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Mauritians of Indian origin

Index Mauritians of Indian origin

Mauritians of Indian origin, also known as Indo-Mauritians, are Mauritians whose ancestors are from the Indian subcontinent. [1]

69 relations: Abdool Razack Mohamed, Alan Ganoo, Ameenah Gurib, Anerood Jugnauth, Angidi Chettiar, Ariranga Pillay, Association football, Bahá'í Faith, Bhojpuri language, Bihar, Bihari Mauritian, British Raj, Buddhism, Catholic Church, Christian, Coolitude, English language, France national football team, French language, Gujarat, Hindi, Hindu, Hinduism, Indian indenture system, Indian South Africans, Indian subcontinent, Indians in Fiji, Indo-Caribbeans, Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian, Islam, Karl Offmann, Khal Torabully, Maharashtra, Mahesh Jadu, Marathi language, Marathi people, Mauritian Creole, Mauritian of African origin, Mauritian of French origin, Mauritians, Mauritians of Chinese origin, Maya Hanoomanjee, Misha Mansoor, Muslim, Navin Ramgoolam, Odia language, Odia people, Odisha, Paul Bérenger, Pravind Jugnauth, ..., Rama Sithanen, Rashid Beebeejaun, Saurashtra (region), Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Sheila Bappoo, Sindh, Sookdeo Bissoondoyal, Standard Chinese, Sugarcane, Sunil Benimadhu, Tamil language, Tamils, Telugu language, Telugu people, The Economist, Urdu, Veerasamy Ringadoo, Vikash Dhorasoo, Viveka Babajee. Expand index (19 more) »

Abdool Razack Mohamed

Sir Abdul Razack Mohamed (আবদুল রাজাক মোহাম্মদ) (1906–1978) was an India-born former key Mauritian Minister in the pre and post-independence cabinet of Mauritius.

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Alan Ganoo

Alan Ganoo (born 17 January 1951) is a Mauritian politician currently serving as First Member for Constituency No.14, Savanne And Black River in the National Assembly.

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Ameenah Gurib

Bibi Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim GCSK (born 17 October 1959) is a Mauritian biodiversity scientist who served as the 6th President of Mauritius from 2015 to 2018.

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Anerood Jugnauth

Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSK, Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, QC, MP, PC (born 29 March 1930) is a Mauritian politician who has served as both President and Prime Minister of Mauritius.

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Angidi Chettiar

Angidi Verriah Chettiar (அங்கிடி செட்டியார்) (29 April 1928 – 15 September 2010) was a Mauritian politician who served as the Vice President of Mauritius from August 2007 until his death in September 2010.

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Ariranga Pillay

Ariranga Govindasamy Pillay (Tamil: அரி ரங்க கோவிந்தசாமி பிள்ளை; born 14 June 1945) was the Chief Justice of Mauritius from 1996 until 2007, when he was succeeded by Y. K. J. Yeung Sik Yuen.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith (بهائی) is a religion teaching the essential worth of all religions, and the unity and equality of all people.

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Bhojpuri language

Bhojpuri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Northern-Eastern part of India and the Terai region of Nepal.

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Bihar

Bihar is an Indian state considered to be a part of Eastern as well as Northern India.

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Bihari Mauritian

Bihari Mauritians are the descendants of Bhojpuri migrants to Mauritius.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from rāj, literally, "rule" in Hindustani) was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Christian

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Coolitude

Coolitude is a term coined by Mauritian poet Khal Torabully to describe the cultural interaction of the Indian or Chinese "coolie" diaspora, and by extension also similar migrations.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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France national football team

The France national football team (Équipe de France de football) represents France in international football and is controlled by the French Football Federation, also known as FFF, or in Fédération française de football.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state in Western India and Northwest India with an area of, a coastline of – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population in excess of 60 million.

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Hindi

Hindi (Devanagari: हिन्दी, IAST: Hindī), or Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: मानक हिन्दी, IAST: Mānak Hindī) is a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language.

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Hindu

Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.

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Indian indenture system

The Indian indenture system was a system of indenture, a form of debt bondage, by which 3.5 million Indians were transported to various colonies of European powers to provide labour for the (mainly sugar) plantations.

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Indian South Africans

Indian South Africans are citizens and residents of South Africa of Indian descent.

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Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a southern region and peninsula of Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate and projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.

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Indians in Fiji

Indo-Fijians are Fiji citizens who are fully or partially of Indian descent, which includes descendants who trace their heritage from various parts of the Indian subcontinent.

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Indo-Caribbeans

Indo-Caribbeans are Caribbean people with roots in the Indian subcontinent.

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Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian

Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian (shortened as Indo-Trinidadian) are nationals of Trinidad and Tobago with ancestry from the Indian subcontinent.

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Islam

IslamThere are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is or, and whether the a is pronounced, or (when the stress is on the first syllable) (Merriam Webster).

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Karl Offmann

Karl Auguste Offmann, GCSK (born 25 November 1940) is a Mauritian politician.

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Khal Torabully

Khal Torabully is a Mauritian and French poet, who has coined the concept of "coolitude." Born in Mauritius in 1956, in the capital city Port Louis, his father was a Trinidadian sailor and his mother was a descendant of migrants from India and Malaya.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (abbr. MH) is a state in the western region of India and is India's second-most populous state and third-largest state by area.

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Mahesh Jadu

Mahesh Jadu (born 26 October 1982) is an Australian actor.

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Marathi language

Marathi (मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by the Marathi people of Maharashtra, India.

