TISI, out of the 4940 students, 1765 took Tamil classes. New Caledonia There are about 500 New Caledonians of Indian Tamil descent. Like in Réunion, they were known as Malabars and orinignally arrived in the 19th century from other French Territories, namely Réunion. New Caledonia has several descendants of Tamils, whose parents intermarried with the local population in the last century. See also Tamil Nadu diaspora Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Tamils Tamil nationalism List of Tamil businesspeople Notes References External links Tamil Diaspora by V. Sivasupramaniam Tamil Diaspora - A Trans State Nation by Nadesan Satyendra History of Tamil Diaspora by V. Sivasupramaniam Ethnic groups in Singapore Ethnic groups in Fiji Ethnic groups in Guyana Ethnic groups in Mauritius Karnataka society Ethnic groups in Malaysia Indian diaspora in Myanmar Ethnic groups in Réunion Sri Lankan Tamil society Ethnic groups in Trinidad and Tobago