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Indo-Seychellois are inhabitants of
Indians represent a small minority, at just over 6% of the total population
The majority of Indo-Seychellois are
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, ...
with Indian heritage. With about 10,000 Indo-Seychellois in a total Seychellois population of nearly 100,000, they constitute a minority ethnic group in Seychelles.
Origins
The first Indo-Seychellois were south Indians, who were brought as slaves along with Africans, by the fifteen French colonists in 1770. Later, as colonial plantations and road construction work started, a larger group was brought in not as slaves, but asindentured labourers
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(called ''coolies
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'').
The colonial era arrival records of Indo-Seychellois were not well kept. Those available suggest ships brought Indians to work, and many returned to India when their work contract expired. For example, in February 1905, one British Indian ship's record states that 135 Indians arrived in the Seychelles mostly male adults (106), some females (42), and a few children (7). Those who stayed integrated within the Seychelles society.
Demography
Indians represent a small minority, at just over 6% of the total population
The majority of Indo-Seychellois are Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
s (60%) from Tamil Nadu. Others are Indian Jains
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, Muslim
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s, Christians
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, and others. They speak Seychellois Creole, and Tamil
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** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
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. Typically they constitute the farming, manufacturing entrepreneurs, wholesalers and traders community in Seychelles. They are mostly settled in the island of Mahe, some on Praslin and La Diguemall, with cities such as Victoria
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exhibiting higher concentrations of Indo-Seychellois.
Impact
Many Indo-Seychellois have intermarried with non-Indian ethnic groups, and their children are usually classified as a part of the Creole majority. They have had a noticeable impact on the Seychelles, states the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India, "Overall, it is believed that more than 82% of the population of Seychelles has some Indian roots. Many local shops cater to the needs of the Diaspora by stocking Indian consumer items. The community has established a Hindu temple that is run by the ''Hindu Kovil Sangam''. There is also here an Indo-Seychelles Friendship Association and a Hindu Council of Seychelles".See also
* Tamil Seychellois * Hinduism in Seychelles * Satya Naidu- firstHindu
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member of Seychelles National Assembly
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References
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Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, ...
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, ...
Indian diaspora in Africa