Indian Filipino
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As of the year 2018, there are over 120,000 Indians alone in the Philippines, not including illegal Indian immigrants and Filipinos of Indian descent. Bacolod City | |
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Indian Filipinos are Filipinos of Indian descent who have historical connections with and have established themselves in what is now the Philippines. The term refers to Filipino citizens of either pure or mixed Indian descent currently residing in the country, the latter a result of intermarriages between the Indians and local populations.
Archaeological evidence shows the existence of trade between the
The first census in the Philippines was in 1591, based on tributes collected. The tributes counted the total founding population of the Spanish-Philippines as 667,612 people.
History
Prehistory
Indian genetic signatures found among the Dilaut native ethnic group of the Sulu archipelago show that Indian immigration to the Philippines happened even before the start of formal written Philippine history.[16]
Ancient history
By the 17th century, Gujarati merchants with the aid of Khoja and Bohri ship-owners had developed an international transoceanic empire which had a network of agents stationed at the great port cities across the Indian Ocean. These networks extended to the Philippines in the east, East Africa in the west and via maritime and the inland caravan route to Russia in the north.[19]
Colonial Period
During the Spanish era, the chief source of slaves bought by Spanish administrators, native Filipino nobilities, and Chinese merchants in the Philippines, were:
However, Indian business people started to arrive in larger numbers in The Philippines during the American colonial period (1898–1930s) – especially during the 1930s and 1940s, when many Indians and Indian Filipinos lived in Filipino provinces, including
A second surge of Indian businessmen, especially Sindhis arrived in Philippines during the Partition of India.[23]
Present
Most of the Indians and Indian Filipinos in the Philippines are
Over the last three decades, a large number of civil servants and highly educated Indians working in large banks,
Most Indians congregate for socio-cultural and religious activities at the Hindu Temple (Mahatma Gandhi Street, Paco, Manila), the Indian Sikh Temple (United Nations Avenue, Paco, Manila), and the Radha Soami Satsang Beas center (Alabang, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila).
Many Indians have intermarried with Filipinos, more so than in neighboring countries such as
Indian Filipino companies with the largest work force include Indo Phil Textile (1,800 employees), Global Steel (950 employees and 8,000 in Iligan), Hinduja Global (3,500 workers) and Aegis People Support (over 12,000).[29]
Demography and DNA studies
According to the
The Indian
According to another much smaller study by the Applied Biosystems, a DNA company which undertook
The integration of Southeast Asia into Indian Ocean trading networks around 2,000 years ago also shows some impact, with South Asian genetic signals present within some Filipino ethnic groups like the Sama-Bajau communities.[16]
As of 2018, there are over 120,000 Indians alone in the Philippines, not including illegal Indian immigrants or Filipinos of Indian descent living in the Philippines.[31]
Filipino people of Indian descent
Beauty Pageant Winners
- Rabiya Occeña Mateo, winner of Miss Universe Philippines 2020.[32][33][34][35][36]
- Parul Quitola Shah, Miss Grand International 2015 – 2nd Runner-up.
- Maria Venus Bayonito Raj, winner of Binibining Pilipinas 2010, Miss Universe 2010 Fourth Runner-up.
Movies & TV
- Addy Raj, actor
- Aljur Abrenica, actor, dancer, model and singer
- Vin Abrenica, actor, model, singer
- Raymond Bagatsing, actor, model
- RK Bagatsing, actor
- Joem Bascon, actor
- Gian Magdangal, singer and actor
- Cassandra Ponti, Filipina-Indian actress, model and dancer
- Sharmaine Arnaiz, Filipina-Indian actress
Radio
- Sam Y.G., Filipino-Indian radio disc jockey
- Mo Twister, Filipino-Indian DJ, actor, host and podcaster
Author
- Roshani Chokshi, Filipino-Indian descent, American author
Politics
- Punjabi Jat blood, longest serving mayor of Manila, grandfather of Raymond Bagatsing
- Ranjit Shahani, Filipino-Indian politician congressman and former youngest vice governor in the country of Pangasinan province at the age of 28, from Indian father Dr. Ranjee Gurdassing Shahani, PhD and former senator Fidel Ramos
Sports
- Von Pessumal, Filipino professional basketball player
- Carlo Sharma, Filipino professional basketball player
- Khasim Mirza, Filipino professional basketball player
- Hyram Bagatsing, Filipino professional basketball player
- Sanjay Beach, American football player
Army and Revolution
- Juan Cailles, Commander who served during the Philippine Revolution and Philippine–American War
Notes
See also
- List of India-related topics in the Philippines
- Hinduism in the Philippines
- Filipinos in India
- India–Philippines relations
- Nanak Darbar Indian Sikh Temple, Iloilo
References
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- ^ a b With a sample population of 105 Filipinos, the company of Applied Biosystems, analysed the Y-DNA of average Filipinos and it is discovered that about 0.95% of the samples have the Y-DNA Haplotype "H1a", which is most common in South Asia and had spread to the Philippines via precolonial Indian missionaries who spread Hinduism and established Indic Rajahnates like Cebu and Butuan.
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- ^ a b "Tamil Cultural Association – Tamil Language". tamilculturewaterloo.org. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Reference Populations – Geno 2.0 Next Generation". Archived from the original on 7 April 2016.
- ^ a b Current total Philippines population, worldometers, accessed on: 19 June 2020.
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- ^ Stephanie Mawson, 'Between Loyalty and Disobedience: The Limits of Spanish Domination in the Seventeenth Century Pacific' (Univ. of Sydney M.Phil. thesis, 2014), appendix 3.
- ^ Mawson, Stephanie J. (August 2016). "Convicts or Conquistadores? Spanish Soldiers in the Seventeenth Century Pacific". Past & Present. 232 (1). Oxford Academic: 87–125.
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