Filipinos of Indian descent

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Filipinos of Indian descent
Total population
Unknown
Regions with significant populations
Metro Manila, Cainta
Languages
Tagalog, Indian languages, English
Religions
Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Other Filipino ethnic groups

Filipinos of Indian descent constitute of Philippine citizens of Indian descent. The term Bumbay, loosely applied to all South Asians in the country (including those of Pakistani descent), regardless of ethnicity or religion, was borrowed from the Malay term Bombay. It is considered derogatory.

1 Subsets
2 Religion
3 History
4 See also

[edit] Subsets

The largest Indian community would be the Sindhi, who number around 21,000. Followed by the Punjabi, numbering about 10,000.

[edit] Religion

The Philippines is the seventh largest Hindu country. Most South Asians in the Philippines practice Hinduism, while some practice Sikhism and Islam. Marathis are mainly Roman Catholic.

[edit] History

Indian presence in the Philippines has been ongoing since the prehistoric times, predating even the coming of the Europeans by at least two centuries. Sepoy troops arrived with the British between 1762 and 1764 during the various Anglo-Spanish wars. When the British withdrew, many of the Sepoys mutinied and refused to leave. Virtually all had taken Filipina brides (or soon did so). They settled in what is now Cainta, Rizal, just east of Metro Manila. The region in and around Cainta still has many Sepoy descendants. The most recent immigrants are mostly businessmen and settle within Metro Manila.