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Malaysian Indians
Orang India Malaysia
Total population
2,019,600[1]
6.6% of the Malaysian population (2020)[1]
Regions with significant populations
West coast of Peninsular Malaysia (mostly in
Indo-Mauritians

Malaysian Indians or Indo-Malaysian are

Overseas Indians in the world.[5] In Malaysia, they represent the third-largest group, constituting 7% of the Malaysian population, after the ethnic Malays and the Chinese.[1]
They are usually referred to simply as "Indians" in English, Orang India in Malay, "Yin du ren" in Chinese.

Malaysia's Indian population is notable for its class stratification, with a significant elite and a large low income group within its fold.[6][7] Malaysian Indians large percentage of professionals per capita by constituting 15.5% of Malaysia's professionals in 1999 has been reduced with substantial population close to 40% is now considered the B40 category.[8] [6]In the 1984 census, up to 38% of the nation's medical professional workforce consisted of Malaysian Indians this has been reduced due to institutionalized racism policy in economy by the government in current time. [8][9] In 1970, the per-capita income of Malaysian Indians was 76% higher than that of the Malay majority.[10] Despite attempts by the Malaysian government to redistribute wealth since the 1970s using institutionalized racism policy,[11][12] by 2005 Malaysian Indians still earned a 27% higher per capita income than that of the dominant Malay community.[10]

History

First Wave: Pre-colonial period

Main article: Greater India
Kedahan Malays
.

Ancient India exerted a profound influence over Southeast Asia through trade, religious missions, wars and other forms of contact. Pre-colonial Malaysia was part of 'Indianised Kingdoms' such as Srivijaya, Kadaram and the Majapahit, which formed part of a cultural region known as Greater India. There is a possibility that the first wave of migration from India towards Southeast Asia happened during Asoka's invasion towards Kalinga and Samudragupta's expedition towards the South.[13]

The Arab and Indian traders had travelled this region including the southern tip of South East Asia the peninsula with maritime trade,

Siam. The kings welcomed Buddhist missionaries from India, accepting their teaching of the Mahayana
sect, which spread through their territories. However, central and northeastern Thailand continued to adhere to the Hinayana teachings of the Theravada sect, which had been introduced by missionaries sent by the emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BC. Another theory of the introduction of Buddhism after Indian arrived in the peninsula is that after Kalinga conquered lower
Burma in the 8th century their influence gradually spread down the peninsula. The ancient Indian Kalinga was located in southeastern India occupying modern day Orissa and northern Andhra Pradesh. In the 7th century an Indonesian kingdom was named Kalingga[15] after the aforementioned Kalinga in India. Chinese sources mention this kingdom (Holing) as a center for Buddhist scholars around 604 before it was overshadowed by the Sanjaya or Mataram Kingdom
. The most famous Kalingga ruler is Ratu Sima.

There is evidence of the existence of

Malaccan Sultanate
.

Second Wave: Colonial period

Madras to Penang, Port Klang and Singapore from 1926 to 1972. The vessel transported many Indian migrants between South India to then-British Malaya
as well as independent Malaysia.

Following the Portuguese colonisation of

Melaka, and Singapore - the Straits Settlements from 1786 to 1824 started a steady inflow of Indian labour. This consisted of traders, policemen, plantation labourers and colonial soldiers (see sepoys). Apart from this there was also substantial migration of Indians to work in the British colonial government, due to their general good command of the English language.[16]

Thaipusam Celebration in Balik Pulau, Penang. 1937

The establishment of the plantations and the need for mass labour led to an influx of Indian migrants working under the indenture

Muslim Tamils may be in various kind of businesses.[20]

The Indian population in pre-independence Malaya and Singapore was predominantly adult males who were single or with family back in India and Sri Lanka. Hence the population fluctuated frequently with periods of immigration to Malaya and periods of exodus of people back to India. As early as 1901 the Indian population in the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States was approximately 120,000. By 1931 there were 640,000 Indians in Malaya and Singapore and they even outnumbered the native Malays in the state of Selangor that year.

However, during

UK, etc. in search of better educational and economic opportunities meant that Indians continue to see their share of Malaysia's population decline just as is the case with the Chinese
. Today, Malaysian Indians account for approximately 7 per cent of the total population of Malaysia (approx. 2 million) and 9 per cent in Singapore (450,000).

