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The Malaysian Tamil diaspora refers to the global diaspora of Malaysian Tamil origin. [1] It can be said to be a subset of the larger Malaysian and Tamil diaspora . Most of them settled in Singapore, Australia and North America.
Malaysian Tamil (Tamil: மலேசியத் தமிழ் மொழி, romanized: Malēsiyat Tamiḻ Moḻi), also known as Malaya Tamil, is a local variant of the Tamil language spoken in Malaysia. [2] It is one of the languages of education in Malaysia, along with English, Malay and Mandarin.
The majority of 1.8–2 million people 80% of the Malaysian Indian populations in Malaysia were from Indian Tamil ethnic groups from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. The bulk of Tamil Malaysian migration began during the British Raj, when Britain facilitated the migration of Indian workers to work in plantations under Kangani system. There are ...
Tamil language channel in Malaysia can be divided into 2, Channel that air fully programmers in Tamil or other Indian Language and channels and partly in Tamil language. Astro Vaanavil was first Tamil Malaysians channel, [1] launched on 1 June 1996 and created by Astro. [citation needed]
The first Tamil vernacular schools in Malaya (now Malaysia) was set up in Penang under the Labour Code. In 2014, the Penang government brought a motion to open the first Tamil vernacular secondary school in Malaysia at Penang. But for political reasons this proposal was rejected by the central government. [12]
Astro Vinmeen HD is a Tamil HDTV channel high-definition free-to-view commercial satellite entertainment television channel network that is co-owned by Southeast Asia's second richest man, Ananda Krishnan and Astro Malaysia Holdings. It is South East Asia's first 24-hour general entertainment Tamil HD channel.
Astro Vaanavil is a Malaysian pay television channel that broadcasts programming in Tamil, targeting the Indian community in Malaysia. It was launched on 1 June 1996. It was created by Astro. Starting 1 June 2020, Astro Vaanavil has been officially upgraded to SD/HD and is known as Astro Vaanavil HD.
Gheetha Ammasee was born in an Indian Malaysian Tamil family in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia as the daughter of a plantation owner. [1] She started off as a host on the Malaysian television channel NTV7 on a show called Rhythm And Raaga, [2] [3] before starting her career as a radio jockey at the Malaysian Tamil radio station, THR Raaga. [4]