British Indo-Caribbean people

British Indo-Caribbean people
Total population
	Indo-Guyanese - Unknown; Indo-Jamaican - Unknown; Indo-Trinidadians - Approx 25,000; Indo-Surinamese - Unknown
Regions with significant populations
	United Kingdom; In particular London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leicester, Leeds, Glasgow, Preston, Sheffield, Liverpool, Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol, Newcastle upon Tyne, Slough, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Stoke on Trent, Coventry
Languages
	British English · Caribbean Hindustani · Caribbean English
Religion
	Majority: Hinduism; Minority: Islam · Christianity · Jainism · Others
Related ethnic groups
	British Indians · Indian diaspora · Indo-Caribbeans · Indo-Caribbean Americans

British Indo-Caribbean people are residents of the United Kingdom who were born in the Caribbean and whose ancestors are indigenous to India. The UK has a large population of Indo-Caribbean people.^[2]

Background[]

Indian people were first introduced to the Caribbean as indentured laborers by the British government beginning in the 1830s after the abolition of slavery and when cheap labour was needed. The majority settled in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Suriname. There are smaller but well established population in Jamaica and other Caribbean countries. The Indian communities in these countries have now become extremely well established and currently have a very successful diaspora. With the strong links between the Caribbean and the UK, as well as the large Indian community in the UK, it has proven a popular destination for Indo-Caribbean emigrants. In 1990, between 22,800 and 30,400 Indo-Caribbean people were estimated to be living in the UK.^[3]

Sub-groups[]

Indo-Guyanese[]

Notable Britons of Indo-Guyanese descent include Waheed Alli, Baron Alli, Shakira Caine, David Dabydeen and Mark Ramprakash.

Indo-Jamaicans[]

Indo-Trinidadians[]

Indo-Trinidadian people are thought to number well over 25,000, which is even more than the number of people born in Trinidad and Tobago living in the UK according to the 2001 Census.^[1] Notable Britons of Indo-Trinidadian descent include Waheed Alli, Baron Alli, Chris Bisson, Vahni Capildeo, Krishna Maharaj, Shiva Naipaul, V. S. Naipaul, Lakshmi Persaud, and Raj Persaud.

Indo-Surinamese[]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Indo-Caribbean Times December 2007 - Kidnapping - Venezuela". Scribd.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ http://www.smallislandread.com/read_more/indo_carribean.htm Archived May 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ Ramdin, Dr. Ron. "Settling - The British Indo-Caribbean Community". Movinghere.org.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[scribd.com-1] "Indo-Caribbean Times December 2007 - Kidnapping - Venezuela". Scribd.com. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

[2] ttp://www.smallislandread.com/read_more/indo_carribean.htm Archived May 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Ramdin, Dr. Ron. "Settling - The British Indo-Caribbean Community". Movinghere.org.uk. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

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v t Migration to the United Kingdom from the Americas
North America	American African Americans Antiguan and Barbudan Barbadian Canadian Dominican Grenadian Jamaican Mexican Montserratian¹ Saint Kitts and Nevisian Saint Lucian Saint Vincentian Trinidadian and Tobagonian
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See also	British African-Caribbean community British Indo-Caribbean community Latin American migration to the United Kingdom
Notes	1. Montserrat is a British overseas territory and not an independent state

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