Third Wave : Contemporary period

From the 1990s to the present period, there has also been a much smaller wave of Indian nationals into Singapore and Malaysia to work in the construction and engineering industry, restaurants, the IT sector, teaching and finance with many taking up permanent residence in Singapore where they account for nearly a quarter of the Singapore population. The unskilled labour mainly work in Indian restaurants. There are also foreign spouses from the Indian Subcontinent who are married to local Indians.

Demographics

Main articles:
Malaysian Indian in Penang, Tamil Malaysians, Malaysian Malayalees, Malaysian Telugus, Punjabi Malaysians, Malaysian Gujaratis, and Chitty
Little India in Johor Bahru, Johor.
Melaka
.
Tangkak District Indian Association in Tangkak, Johor.

6.6% of the Malaysian population are Indians as of 2020.[1]

There is a close correspondence between the various ethnic and occupational divisions of the Malaysian community, and this is inevitably reflected in the Indian community's geographical distribution in Malaya. The South Indian Tamils were the majority throughout the country, on the rubber estates and railways, though a significant proportion found employment on the docks in Penang and Singapore. Selangor is the state with the most number of Indians in terms of absolute number whereas Negeri Sembilan is the state with the highest proportion of Malaysian Indians making up the population.[21]

State PopulationA
2010[22] 2015[21]B
Total Proportion Total Proportion
Johor 217,058 7.1% 230,700 7.0%
Kedah 136,482 7.3% 143,200 7.2%
Kelantan 3,849 0.3% 4,800 0.3%
Malacca 49,037 6.2% 51,400 6.2%
Negeri Sembilan 146,214 15.2% 154,000 14.9%
Pahang 63,065 4.4% 66,300 4.3%
Perak 281,688 12.3% 293,300 12.2%
Penang 153,472 10.4% 166,000 10.6%
Perlis 2,745 1.2% 3,100 1.3%
Sabah 7,453 0.3% 12,200 0.5%
Sarawak 7,411 0.3% 7,900 0.3%
Selangor 679,130 13.5% 712,000 13.2%
Terengganu 2,397 0.2% 3,000 0.3%
Kuala Lumpur 156,316 10.3% 163,000 10.1%
Labuan 641 0.9% 800 0.9%
Putrajaya 869 1.5% 900 1.0%
  • ^Note A Non-citizens are excluded in figures and percentage
  • ^Note B Population estimates are rounded to the nearest hundred.

Education

There are significant differences between Malaysian Indians who are part of the Malaysian working class in plantations and urban middle class or upper middle class professionals. Many Indians are workers in plantations and attend Tamil language schools. Tamil language primary schools are funded by the Federal Government, but Tamil schools on private lands are not eligible for full government grant.[23] Although Tamil is used as the medium of instruction, Malay and English are taught as compulsory subjects. Tamil schools may range from single classroom where students of varying age and ability are taught by a single teacher, to large schools of a few hundreds students. In plantation estates the schools may be poorly staffed and equipped, and few of their students moved on to higher education. Those Indians who do well in schools are primarily from the urban middle classes.[24]

There are also significant challenges in higher education opportunity for Indians due to an education system that favors the Bumiputera Malays.[9] Racial discrimination in government school have been reported, with Indian students suffering the most due to their ethnicity, color of the skin, or beliefs.[9]

Economy and employment

There are considerable differences socially and economically between different groups of Indians in Malaysia. They form a significant part of the professional classes in Malaysia; in a census taken in 1999, Malaysian Indians were 15.5% of Malaysia's professional workforce.[8] These include doctors (28.4%), lawyers (26.8%), dentists (21%), veterinary surgeons (28.5%), engineers (6.4%), accountants (5.8%), surveyors (3.0%) and architects (1.5%).[25] However, many Indians are also ranked amongst the most disadvantaged. In 1970, around 39% of Indians in Malaysia were ranked among the poorest of the country.[8] Incidence of poverty (those in the lowest 40% of the national income distribution) in Malaysia was 27.3% Indians.[26] Official figures suggest that the percentage of Indians living below the official poverty line has decreased from 39.2% in 1970 to 1.9% in 2002, but the figures have been criticised as inaccurate.[27] It has been claimed around 40% of Indians are at the bottom rung of the income ladder in 2015.[6]

Workers in a plantation c. 1910

Many of the early South Indian immigrants such as the Tamils and Telugus worked in the agriculture sector, in particular as workers in plantations. In 1930, 60% of all Indians were in this sector, and by 1970, 45% of Indians were still involved in agriculture in Malaysia.

