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Indians in Brunei

Field	Value
group	Indians in Brunei
image	Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III opened an exhibition of handicrafts and Indian arts at the SOAS College hall.jpg
image_caption	Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III at a handicraft and Indian art exhibition in 1960
pop	10,000
2.3% of the Bruneian population (2012)
popplace	Bandar Seri Begawan and Kuala Belait
langs	MalayTamilEnglish
rels	Majority Islam and Hinduism
Minority ChristianitySikhismBuddhism
related-c	Indian IndonesiansMalaysian IndianIndian Singaporeans

2.3% of the Bruneian population (2012) Minority ChristianitySikhismBuddhism | related-c = Indian IndonesiansMalaysian IndianIndian Singaporeans

Indians in Brunei consist of Bruneians of Indian descent as well as expatriate professionals that have recently come to the country. According to the Government of India, there are 10,000 Indians living and working in the country.

History

Indians in Brunei have had a notable presence in the country since the colonial days, however there are records from the Europeans who visited the region that there were people from the Indian Subcontinent already living there prior to European colonisation. According to United Nations statistics, the Indian population was counted in the Brunei census since the year of 1947. In 1971, Indians made up 1.6% of the population.

Employment

The number of Indian nationals working in Brunei had increased since 2009. There are many Indian doctors and engineers working in Brunei and there are others working in the education sector, both at school and university or college level as professors and teachers as well as research personnel.

Other areas where Indians are employed include IT, oil and gas and mercantile.

Ethnicity and Religion

Ethnic Tamils form the majority group of Indians in Brunei. The Indian community of Brunei consists of Muslims, Hindus, Christians and Sikhs. Islam is the dominant religion amongst the Indian community however Hinduism also forms a significant portion of the belief systems amongst the Indians. Brunei's 50-year-old Hindu Welfare Board functions as a Hindu religious organisation with approximately 3,000 members and there are two small Hindu temples in the country.

References

http://www.indianassociationbelait.com/

References

"Indian Diaspora in Brunei".
"Archived copy".
Sandhu, K. S.. (1993-01-01). "Indian Communities in Southeast Asia (First Reprint 2006)". Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
"United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics".
"[http://www.bt.com.bn/business-national/2011/10/12/india-sees-prospects-work-bruneis-education-sector India sees prospects for work in Brunei's education sector] {{webarchive. link. (2012-01-02 ", ''The Brunei Times'', 12 October 2011.)
"[http://news.brunei.fm/2010/04/21/indian-community-celebrates-tamil-new-year/ Indian community celebrates Tamil New Year] {{webarchive. link. (2010-04-22 ", ''brunei fm!'', 21 April 2010.)
Orr, Tamra. (2009-01-01). "Brunei". Marshall Cavendish.
"[https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/bitstream/handle/1887/17397/ISIM_5_Religious_Life_and_Institutions_in_Brunei.pdf?sequence=1 Religious Life and Institutions in Brunei]", ''ISIM Newsletter'', 27 September 2010.

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