Indians in the New York City metropolitan area constitute one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnicities in the

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of the United States. The New York City region is home to the largest and most prominent Indian American population among metropolitan areas by a significant margin, enumerating 711,174 uniracial individuals by the 2013–2017 U.S. Census

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estimates. The Asian Indian population also represents the second-largest metropolitan Asian national diaspora both outside of Asia and within the New York City metropolitan area, following the also rapidly growing and hemisphere-leading population of the estimated 893,697 uniracial Chinese in the New York City metropolitan area in 2017. The U.S. state of

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, most of whose population is situated within the New York City metropolitan region, has by a significant margin the highest proportional Indian population concentration of any U.S. state, with a Census-estimated 4.1% of New Jersey's population being an individual of Indian origin in 2017.

History

The first Indian to become a

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was

Bhicaji Balsara Bhicaji Framji Balsara (often misrendered as Bhicaji Franyi Balsara) (May 30, 1872 – 1962) was an Indian immigrant to the United States, notable for being amongst the first Indians to become a naturalized U.S. citizen. Balsara was a Parsi Zoroas ...

, a resident of New York. However, this was after the Luce–Celler Act of 1946 that restored

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rights to Indian Americans in the United States. A number of Indian Americans came to the U.S. via Indian communities from other countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, Mauritius, Malaysia, Singapore,

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, Trinidad and Tobago,

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, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Jamaica. The quota on Indian immigration was removed in the 1960s, leading to exponential growth in the number of Indian immigrants to the United States. While Indians prior to this time were primarily involved in agricultural endeavors or constructing railroads in the western United States, the largest number hereafter came to New York City and its affluent suburban environs, consisting largely of professionals, including physicians, engineers, financiers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and lawyers, as well as businesspeople. By 1974, there was a notable Indian population in the greater New York area, with particular concentrations in Hoboken, New Jersey and

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, though neither was strongly identified as a Little India at this point and there was already a push to move out to the suburbs, especially to Nassau County on

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. with houses of worship for Indian religions starting to be built around the larger Indian suburban communities throughout the 1980s and 1990s. A small Little India did already exist in Manhattan on

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, between 27th and 30th streets around the former Little Armenia spice shop of Kalustyan's, which had becoming popular among Indian and other South Asian immigrants in the 1960s becoming notable enough to be featured in the ''

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'' as a prime spot for Indian food and groceries by 1976. However, by the 1980s, it was eroding due to increased competition from other Indian districts in Queens which were closer to where the Indian population lived. Hicksville in Nassau County would become the center of the Indian community on Long Island, with Indian stores concentrating on South Broadway around Route 103 by the 2000s. As the 20th century came to a close, this started to change however, with growing concentrations of Indians in areas such as

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, where 55,000 Indians lived by 2000 and in

Jersey City Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark. During the 1990s, these two areas would see their main centers of Indian commerce - Oak Tree Road in Edison, New Jersey, and Newark Avenue in the Journal Square neighborhood in Jersey City become primarily Indian, compared to the 1970s and 1980s, where there was a more of a mixture of businesses. By 1994, there were already over 100 Indian businesses on Oak Tree Road. South Asian shopping center in Hicksville New York

South Asian shopping center in Hicksville New York

An Indian enclave also emerged in Jackson Heights during the late 20th century, with a strip of Indian stores on 74th Street, though many Indians actually lived in the adjacent, cheaper neighborhood of Elmhurst. Starting in the 1990s, following the path of past generations of New Yorkers, many Indian immigrants starting moving from Queens to

in the 1990s into towns such as Hicksville,

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and

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seeking bigger homes, better schools and more space. During the 1990s, Indians were the fastest growing group on Long Island. Hicksville would become the center of the Indian community on Long Island, with Indian stores concentrating on South Broadway around Route 103 by the 2000s. The Indian American population would also surge in the further reaches of Central New Jersey in the 2000s in towns such as West Windsor, Plainsboro and Montgomery. The Indian influence in this area manifested itself with the creation of an annual Indian-American fair in Mercer County Park and the creation of cricket fields and leagues in the area. By the 2010s, there were pushes to teach Hindi and have

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off at school districts in Central New Jersey. Around this time, there were also a series of home invasions apparently targeting Indians and South Asians in New Jersey, which started to prompt questions about a lack of Indian and more broadly Asian representation in New Jersey's local police forces.