Sri Lanka Tamils mainly occupied the subordinate administrative and technical positions in estates, positions they still dominate to this day.[29] Also in the estates are the Malayalis who hold assistant and managerial positions. Few of these estates however are Indian-owned.[30] Indians are also prominent in the transport and communication sector, either as labourers or as administrative and technical staff.[31]

Many Indians are also involved in business and trade, the majority of the privately owned businesses belong to the Chettiars.[32] The Sikhs and other Punjabis were initially recruited by the British to serve in the police and armed forces, and while in modern times these areas are now dominated by Malays, the descendants of Sikhs and other Punjabi are now found in every sphere of the economy, in particular as professionals, and in the mercantile and money-lending business.[28]

institutionalized racism in economic policy by the government is a key economic challenge for Indians. Many state governments have a no-bin policy which indirectly implies that if a non-Malay applies for anything it will be rejected.[33][9][34]According to the Ninth Malaysia Plan report of 2006, Malaysian Indians also controlled only 1.2 percent of the corporate wealth in Malaysia, down from the previous figure of 1.5 percent.[12][35] Although the Malaysian Indians are estimated at 9% of the population, they own just 2% of the national wealth due to racially discriminatory policies of institutionalized discrimination, such as the NEP.[36][37][38]

Politics

Headquarters of MIC in Kuala Lumpur.

The

Sri Lankan Tamil community who are technically not Indian but often regarded as such by most Malaysians. Other Indian fringe parties include the pro-Barisan Nasional Malaysian Indian United Party (MIUP), Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party (MMSP) and the latest Malaysian Indian Justice Party (MIJP). There was also the Democratic Malaysian Indian Party
(DMIP) which has been dissolved.

In the

Malaysian general election held in 2018, sixteen Indians were elected to the Dewan Rakyat. This is the highest number of Malaysian Indians elected to parliament in Malaysian history.[39]

DAP and PKR which are multiracial parties with Indian representatives.[40]However HINDRAF is dissolved as of 2019 by RoS and currently this ruling is being brought to court for hearing.[41]

Currently Malaysian Indians representation in Malaysian politics is inadequate given there are no full ministers in the current coalition government of Pakatan Harapan.[42] The sole Indian minister V.Sivakumar was dropped as part of a cabinet reshuffle.


Media and the performing arts

See also:
Malaysian Tamil Cinema, Anugerah Industri Muzik Malaysian-Indian, and Lists of Tamil-language media in Malaysia
Tamil classical dance, performed in Malaysia.

Satellite television provider

Kollywood. There are 2-Tamil radio stations of the state-owned Minnal FM and the privately owned THR Raaga
.

It is also customary for major Malaysian corporations to produce television commercials in conjunction with

hip hop was started in Malaysia by pioneers like rappers Chakra Sonic
, Yogi B and several others, which had since then made its way to Kollywood.

Bharata Natyam, the Tamil classical dance of India, is an important feature of Tamil culture and is hence popular in Malaysia. Ramli Ibrahim and Mavin Khoo are two non-Indian Malaysians who are Indian classical dance performers. The Temple of Fine Arts in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur is an academy that provides training in traditional Indian dance and music. The urumee drums are often played at religious and cultural events. The nadaswaram
is a traditional Indian wind instrument often played at Indian weddings in Malaysia.

Cuisine

Further information:
Malaysian Indian Cuisine
Banana leaf rice
.

The contribution of the Indian community to

payasam, halva, mysore pak
, palgoa and ghee balls. Some Indian foods have been widely adopted and localised. This includes but not limited to Murukku, Adhirasam and Puttu.

Religion

Religions of Indian Malaysians[43]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 86.2%
Christianity
 
 6.0%
Islam
 
 4.1%
Other Religion
 
 1.9%
Buddhism
 
 1.7%
No Religion
 
 0.05%
Folk Religion
 
 0.04%
Unknown
 
 0.01%

The Indian community which mostly consist of

Chola kingdoms.[44]
The early few Indians arrived and assimilated quickly into the local population through intermarriage.

