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    Tamil Indians first began migrating to Myanmar in significant numbers during British rule in the 1860s, when the construction of a railway line made trade easier across India and Southeast Asia. In particular, the Nattukottai Chettiars from Tamil Nadu invested heavily in Myanmar starting in the 1830s, deploying over 60% of their capital there. By the early 20th century, Chettiar firms controlled nearly a quarter of the farmland in key districts of Myanmar. However, the Japanese invasion of Myanmar during World War 2 caused major losses for the Chettiar community.

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    Tamil Indians first began migrating to Myanmar in significant numbers during British rule in the 1860s, when the construction of a railway line made trade easier across India and Southeast Asia. In particular, the Nattukottai Chettiars from Tamil Nadu invested heavily in Myanmar starting in the 1830s, deploying over 60% of their capital there. By the early 20th century, Chettiar firms controlled nearly a quarter of the farmland in key districts of Myanmar. However, the Japanese invasion of Myanmar during World War 2 caused major losses for the Chettiar community.

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    Tamil Indians first began migrating to Myanmar in significant numbers during British rule in the 1860s, when the construction of a railway line made trade easier across India and Southeast Asia. In particular, the Nattukottai Chettiars from Tamil Nadu invested heavily in Myanmar starting in the 1830s, deploying over 60% of their capital there. By the early 20th century, Chettiar firms controlled nearly a quarter of the farmland in key districts of Myanmar. However, the Japanese invasion of Myanmar during World War 2 caused major losses for the Chettiar community.

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    When did Tamil Indian come to Myanmar?

    1.Burma is Myanmar.

    2.The outward migration on an organized scale came during British Rule.

    3.The commissioning of railway line in 1860 made the trading easy across India.

    4.In overseas, Parsis running into China; Gujaratis into Red Sea, Persian Gulf;
    Sindworkies into Ports in Americas, Europe.

    5.For the Nattukottai Chettiars of Tamil Nadu, the chief investment destination was
    South East Asia. From around 1830, confined Chettiars in Madras presidency, started
    exporting their capital to Ceylon(Sri Lanka), Burma (Myanmar), Straits settlement
    (Singapore, Malacca and Penang) and Indo-China.

    6.As per the Indian Estimate, the working funds of Chettiars were deployed 64% in
    Burma, 20% in Malaya, 11% in Ceylon, 4% in Indo China. Less than 1% is deployed in
    Madras.

    7.Between 1852 -1932, the area under paddy in lower Burma, rose from 6 lakh acres to
    97 lakh acres. By 1936, 1650 Chettiar firms controlling 24 lakh acres or a quarter of farm
    land in Burma’s 13 districs.

    8.Japanese invasion of Burma during World war 2, hit the community. They have
    foregon much of they own.

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