Demographics

New York Metropolitan Area Counties 2013

The

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, consisting of New York City,

, and adjacent areas within New York State, as well as nearby areas within the states of

(extending to Trenton), Connecticut (extending to

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), and including Pike County, Pennsylvania, was home to an estimated 711,174 Indian Americans as of the 2013–2017

by the

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, comprising by far the largest Indian American population of any metropolitan area in the United States; New York City itself also contains by far the highest Indian American population of any individual city in North America, estimated at 246,454 as of 2017. At least twenty four Indian American enclaves characterized as a

Little India Little India or India Town (less commonly known as Indian Street or India Bazaar) is an Indian or Desi (South Asian) sociocultural environment outside India or the subcontinent. It especially refers to an area with Indian residences and a dive ...

have emerged in the New York City metropolitan area. As of December 2019, Indian airline carrier Air India as well as United States airline carrier United Airlines were offering direct flights from the New York City Metropolitan Area to and from Delhi and Mumbai. Delta Air Lines inaugurated non-stop flight service from JFK International Airport to Mumbai in December 2019. The Indian American population in the New York City metropolitan region was second in its population as an

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only to the approximately 893,697 uniracial Chinese New Yorkers as of 2017. However, while the presence and growth of the Chinese population is focused on New York City and

in New York State, the gravitas of the Indian population is roughly evenly split between New Jersey and New York State.

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, at the geographic heart of the

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, has emerged as the largest hub for Indian immigrants to the U.S., followed closely by Queens and Nassau County on Long Island. Oak Tree Road in

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and

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is known as an Indian dining and shopping destination.

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community, variously estimated at upwards of 3,000, is the largest concentration of Sikhs in New Jersey. Smaller populations of Asian Indians reside in the Connecticut and Pennsylvania portions of the New York City metropolitan region. Monroe Township, Middlesex County, in

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, the geographic heart of the

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and ranked one of the ten safest cities in the United States, has displayed one of the fastest growth rates of its Indian population in the Western Hemisphere, increasing from 256 (0.9%) as of the 2000 Census to an estimated 5,943 (13.6%) as of 2017, representing a 2,221.5% (a multiple of 23) numerical increase over that period, including many affluent professionals and senior citizens as well as charitable benefactors to the Covid-19 relief efforts in India in official coordination with Monroe Township, in addition to Bollywood actors with second homes. By 2022, the Indian population was approaching one-third of Monroe Township’s population, and the nickname ''

-South'' had developed, in reference to the

stature of both townships. A community named ''Raajipo'' has emerged within nearby Robbinsville, in Mercer County, New Jersey, home of Swaminarayan Akshardham ( Devnagari: स्वामिनारायण अक्षरधाम), inaugurated in 2014 as the world's largest Hindu temple.

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have established significant concentrations in Queens and Nassau County in New York and in Middlesex, Bergen, and Hudson counties in New Jersey. In 2014, 12,350 Indians legally immigrated to the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA core based statistical area; in 2013, this number was 10,818; in 2012, 10,550; 11,256 in 2011; and 11,388 in 2010. These numbers do not include the remainder of the New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. New Jersey is the only U.S. state in which immigrants born in India comprised the largest

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nationality, representing approximately 10% of all foreign-born residents in the state.

New York City boroughs

As the city proper with the largest Asian Indian population in the United States by a wide margin, with an estimated 227,994 individuals as of the 2014

, and as the primary destination for new Indian immigrants, New York City is subdivided into official municipal boroughs, which themselves are home to significant Asian Indian and other

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populations. Note that this list includes neither the large Desi populations of

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s, Bangladeshi Americans, and

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s, nor

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s, and others of South Asian origin who make their home in New York City. Punjab Avenue (ਪੰਜਾਬ ਐਵੇਨਿਊ), or Little Punjab, has emerged in Richmond Hill, Queens.