Hinduism is the most practiced religion amongst the Tamils, including both the major Hindu and Tamil pantheon of deities. Tamils of both Indian and Sri Lankan backgrounds practice Hinduism. Vast majority of the

Malayalees
and Telugus in Malaysia also practice Hinduism.

Malayalee Muslims
are known as 'Kakas' or 'Malabaris'.

Festivals

Idols carried in procession during Thaipusam at Batu Caves.

One of the biggest Hindu festivals in Malaysia is

Murugan which occurs on the day in the Tamil month of Thai (January–February) when the asterism Poosam is on the ascendant. It is celebrated in grand style in the temples of, George Town, Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur
for three days.

In Kuala Lumpur, Thaipusam has become an almost national seat for Poosam celebrations. The venue of the Kuala Lumpur celebrations is a picturesque shrine right inside a cave that lies many feet above the ground, and can only be approached by a steep climb. This place, known as Batu Caves, is about eight miles from the city, and a chariot procession carrying the image of the deity to and from the place adds to the color and gaiety of the festival. Crowds from all over the country throng to the cave, including people of all classes and groups. It is above all a day of penance, on which many vows are fulfilled. A 42.7m high statue of Lord Murugan was built at Batu Caves and was unveiled in January 2006, having taken three years to construct.

One of the most significant rites performed is the carrying of the

kavadi, a large wooden decorated arch, as an act of penance. When deities are taken on procession from one shrine to another, they would be followed by a number of these voluntary kavadi-bearers. In other towns and estates, kavadis would be carried for other festivals like Chittirai Paruvam. Some of the more rigid practitioners would bear spikes, spears, and hooks pierced into their bodies. The Chittirai Paruvam festival and festivals to the Tamil deity Mariamman are usually accompanied by a fire-walking ceremony.[44]

Deepavali, popularly known as the 'Festival of Lights', is another major Hindu festival which is celebrated by all Hindu communities. Tamils celebrate Pongal which is a harvest festival usually held from 13–16 January. A similar festival known as Makar Sankranti is celebrated by most other Indian communities while the Punjabis call their harvest festival Lohri
.

The

Malayalees celebrate Vishu, the Malayalee New Year which usually falls in the month of April or the month of Medam in the Malayalam calendar. Onam is the most popular festival celebrated by the Malayalee community and is usually observed in the month of August or September. They usually prepare Sadhya, a lunch feast consisting 16 to 24 vegetarian dishes (without onions and garlics).[citation needed
]

The Telugus celebrate

Vasakhi, the Sikh New Year which are based on the solar calendar. Makar Sankranti is an important festival for Telugu community also celebrated as Pongal by Tamils.[citation needed
]

The festivals celebrated by Malaysian Indians who profess the Christian faith are

Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Hari Raya Aidiladha
.

Influence on Malaysian culture

Indian influences could be seen on modern Malaysia as well as on traditional Malay culture. The diffusion of Indian culture includes the following:

Language and names

Main article:
Tamil and Sanskrit inscriptions in the Malay world

A good number of Tamil inscriptions as well as Hindu and Buddhist icons emanating from South India have been found in Southeast Asia (and even in parts of

Vishnuite statues of Khao Phra Narai in Southern Thailand. It is a short inscription indicating that an artificial lake named Avani-naranam was dug by nangur-Udaiyan which is the name of an individual who possessed a military fief at Nangur, being famous for his abilities as a warrior, and that the lake was placed under the protection of the members of the Manikkiramam (which according to K.A. Nilakanta Sastri, was a merchant guild) living in the military camp.[46]

An inscription dated 779 AD has been found in

South Indian characters of the 4th century AD, thus proclaiming the Buddhist character of the shrine near the find-spot (site I) of which only the basement survives. The inscriptions are on three faces in Pallava Grantha script. The Ruler Raja Ganga fled from his empire into the forests with his queen and an infant heir. Raja Ganga left traces of hideout on a nearby hill in form of artefacts on stones. All these inscriptions, both Tamil and Sanskrit ones, relate to the activities of the people and rulers of the Tamil country of South India. The Tamil inscriptions are at least four centuries posterior to the Sanskrit inscriptions, from which the early Tamils themselves were patronizers of the Sanskrit language.[47] The Cherok Tokun Ancient Inscriptions were first documented by Colonel James Low, a British army officer, in 1845. In his log, Low recorded his disappointment of not finding a more spectacular ruin, expecting to find an ancient temple ruin. He documented what he made out to be "a group of seven inscriptions". The inscriptions were believed to be in pre-Pallava script and written in Sanskrit. They were attributed to the ancient Kingdom of Kadaaram, which flourished in northern Malaysia in the 5th to 6th centuries. However, according to J Laidlay, who translated the text in 1848, the inscription was in fact written in Pali
- another ancient language of the Indian subcontinent.

