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Some Aspects of Indian Settlement in Singapore, 1819–1969*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Kernial Singh Sandhu
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The full story of the Indians in Malaya has yet to be told. Here an attempt is made to assemble the information relating to some aspects of their settlement in Singapore over the last one hundred and fifty years.

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Journal of Southeast Asian History , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , May 1969 , pp. 193 - 201
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1969

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1. Unless otherwise stated, the terms “India” and “Indian subcontinent” include both the present-day Union of India (Bharat) and Pakistan; “Indian” denotes all persons of Indian origin, including Pakistanis.

2. For present purposes “Malaya” includes both the Federation or the present-day States of Malaya (West Malaysia) and the State or Republic of Singapore. Although separated) politically from each other, these two territories have nevertheless traditionally functioned together.

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15. The Malay Mail (Kuala Lumpur), 27.2.1963.

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