Medium and small-sized cities, as of 2012 American Community Survey

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New Jersey, and Middlesex County in

), are home to by far the highest per capita Indian American populations of any U.S. state and

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, respectively, at 3.9% and 14.1%, by 2013 U.S. Census estimates. * Carteret – 13.6% * Cranbury CDP – 11.5% * Cranbury Township – 10.5% * East Windsor – 12.8% *

– 28.3% *

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– 14.6% * Fords – 11.1% *

– 37.4% * Monroe Township, New Jersey – 11.6% (2016) By 2022, the Indian population was approaching one-third of Monroe Township’s population. *

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– 18.3% * Parsippany – 17.3% * Piscataway – 18.3% * Plainsboro – 29.5% * Robbinsville CDP – 15.7% *

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– 15.3% ---

New York

* Nassau County on

has become a major

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an destination for Indians: ** Bellerose Terrace – 15.2% ** Garden City Park – 18.1% **

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– 23.2% ** Hicksville – 11.7% **

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– 18.3% **

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– 18%

List of Little Indias

In New Jersey

* Hudson County ** Bombay, Jersey City, home of India Square **

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, Jersey City * Mercer County ** Robbinsville CDP (15.7% Asian Indian) ** West Windsor (19.2% Asian Indian) * Middlesex County, with the highest percentage of Asian Indians of any

, at nearly 20% in 2020 ** Monroe Township, with one of the fastest growth rates of its Indian population in the Western Hemisphere, increasing from 256 (0.9%) as of the 2000 Census to an estimated 4,204 (10.0%) as of 2015, representing a 1,542% (multiple of 16) numerical increase over that period. By 2022, the Indian population was approaching one-third of Monroe Township’s population. ** Oak Tree Road,

(28.3% Asian Indian) ** Oak Tree Road,

(37.4% Asian Indian) ** Plainsboro (29.5% Asian Indian) ** Route 27,

(18.3% Asian Indian) ** Route 27, South Brunswick (27.1% Asian Indian) ** Stelton Road, Piscataway (18.3% Asian Indian) ** Woodbridge Township (15.3% Asian Indian) * Morris County ** Route 46, Parsippany (17.3% Asian Indian) * Somerset County ** Bridgewater, in the vicinity of a Hindu temple on the central and western parts of the township

=Bombay, Jersey City

= Bombay,Kiniry, Laura. "Moon Handbooks New Jersey", Avalon Travel Publishing, 2006. pg. 34 in Jersey City, New Jersey, is home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere, containing the rapidly growing Indian ethnic enclave of India Square. The neighborhood is centered on Newark Avenue, between Tonnele Avenue and JFK Boulevard, and is considered to be part of the larger Journal Square District. It has had a large concentration of Indian businesses since the 1970s, with about 15,000 Indians living in Jersey City by 1986. This area has been home to the largest outdoor

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festivities in New Jersey as well as several

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. This portion of Newark Avenue is lined with grocery stores, electronics vendors, video stores,

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businesses, clothing stores, and restaurants, and is one of the busier pedestrian areas of this part of the city, often stopping traffic for hours. According to the 2000 census, there were nearly 13,000 Indians living in this two-block stretch of Jersey City, up from 3,000 in 1980, increasing commensurately between 2000 and 2010. An annual, color-filled spring Holi festival has taken place in Jersey City since 1992, centered upon India Square and attracting significant participation and international media attention. Although India Square continues to represent the heart of Little India in Jersey City, situated between Tonnele Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Little India itself has been expanding further eastward along Newark Avenue, through Jersey City's '' Little Manila'', to Summit Avenue and the Five Corners neighborhood. After dark, the businesses light flashing signs, and the street crowds continue.

=Oak Tree Road (Edison/Iselin)

= Oak Tree Road is a rapidly growing South Asian-focused commercial strip in

, the

with highest concentration of Asian Indians (nearly 20% in 2020) and the geographic heart of the

. The Oak Tree Road strip runs for about one-and-a-half miles through

and neighboring Iselin, New Jersey, near the area's sprawling

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and Koreatown. Little India in Edison and Iselin is the largest and most diverse

cultural hub in the United States. The zone is home to over 400 South Asian establishments and businesses, including dining,

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and electronics retailing, and entertainment. Over 60 Indian and Pakistani restaurants alone are found in the area. In Middlesex County, election ballots are printed in

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, Hindi, and

as well. Edison was, per 2010

census data, 28.3% ethnic Asian Indian population, the highest percentage for any municipality in the United States. According to the 2017 American Community Survey, 42.6% of Iselin residents identified themselves as being Indian American, the highest percentage for any census-designated place in the United States.

