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In recent years, many Sri Lankans have been coming to Singapore. Sri Lankan domestic workers form a large number of the 150,000 maids in Singapore. [7] Many students from Sri Lanka have also been coming to Singapore for further education. [8] On 31 July 2010, the Singapore Ceylon Tamils' Association celebrated its 100-year anniversary. [9]
National University of Singapore Tamil Language Society; Nanyang Technological University Tamil Literary Society; Odia Society of Singapore(OSS) Sembawang Tamils Association; Singapore Tamil Community (STC online Group) https://www.SgTamilCommunity.online; Singapore Bengali Society; Singapore Ceylon Tamils Association; Singapore Gujarati Society
In 1909, the Ceylon Tamils who had grown in number to about 300 families, formed the Singapore Ceylon Tamils’ Association (SCTA). In 1913, a Management Committee of four persons was formed to renovate the premises for the growing number of devotees. In 1923, the SCTA assisted the Temple by purchasing the land on which the Temple stands today.
Sri Lankan Tamils (also called Ceylon Tamils) are descendants of the Tamils of the old Jaffna Kingdom and east coast chieftaincies called Vannimais. The Indian Tamils (or Hill Country Tamils) are descendants of bonded labourers sent from Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka in the 19th century to work on tea plantations. [110] [111]
The Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora refers to the global diaspora of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. It can be said to be a subset of the larger Sri Lankan and Tamil diaspora.. Like other diasporas, Sri Lankan Tamils are scattered and dispersed around the globe, with concentrations in South Africa, United Kingdom, Canada, India, Europe, Australia, United States, Malaysia, Singapore, Seychelles and Mauritius.
Singapore Tamils [1] [2] [3] [failed verification] who majorly came from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory Puducherry and some people are also from Sri Lanka. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ self-published source ] Singapore has emerged as the most preferred destination among migrants from Tamil Nadu.
In Singapore, there are many current and past ministers who are of Ceylonese Tamil in origin and Tamil is a national language. Sinnathamby Rajaratnam was the former foreign minister and deputy prime minister of Singapore and regarded as one of the founding fathers of Singapore. His death in 2006 was marked with a state funeral by the government ...
Before 2001, they were known as the Sri Lankan Tamil ( ශ්රී ලංකා දෙමළ) caste, but then after 2001, they were classified as a separate ethnic group in the 2001 census. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They are now collectively referred to as the Colombo Chetties.