ...

, South Asianist (

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university in ...

) and President of the German Association for Asian Studies *

Robin Dutt Robin Dutt (; born 24 January 1965) is a German football coach, executive and former player. He is the manager of Austrian club Wolfsberger AC. Early life Dutt was born and brought up in Germany, the son of a German mother and Indian Bengali fa ...

, football club manager *

Sebastian Edathy Sebastian Edathy (; born 5 September 1969 as ''Sebastian Edathiparambil'') is a former German politician. He is a prominent member of the Social Democratic Party and became the chairman of a key committee in January 2012 at the Parliament, whi ...

, member of the

German parliament The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...

(

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

) * Collien Fernandes, media person * Shanta Ghosh, sprinter *

Gujjula Ravindra Reddy Gujjula Ravindra Reddy (born 1954) is a former member of the state parliament of Brandenburg and former mayor of Altlandsberg. He was born in Neredupalli (village), Pedacherlopalli (mandal) Kanigiri, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Re ...

, member of the state parliament of

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 squ ...

and former mayor of

Altlandsberg Altlandsberg () is a historic town in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated about east of Berlin. History Altlandsberg was first mentioned in a 1230 deed, it was located at the site of a former Slavic ( Spr ...

(

) * Joybrato Mukherjee, Professor of English Linguistics and the

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

of the

University of Giessen University of Giessen, official name Justus Liebig University Giessen (german: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen), is a large public research university in Giessen, Hesse, Germany. It is named after its most famous faculty member, Justus von ...

.Youngest university president ever appointed in Germany. President of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) * Judith Lefeber, singer * Subrata K. Mitra, political scientist (

Heidelberg University } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

, retired) *

Xavier Naidoo Xavier Kurt Naidoo (German: �kseːviɐ naɪˈduː born 2 October 1971) is a German soul and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. He is a founding member of German band Söhne Mannheims, and started two record labels, Beats Around the ...

, singer *

Anita Bose Pfaff Anita Bose Pfaff (born 29 November 1942) is an Austrian-born economist, who has previously been a professor at the University of Augsburg as well as a politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany. She is the daughter of Indian Indian i ...

, economist, daughter of

Subhas Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose ( ; 23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945 * * * * * * * * *) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperi ...

* Kamala Reddy, Hindu guru *

Sabrina Setlur Sabrina Setlur (born 10 January 1974), formerly known as Schwester S., is a German singer, rapper, songwriter and occasional actress. Her debut was in 1995 under the guidance of 3p Records executive and mentor Moses Pelham, producer of her breakt ...

, singer and ex-girlfriend of

Boris Becker Boris Franz Becker (, ; born 22 November 1967) is a German former world No. 1 tennis player. Becker was successful from the start of his career, winning the Wimbledon Championships at the age of 17. He ultimately won six Grand Slam singles tit ...

Shweta Shetty Shweta Shetty (also known as Shwetaa in nickname) is an Indian pop singer known for her albums and for her contributions to Bollywood film soundtracks. Her most remix hit song is "Q-Funk" from the album ''Oorja'' in 1995. Life and career Shett ...

, singer *

Ashok-Alexander Sridharan Ashok-Alexander Sridharan is a German politician of Indian and German ancestry who served as Mayor of Bonn from 2015 until 2020. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). He was the first mayor of Bonn to be of immigran ...

, Ex-Mayor of Bonn *

Indira Weis Indira Weis (born Verena Weis; 30 September 1979) is a German singer and actress who rose to fame as a member of the R&B/Pop group Bro'Sis. Biography Early life Weis was born the second daughter to Manju, an Indian interpreter and her Ge ...

, singer * Josef Winkler, member of the

(

Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

) * Atul Chitnis, open-source software developer *

Tino Sehgal Tino is an Italian name or nickname, often a diminutive of the names Agostino, Costantino, Martino, Antonino, Valentino, Giustino, Sabatino, Faustino, and other names ending in -tino. Tino may refer to: People Given name * Tino Ausenda (191 ...

, Berlin-based artist of Indian and British descent *

Irshad Panjatan Irshad Panjatan (born 7 September 1931) is an Indian actor and veteran mime artist, based in Berlin, who introduced the art form to India during the 1960s. He started his career as stage actor, acted in few Bollywood films, and later received acc ...

, Berlin-based actor and mime artist of Indian descent *

Anuradha Doddaballapur Anuradha Doddaballapur (born 10 September 1986) is an Indian-born German cardiovascular scientist and cricketer who also currently serves as the captain of the Germany women's national cricket team. She is currently a postdoctoral research scien ...

, Germany National Women's cricket Team captain *

Sharanya Sadarangani Sharanya "Sharu" Sadarangani (born 3 July 1995) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the Germany women's national cricket team as a wicket-keeper-batter, and sometimes as a bowler. Previously, she has played internationally for Denmark, ...

, Germany National Women's cricketer *

Karthika Vijayaraghavan Karthika Vijayaraghavan (born 18 April 1988) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the Germany women's national cricket team as a wicket-keeper-batter. Early life Vijayaraghavan was born in Ambur, Tamil Nadu, India. As a child, she lived ...

, Germany National Women's cricketer

References

External links

Indians in Magdeburg
- a student initiative that helps and provides useful information to non-German speakers, especially Indian students
Magdeburg Indians- Magdeburg Indians e.V. - a private organization registered in Magdeburg, Germany
Saxony-Anhalt
Deutsch-Indische Gesellschaft

Indians In Germany

Indien-Institut
in Munich/Bavaria ; attached to Völkerkundemuseum
Escape from East Germany 1972
autobiographical account of an Indian Ph.D. student in Dresden who married an East German woman
Marathi Katta Germany, Frankfurt
- A Marathi Indian Community, a non-profit organization serving Marathi/Maharashtrian Indian community living in Germany for many years. {{DEFAULTSORT:Indians In Germany

History

Modern era

Notable people

See also

References

Further reading

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