In New York

* Nassau County,

** Bellerose Terrace – 15.2% **Broadway/Route 107, Old Country Road, Hicksville ** Garden City Park – 18.1% **

– 23.2% **

– 18.3% **

– 18% * New York City With over 650,000 Indo Americans, the

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contains the largest metropolitan Asian Indian population in the Western Hemisphere. ** Manhattan ***

, in the neighborhoods of Rose Hill and Murray Hill in

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, between 25th and 30th Streets (growing preponderance of South Indian cuisine), has become known as ''Curry Hill'', developing rapidly as Manhattan's Indian population nearly doubled between the 2000 and 2010 Census and has continued to increase, to a Census-estimated 27,289 in 2013. *** East 6th Street, in the East Village of

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, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, with many North Indian restaurants, and known as ''Curry Row''. ** Queens *** Flushing, in the vicinity of the Hindu Temple Society of North America *** Hillside Avenue, Bellerose Manor ***Hillside Avenue, Floral Park ***Hillside Avenue, Glen Oaks ***Hillside Avenue, Jamaica ***73rd and 74th Streets between Roosevelt and 37th Avenues, Jackson Heights ***Punjab Avenue (ਪੰਜਾਬ ਐਵੇਨਿਊ), Richmond Hill (Little Punjab)

Culture

Vidya Balan Insult India Parade or Bollywood Parade

Commerce

Indians have a long history of commerce in the United States. In the late

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and early

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, many Indian tribes in the United States began to focus on tourism as a source of income. Many tribes opened businesses, such as hotels and Indian grocery stores. Today, Indian-owned businesses in the United States include various enterprises, ranging from small retailers and service providers to large corporations.

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is the world’s large supermarket chain serving the Indian diaspora, with 57 locations in 19 U.S. states—primarily located in the New Jersey/New York Metropolitan Area, due to its large Indian population, and with the East Windsor/Monroe Township,

location representing the world’s largest and busiest Indian grocery store outside India.

Indian Independence Day Parade

The annual New York City India Day Parade, held on or approximately every August 15 since 1981, is the world's largest Indian Independence Day parade outside of India and is hosted by The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA). According to the website of Baruch College of the

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, "The FIA, which came into being in 1970 is an umbrella organization meant to represent the diverse Indian population of NYC. Its mission is to promote and further the interests of its 500,000 members and to collaborate with other Indian cultural organization. The FIA acts as a mouth piece for the diverse Indian-Asian population in United States, and is focused on furthering the interests of this diverse community. The parade begins on East 38th Street and continues down

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in Midtown Manhattan until it reaches 28th Street. At the review stand on 28th Street, the grand marshal and various celebrities greet onlookers. Throughout the parade, participants find themselves surrounded by the saffron, white and green colors of the

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. They can enjoy Indian food, merchandise booths, live dancing and music present at the Parade. After the parade is over, various cultural organizations and dance schools participate in program on 23rd Street and Madison Avenue until 6PM." The New York/New Jersey metropolitan region's second-largest India Independence Day parade takes place in

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in Middlesex County, New Jersey, annually in August.

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Kathy Hochul officially declared August 15, 2022 to be India Independence Day in New York; the governor lauded the accomplishments of Indian Americans in a speech that began with "Namaste" and concluded with "Jai Hind".

Sikh Day Visakhi Parade

The world's largest Sikh Day Parade outside India celebrating Vaisakhi and the season of renewal is held in Manhattan annually in April. The parade is widely regarded as being one of the most colourful parades.

