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Indians in Singapore—defined as persons of South Asian paternal ancestry—form 9% of the country’s citizens and permanent residents making them Singapore’s third largest ethnic group after Chinese and Malays. Among cities Singapore has one of the largest overseas Indian populations.While contact with ancient India left a deep impact on Singapore’s indigenous Malay culture the mass migration of Indians to the island only began with the founding of modern Singapore by the British in 1819.
