What is Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka?
{{link rot|date=September 2023}} '''Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka''' are [[Tamil people]] from India living in [[Sri Lanka]]. They are also known as '''Malayaga Tamilar''', '''Hill Country Tamils''', '''Up-Country Tamils''' or '''Indian Tamils'''. They come from the workers sent from [[South India|Southern India]] to Sri Lanka in the 19th and 20th centuries to work in [[coffee]], [[tea]] and rubber [[plantations]] by British people. Some also came to Sri Lanka on their own as business people. These [[Tamil language|Tamil]] people mostly live in the middle part of Sri Lanka, also known as the Malayakam or Hill Country and in the [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern Province]]. Most Indian Tamil people who are living in Hill Country are children from the lower working [[Caste|castes]] of South India.<ref>http://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/Caste_Systems_Exercising_By_Tamil_Community_in_Sri_Lanka_ijariie12021.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=May 2023}}</ref><ref>https://files.institutesi.org/Hill_Country_Tamils_Of_Sri_Lanka_Report.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=May 2023}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Ethnic groups in Sri Lanka]]