Arts, entertainment, and media

In September 2014, approximately 19,000 Indian Americans attended a speech delivered onstage by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at

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in Midtown Manhattan. This appearance was televised live worldwide and was estimated to have been watched by a billion-strong global audience of Indians in India and overseas. The annual Miss India USA pageant is headquartered in New York City and is often held in

or on

. In February 2022, an electronic billboard in Times Square sponsored by the Binder Indian Cultural Center featured a tribute to the late singer Lata Mangeshkar, known as "The Nightingale of India".

News publications in English

* '' India Abroad'' * ''

'' * ''News India Times'' * ''The Indian American'' * ''The South Asian Times'' * ''Tiranga in New Jersey''

Languages

Indians in New York and New Jersey, as in the United States as a whole, are highly fluent in English. However, Hindi (हिन्दी), Gujarati (ગુજરાતી), Marathi (मराठी), Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ), Bengali (বাাংলা), Tamil (தமிழ்), Telugu (తెలుగు), Malayalam (മലയാളം), Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), and Maithili (मैथिली) languages are spoken at home and with local media incorporating these languages available for viewership. In

, election ballots are printed in English, Spanish, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, and Punjabi.

Cuisine

Indian cuisine is very popular in the New York City metropolitan region, bolstered by the growth of the Asian Indian populace and accompanied by growth in the number of Indian restaurants, located both within and outside of traditional Indian enclaves; such that within New York City proper alone, there are hundreds of Indian restaurants. According to David Shaftel of '' The New York Times'' in December 2014, the food at New York City's many Indian chain restaurants is worthy of their flagships in India; the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood south of Murray Hill, namely Rose Hill, has been nicknamed ''Curry Hill'', and provides an abundance of multinational India-based chains specializing in South Indian cuisine. In 2020, CNN Travel claimed that the best Indian food in the United States could be found in Jersey City's India Square. In 1968, a family of

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brothers inaugurated the restaurant Shah Bag at 320 East 6th Street in the East Village of Lower Manhattan, followed by others, with the intention of "making an Indian street". In time, this stretch of East 6th Street between

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and Second Avenues evolved the nickname ''Curry Row'', with a dense collection of North Indian restaurants. By 2000, Indian food food had become ubiquitous in the New York metropolitan area, both inside and outside of Little Indias, with ''dhabas'' popping up around the metro area. These dhabas would serve a quickly growing niche of Indian quick-service food, with a particular appeal to Indians working in professions such as a trucking, taxi-driving, importing, and garment dealers. Indian was also getting more attention from the mainstream American press, with some of these dhabas getting reviews from outlets such as The New York Times.

Religion

Parallelling India's religious constituency, most Indians in the New York City metropolitan region practice Hinduism, followed by

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, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, and irreligion. The Hindu Temple Society of North America in Flushing, Queens, is the oldest Hindu temple in the Western Hemisphere, and its

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feeds 4,000 people a week, with as many as 10,000 during the Diwali (Deepavali) holiday. Further east on

, in Melville, one of the world's largest BAPS temples opened in October 2016.

has large temples of Venkateswara and Guruvayurappan in Bridgewater and Morganville, respectively, and Sai Baba

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s abound throughout the metropolitan area. BAPS also built the world's largest Hindu temple in Robbinsville, Mercer County, in Central New Jersey. The Robbinsville temple was notably raided by the FBI in 2021 for engaging in forced labor to build the temple. Numerous mosques, churches (geared significantly toward a Keralite membership), Sikh gurudwaras, and Jain temples are also situated in the New York City metropolitan area. The

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in Elmhurst, Queens is the oldest Jain temple in the Western hemisphere Many retailers now market Diwali fireworks in the New York City metropolitan region and especially in New Jersey. In September 2021, the State of New Jersey aligned with the World Hindu Council to declare October as Hindu Heritage Month.

Education

Indians have been attaining school board membership positions on various boards of education in New Jersey and on Long Island.

Deepavali/Diwali, Eid/Ramadan as school holidays

Momentum has been growing to recognize the

holy day Deepavali (Diwali) as a holiday on school district calendars in the New York City metropolitan region. New York City announced in October 2022 that Diwali would be an official school holiday commencing in 2023.