An element needed to carry out commercial transactions is a common language understood by all parties involved in early trade. Historians such as J.V. Sebastian, K.T. Thirunavukkarasu, and A.W. Hamilton record that Tamil was the common language of commerce in Malaysia and Indonesia during historical times.[47] The maritime Tamil significance in Sumatran and Malay Peninsula trading continued for centuries and borrowings into Malay from Tamil increased between the 15th and 19th centuries due to their commercial activities. In the 17th century, the Dutch East India Company was obliged to use Tamil as part of its correspondence. In Malacca and other seaports up to the 19th century, Malay terminology pertaining to book-keeping and accountancy was still largely Tamil.[14]

Tamil Malay English
Kadai

(கடை)

kedai shop
Kappal

(கப்பல்)

kapal ship
Vagai

(வகை)

bagai variety/ like
Toppi

(தொப்பி)

topi hat

Infrastructure

Indians have contributed significantly to the building of Malaysia since the 19th century. The Indian workforce was instrumental in the clearing of land for infrastructure, established rubber plantations, built the roads, set up transmission lines as well as managed early Malayan railways, ports and airports. Indian doctors, chemists and veterinarians formed the bulk of medical personnel in Malaysia - their contributions still persist to present day. Indian civil servants formed the core of the civil service both pre- and post-independence. Indian teachers who were particularly fluent in the English language formed the backbone of Malaysian education, particularly in missionary schools. Indians also pioneered private education in Malaysia.

Diaspora

A number of Malaysian Indian immigrants are found in Australia, and they tended to be highly qualified and speak English fluently and were therefore highly employable.

Australians of Indian descent on the Australian external territory of Christmas Island who live alongside other Australians of ethnic Malaysian Chinese, Malay and European descent.[49]

Notable people

Main article:
List of Malaysian Indians

Among the notable people of Indian descent in Malaysia are K. Thamboosamy Pillay, a prominent figure of early Kuala Lumpur,[50] and Karpal Singh, V. David and Samy Vellu, all prominent Malaysian Indian politicians.

Challenges for the future

Institutionalized racism and discrimination in government policy such as NEP had adverse impact on Non Malays including minority Malaysian Indians in Malaysia.[9] Despite the fact that the average income of Malaysian Indians exceeds that of their Malay counterparts, there exists substantial portion of the community who are poor, with 40% of Malaysian Indians claimed to be at the bottom rung of the income ladder.[6] Despite the obvious need of the poor, Malaysian Indians are not eligible for any of Malaysia's affirmative-action programmes, which are reserved for Malays and select indigenous people.[37][51] Ramon Navaratnam argued the NEP needs to be reformed as it is outdated, and replace it with a system that can help close the gap of poverty regardless of race and religion.[11][52]

Further challenges faced by the Indian community is religious conflict due to increasing Islamisation,[51] and there were communal clashes between Indians and Malays such as the 2001 Kampung Medan riots,[53] as well as protest over racial discrimination and temple demolitions during the 2007 HINDRAF rally.[54][33] These factors in part have resulted in the migration of many highly skilled Malaysian Indians abroad, where Indian migrants are largely upwardly mobile. A survey in 2017 found that 42% of Malaysian Indians who had completed their secondary or tertiary education wanted to emigrate.[55]

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  1. ^ "Ye Dhamma - The Verse of Causation". Vinodh's Virtual Cyber Space. 2 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012. The Pali verse 'Ye Dhamma... ' is a popular verse in Buddhism that explains the heart of Buddhism Philosophy i.e Dependant Origination. The Sanskrit version of the verse is called "Pratityasamutpada Hridaya Dharani" [The Heart Dharani of Dependant Origination] with Om added to the beginning of the Verse, and Svaha added at the end, thus Dharani-fying the entire verse. The Pali version never seems to have had any specific title.

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