Myanmar Tamils
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Myanmar Tamils or Burmese Tamils are people of ethnic Tamil ancestry who reside in Myanmar. Tamils form the majority of Indians in Myanmar (Burma).
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1,000,000 - 1,500,000 2.5 - 3.0% of the Burmese population | |
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Mainly in Malaysian Tamils, Singapore Tamils and Tamil diaspora |
Tamils had the earliest contact with Myanmar during the first or second century CE.
Between 1940 and 1942, many Malaysian and Myanmar Tamils were forced by Japanese occupiers to labour on a 415 kilometres (258 mi) railway track between Thailand and Burma. Over 150,000 Tamils died during the project due to venomous animals, illnesses, exhaustion and Japanese torture.[3]
The majority of Tamils in Myanmar are
After he seized power through a
See also
References
- ^ a b Historical Dictionary of the Tamils (2007), Vijaya Ramaswamy, 258p.
- ^ My Myanmar Years: A Diplomat’s Account of India’s Relations with the Region (2015), Preet Malik, 3 introduction
- ^ "The real Kwai killed over 1.50 lakh Tamils". The Hindu. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017
- ^ "Myanmar's Tamil community works to maintain their culture". Mizzima.com. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017
- ^ "India and Burma: working on their relationship". The Irrawaddy. Vol. 7, no. 3. March 1999. Retrieved 3 January 2014.