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established Diwali as a school holiday in 2005. South Brunswick, New Jersey in 2010 became the first of the many school districts with large Indian student populations in Middlesex County in New Jersey to add Diwali to the school calendar. Glen Rock, New Jersey in February 2015 became the first municipality in

Bergen County Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. to recognize Diwali as an annual school holiday, while thousands in Bergen County celebrated the first

-wide Diwali Mela festival under a unified sponsorship banner in 2016, while Fair Lawn in Bergen County celebrates Holi. Diwali/Deepavali is also recognized by Monroe Township, New Jersey. Efforts have been undertaken in Millburn, Monroe Township, West Windsor-Plainsboro, Bernards Township, and North Brunswick, New Jersey, Long Island, as well as in New York City, among other school districts in the metropolitan region, to make Diwali a holiday on the school calendar. According to the '' Star-Ledger'', Edison, New Jersey councilman Sudhanshu Prasad has noted parents' engagement in making Deepavali a holiday there; while in Jersey City, the four schools with major Asian Indian populations mark the holiday by inviting parents to the school buildings for festivities. Mahatma Gandhi Elementary School is located in

. Efforts are also progressing toward making Diwali and Eid official holidays at all 24 school districts in Middlesex County. At least 12 school districts on Long Island closed for Diwali in 2022, and over 20 in New Jersey. In March 2015, New York City

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officially declared the

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holy days

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and Eid al-Adha holidays on the school calendar. School districts in

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and South Brunswick, New Jersey observe

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Cricket

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is one of the fastest-growing sports in the New York City metropolitan region. In 2016, a public park was expanded in Monroe Township, Middlesex County in

to accommodate a designated

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, among other recreational facilities. There are similar facilities available in Mercer County Park in West Windsor.

Economic developments

Indian pharmaceutical companies are coming to New Jersey to gain a foothold in the United States.

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, based in Hyderabad, set up its U.S. headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey. Kitex Garments, based in Kerala and India's largest children's clothing manufacturer, opened its first U.S. office in Montvale, New Jersey in October 2015. Pharmaceutical company

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, also headquartered in Hyderabad, has established its U.S. headquarters in the

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section of South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, and has implemented a multimillion-dollar expansion of these Central New Jersey operations.

Airline connections with India and the Indian diaspora

A majority of Indian Americans in the New York region are recent immigrants or children of such from India. In that context, travel between the United States and India has developed strong cultural connections, and, in more recent years, business traffic for expatriates. Air India operates

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s from New York JFK to Delhi and

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to Mumbai. United Airlines also operates a nonstop flight from Newark to Mumbai. Meanwhile, Singapore Airlines flies to Changi International Airport in Singapore, where

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is one of the official state languages, both from Newark (with one of the longest non-stop flights in the world) and from New York JFK. In May 2019, Delta Air Lines announced non-stop flight service between JFK and Mumbai, to begin on December 22, 2019. American Airlines started operating nonstop service from JFK to Delhi in November 2021. American Airlines' non-stop flight service codeshared with IndiGo between New York JFK and Delhi began in October 2021. In October 2021, Vistara secured aircraft landing slots at Newark.

Notable people

Arts and culture

Waris Ahluwalia Waris Singh Ahluwalia (Hindi: वारिस सिंह अहलूवालिया, Punjabi: ਵਾਰਿਸ ਸਿੰਘ ਆਹਲੂਵਾਲੀਆ, born 1974) is an Indian-American designer and actor based in New York City. His compan ...

–

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, actor, and model * Aziz Ansari – actor, comedian * Bala Devi Chandrashekar – Bharatanatyam dancer *

Sarita Choudhury Sarita Catherine Louise Choudhury (born 18 August 1966) is a British actress, known for her role as Mina in the Mira Nair-directed feature film ''Mississippi Masala'' (1991). Choudhury has played roles in American and international films and tel ...

– actress *

Nina Davuluri Nina Davuluri (born April 20, 1989) is an American public speaker, advocate, and beauty queen who hosts the reality show ''Made in America'' on Zee TV America from Manhattan. As Miss America 2014, she became the first Indian American contest ...

–

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– lead singer of alternative rock band Young the Giant *

Terry Gajraj Terry Vivekanand Gajraj is a Guyanese chutney and chutney-soca artist. Career Born in the village of Fyrish, near the Corentyne River, in Guyana, he is the eldest of three children and son of a school teacher. Gajraj is a Hindu of Indian descent. ...

