The term
British Indian (also
Indian British or
Indian Britons) refers to citizens of the
United Kingdom whose ancestral roots lie in
India ( Or Pakistan, Bangladesh which were part of
British India) This includes people born in the UK who are of Indian descent, and Indian-born people who have migrated to the UK. Today, Indians comprise about 1.4 million people in the UK (not including those of
mixed Indian and other ancestry), making them the single largest
visible ethnic minority population in the country. They make up the largest subgroup of
British Asians, and are one of the largest Indian communities in the
Indian diaspora, mainly due to the
Indian-British relations (including historical links such as
India having been under British colonial rule and still being part of the
Commonwealth of Nations). The British Indian community is the
seventh largest in the Indian diaspora, behind the Indian communities in
Nepal, the
United States,
Malaysia,
Saudi Arabia,
Canada and
Burma. Nearly 50% of British Indians are of
Gujarati origin.