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Marathi people

The Marathi people (मराठी लोक) are an ethnic group that speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language.

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Mauritian Creole

Mauritian Creole or Morisien (Mauritian Creole: kreol morisien, pronunciation: /kʁeol moʁisjɛ̃, -iʃɛ̃/) is a French-based creole language spoken in Mauritius.

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Mauritian of African origin

Mauritians of African origin, also known as Creole, are Mauritian people whose ancestors are from African countries, mainly from Madagascar and Mozambique.

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Mauritian of French origin

A Mauritian of French origin, as the name implies, is a Mauritian person whose ancestors are from France.

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Mauritians

Mauritians (singular Mauritian; Mauricien) are nationals or natives of the Republic of Mauritius and their descendants.

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Mauritians of Chinese origin

Mauritians of Chinese origin, also known as Sino-Mauritians, are Mauritians who trace their ethnic ancestry to China.

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Maya Hanoomanjee

Santi Bai 'Maya' Hanoomanjee GCSK (Hindi:माया हनुमानजी Born GHOSE, on 5 November 1952) is a Mauritian politician and former Civil Servant who was elected as speaker of the National Assembly of Mauritius in December 2014.

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Misha Mansoor

Misha Mansoor (born October 31, 1984, in Bethesda, Maryland), also known as Bulb (the name of his solo project), is the founder and lead guitarist of the progressive metal band Periphery.

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Muslim

A Muslim (مُسلِم) is someone who follows or practices Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.

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Navin Ramgoolam

Navinchandra Ramgoolam, GCSK, FRCP (born 14 July 1947) is a Mauritian politician who was Prime Minister of Mauritius from 2005 to 2014 and leader of the Labour Party.

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Odia language

Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) (formerly romanized as Oriya) is a language spoken by 4.2% of India's population.

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Odia people

The Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ), formerly known as Oriya, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the East Indian state of Odisha and have the Odia language as their mother tongue.

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Odisha

Odisha (formerly Orissa) is one of the 29 states of India, located in eastern India.

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Paul Bérenger

Paul Raymond Bérenger GCSK, MP (born 26 March 1945) is a Mauritian politician who was Prime Minister of Mauritius from 2003 to 2005.

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Pravind Jugnauth

Pravind Kumar Jugnauth MP Esq. (Creole pronunciation: /pʁavind dʒʌgnət/; born 25 December 1961) is a Mauritian politician who is Prime Minister of Mauritius, in office since 2017, and also holds another portfolio as Minister of Finance.

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Rama Sithanen

Rama Krishna Sithanen, GCSK, MP (born Tamil: இராம சித்தனன் Hindi: राम कृष्ण सिथनेन on 21 April 1954) is a former finance minister of Mauritius and vice-prime minister of Mauritius and has held the office between 1991 and 1995 when Sir Anerood Jugnauth was Prime Minister and from 2005 to 2010 Navin Ramgoolam's Cabinet.

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Rashid Beebeejaun

Ahmed Rashid Beebeejaun, GCSK (born on 22 December 1935) is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Utilities of Mauritius and he has been in office since 2008.

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Saurashtra (region)

Saurashtra, also known as Sorath or Kathiawar, is a peninsular region of Gujarat, India, located on the Arabian Sea coast.

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Seewoosagur Ramgoolam

Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (Hindi: सर शिवसागर रामगुलाम; September 18, 1900 – December 15, 1985; often referred to as Chacha Ramgoolam) was a Mauritian politician, statesman and philanthropist.

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Sheila Bappoo

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Sindh

Sindh (سنڌ; سِندھ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, in the southeast of the country.

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Sookdeo Bissoondoyal

Sookdeo Bissoondoyal (25 December 1908 – 18 August 1977) was a Mauritian politician and one of the leading figures in the independence movement.

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Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese, also known as Modern Standard Mandarin, Standard Mandarin, or simply Mandarin, is a standard variety of Chinese that is the sole official language of both China and Taiwan (de facto), and also one of the four official languages of Singapore.

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Sugarcane

Sugarcane, or sugar cane, are several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South and Southeast Asia, Polynesia and Melanesia, and used for sugar production.

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Sunil Benimadhu

Sunil Benimadhu is the Chief Executive of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM).

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians.

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Tamils

The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar, Tamilans, or simply Tamils, are a Dravidian ethnic group who speak Tamil as their mother tongue and trace their ancestry to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian Union territory of Puducherry, or the Northern, Eastern Province and Puttalam District of Sri Lanka.

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Telugu language

Telugu (తెలుగు) is a South-central Dravidian language native to India.

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Telugu people

The Telugu people or Telugu Praajalu are the people who speak Telugu as a first language.

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The Economist

The Economist is an English-language weekly magazine-format newspaper owned by the Economist Group and edited at offices in London.

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Urdu

Urdu (اُردُو ALA-LC:, or Modern Standard Urdu) is a Persianised standard register of the Hindustani language.

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Veerasamy Ringadoo

Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo, GCMG, GCSK, QC, (born வீரசாமி ரிங்காடு; 20 October 1920 – 9 September 2000) was the Governor-General of Mauritius from 17 January 1986 to 12 March 1992, when it became a republic.

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Vikash Dhorasoo

Vikash Dhorasoo (born 10 October 1973) is a French former footballer of Mauritian descent who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder.

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Viveka Babajee

Viveka Babajee (27 May 1973 – 25 June 2010) was a Mauritian model and actress.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritians_of_Indian_origin

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