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((no footnotes|date=July 2013))
((Infobox ethnic group
|group    = Indians in Barbados
|population = 3,000
[http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter19.pdf]
|popplace = [[Bridgetown, Barbados]]
|langs    = [[English language|English]], [[Bajan Creole|Bajan English]], [[Caribbean Hindustani]], [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]],  [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]]
|rels     = [[Hinduism]], [[Islam]], [[Christianity]]
|related-c = [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin]], [[Indo-Caribbeans|Indo-Caribbean]], [[Indian people]]
))

'''Indo-Barbadian''' or '''Indo-Bajan''', refers to Barbadians of [[Indian people|Indian]] ancestry from the [[Indian subcontinent]], including present-day [[Bangladesh]] and [[Pakistan]]. Currently, there is a 3,000-strong Indian community in [[Barbados]].

== History ==
((More citations needed|section|date=December 2022))
Research has shown that the first known [[Muslims]] to arrive in the Americas were enslaved Africans via the transatlantic slave trade. The first Muslim of Asian background to arrive in Barbados took place over one hundred years ago when in 1913 Abdul Rohul Amin, a silk merchant from [[West Bengal]] came to Barbados.((citation needed|date=July 2013))  Soon after, some more Bengalis arrived and they shared a house in Wellington Street, in the city. Some of them also lived in Milk Market and Tudor Street (upstairs Bata Shoe Shop) in [[Bridgetown]].  Most of these Bengalis married local Barbadian women and started families in Bridgetown.  Today many well-known Barbadians are the grandchildren of these unions.
 
These Muslims started the itinerant trading process, which continues up to this day.  In the early stages most of the trading was with poor Barbadians living in the country areas who found it difficult to get to Bridgetown to do their shopping.  The traders would take the bus to get their wares to the people in the country.  If there were no buses available they would walk long distances just to accommodate the customers.  Over the years, these traders built up a relationship with Barbadians, which still remains of mutual benefit.  
 
Following the [[Bengalis]], Muslims from villages in [[Gujarat]], West India arrived.  It is reported that the first of the [[Gujarati Muslims]] came in 1929.  These Muslims had set out for [[Brazil]] to cut timber but ended up in [[Guyana]] and stayed there for a while.  In Guyana they learnt that there was money in coal trading with Barbados.  They visited Bridgetown a couple of times by boat and then decided to make Barbados their home.

== Demography ==
There are reports of a growing Indo-Bajan diaspora originating from [[Guyana]] and [[India]]. Mostly from southern India and other Indian states, Indo-Bajans are growing in size but smaller than the equivalent communities in [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [[Jamaica]] and Guyana.  [[Hinduism]] is one of Barbados' growing [[Religion in Barbados|religion]]s.

==Notable people==
*[[Avinash Persaud]], Barbados-born British business executive of [[Indo-Trinidadian]] and [[Indo-Guyanese]] descent

== See also ==
* ((section link|Barbados|Demographics))
* [[Indo-Caribbeans]]
* [[Barbados–India relations]]

== References ==
* ((cite news |last=Bulbulia |first=Suleiman |date=2017-01-18 |title=The power of marketing |url=https://www.barbadostoday.bb/2017/01/18/the-power-of-marketing/ |newspaper=Barbados Today |access-date=2017-01-18))
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175035/http://indiandiaspora.nic.in/diasporapdf/chapter19.pdf Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean]
*[http://bajan.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/can-indians-and-black-co-exist-in-barbados/ Racial Integration in Barbados]

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((Indian diaspora))

[[Category:Barbadian people of Indian descent| ]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Barbados|Indians]]
[[Category:Indian diaspora by country|Barbados]]
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