– singer * Rohit Gupta – filmmaker *

Poorna Jagannathan Poorna Jagannathan is an American producer and actress of Indian descent. She is best known for her portrayal of Safar Khan in the HBO drama miniseries ''The Night Of'', as well for her role as Nalini Vishwakumar in the Netflix teen comedy seri ...

– actress and fashion model * Norah Jones (Geetali Norah Jones Shankar) – singer-songwriter, musician, and actress *

Vikas Khanna Vikas Khanna (born 14 November 1971) is an Indian chef, restaurateur, cookbook writer, filmmaker and humanitarian. He is one of the judges of Star Plus series ''MasterChef India''. He is based in New York City. Early life and education Khanna ...

– Michelin Star Chef, Restaurateur, author, Filmmaker and Humanitarian. *

Ashok Kondabolu Ashok Kumar Kondabolu (born 1985), also known by his stage name Dapwell (or Dap), is an American actor, writer, and internet personality from Queens, New York City. A graduate of Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, Kondabolu was first known for ...

– internet personality *

Hari Kondabolu Hari Karthikeya Kondabolu (born October 21, 1982)Beem, p. 38 is an American stand-up comic. His comedy covers subjects such as race, inequity, and Indian stereotypes. He was a writer for ''Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell'' and the creator of th ...

– comedian *

Utsav Lal Utsav Lal (born August 18, 1992) is an Indian pianist, educator, composer, and performing musician. Based out of New York, his work on the piano has been deeply influenced by Dhrupad and Indian classical music. Biography Utsav Lal has performe ...

– pianist, composer, and educator * Hasan Minhaj – actor and comedian * Mira Nair – filmmaker * Kal Penn – actor *

Rachel Roy Rachel Irene Roy (born January 15, 1974) is an American fashion designer. Early life and education Roy was born in San Bernardino County, California, and raised in Seaside, California, as a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She grad ...

– fashion designer * Salman Rushdie –

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novelist *

Rakesh Satyal Rakesh Satyal is an American novelist, best known for his Lambda Literary Award-winning debut novel ''Blue Boy''.Suraj Sharma – actor * Himanshu Suri – rapper

Business

Anu Aiyengar Anu Aiyengar is a finance professional based in Manhattan and Global Co-Head of mergers and acquisitions at JPMorgan Chase & Co, a Multinational corporation, multinational banking and financial services holding company based in New York City. ...

– global co-head of North American

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at JPMorgan Chase & Co *

Ajaypal Singh Banga Ajaypal Singh Banga (born November 10, 1959) is an Indian-American business executive. He is currently Vice Chairman at General Atlantic. He was executive chairman of Mastercard, after having previously served as president and chief executive off ...

– CEO, MasterCard *

Sant Singh Chatwal Sant Singh Chatwal is an Indian American businessman and founder of the Dream Hotel Group where he is chair of the board. He has founded numerous hotel brands including The Chatwal, Dream Hotels, Time Hotels, and Unscripted Hotels, which operat ...

– founder of numerous hotel brands including The Chatwal, Dream Hotels, and Time Hotels. *

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– CEO,

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Ajit Jain Ajit Jain (born 1951) is an Indian-American executive who is the Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations for Berkshire Hathaway as of January 10, 2018. Ajit Jain is an older cousin of Anshu Jain, who was the former Co-CEO of Deutsche Bank. Educat ...

– president, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group *

Anshu Jain Anshuman Jain (7 January 1963 – 12 August 2022) was an Indian-born British business executive. From 2017 to 2022, he was the president of the American financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald. He previously served as the Global co-CEO and ...

– president at Cantor Fitzgerald *

Arvind Krishna Arvind Krishna is an Indian-American business executive serving as the Chairman and CEO of IBM. He has been the CEO of IBM since April 2020 and took on the role of Chairman in January 2021. Krishna began his career at IBM in 1990, at IBM's Tho ...

