sentences:  In colonial times, Nachiapuram Nagarathars emigrated to countries like Ceylon, Singapore, Burma, Vietnam amongst a few others.Many of its Nagarathar citizens emigrated to Singapore in the 1930s and 1940s and to many other countries in the 1990s and 2000s.Around the 1950s and 1960s, by virtue of most Nagarathars in Singapore having emigrated from Nachiapuram, Singapore was known as "Chinna Nachiapuram" amongst the Nagarathar residents of Singapore.