– CEO, IBM * Sandeep Mathrani – CEO, WeWork * Laxman Narasimhan – CEO of Starbucks Corporation *

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– CEO of

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Vikram Pandit Vikram Shankar Pandit (born 14 January 1957) is an Indian-American banker and investor who was the chief executive officer of Citigroup from December 2007 to 16 October 2012 and is the current chairman and chief executive officer of The Oroge ...

– former CEO of

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– economist, chief global strategist of

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and emerging markets

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, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Education

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– professor of finance, New York University Stern School of Business * Jagdish Bhagwati –

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* Manjul Bhargava –

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, Princeton University *

Upmanu Lall Upmanu Lall is an Indian-American engineer and the Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Engineering at Columbia University. He serves as Director of the Columbia Water Center. Lall studies water scarcity and how to predict and mitigate floods ...

– professor,

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, Columbia University * Mahmood Mamdani – professor of political science, Columbia University *

Geeta Menon Geeta Menon is the Abraham Krasnoff Professor of Global Business at New York University Stern School of Business. Most recently, she was the 11th Dean of the NYU Stern Undergraduate College (2011-2019). She has been a member of NYU Stern's Market ...

- professor and previously Dean Emeritus at New York University Stern School of Business * Arvind Panagariya – professor, Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs * Katepalli Sreenivasan –

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of New York University Tandon School of Engineering *

Raghu Sundaram Rangarajan K. "Raghu" Sundaram is an Indian-born American academic. He is the Dean of the New York University Stern School of Business, and the author or co-author of two books. Early life Sundaram was educated in India, where he earned a Bachelo ...

– Dean of New York University Stern School of Business

Entrepreneurship and technology

Dhairya Dand Dhairya Dand Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, FRSA (born 27 April) is an Indian-born, American inventor and artist based in New York City. His work investigates the human body as a medium for computation; new materials as a tool to embody in ...

– inventor, artist, and designer * Vikram Joshi – CTO and co-founder of Pulsd *

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– innovation consultant

Health

* Dave Chokshi, former Commissioner of Health of the City of New York *

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– physician,

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advocate, public speaker, and author * Siddhartha Mukherjee –

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and oncologist, scientist, and

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winner for General Non-Fiction *

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– Commissioner of Health of the City of New York

Law, politics, and diplomacy

* Ravinder Bhalla – mayor, Hoboken * Preet Bharara – former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York *

– first Indian to become a naturalized U.S. citizen *

Saikat Chakrabarti Saikat Chakrabarti (born January 12, 1986) is a political advisor and software engineer. He was formerly chief of staff to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the U.S. representative from New York's 14th congressional district representing portions of The ...

– U.S. Congressional aide *

Upendra J. Chivukula Upendra Chivukula (born October 8, 1950) is a Democratic politician who currently serves as a Commissioner on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities after serving more than 12 years in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he had been the De ...

– Commissioner,

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Bhairavi Desai Bhairavi Desai (pronounced BY-ra-vee They-SIGH) is a founding member of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, a Trade union, union representing approximately 15,000 taxi drivers in New York City. She is known as a progressivism, progressive social a ...

– founder and executive director,

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Vin Gopal Vinod Gopal (born May 18, 1985) is an American Democratic politician who took office on January 9, 2018 to represent the 11th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate, which covers portions of Monmouth County. Prior to his election to t ...

–

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, representing the

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in Monmouth County * Gurbir Grewal – New Jersey's 61st State Attorney General *

Shekar Krishnan Shekar Krishnan (born June 5, 1985) is an American attorney and politician who is a member of the New York City Council for the 25th district, which covers the northwestern Queens neighborhoods of Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, and parts of Eas ...

– New York City councilman, elected in November 2021, representing Jackson Heights and Elmhurst, Queens *

Zohran Mamdani Zohran Kwame Mamdani (born October 18, 1991) is a Ugandan-born American politician. He is the assembly member for the 36th district of the New York State Assembly, in Queens. Mamdani was elected after defeating incumbent Democrat Aravella Simot ...

– member,

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, representing the 36th District, in Queens *

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– Assemblyman

Media

* Janaki Chada – '' Politico'' *

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author, actress, and model *

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'' *

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=Oak Tree Road (Edison/Iselin)

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