Indian Nepalis

{{Short description|Indian diaspora in Nepal}}

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{{Infobox ethnic group

| group = Indian Nepali

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| regions = Terai region, Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Birganj, Jhapa, Mahakali, Butwal, Chitwan

| langs = Bhojpuri, Maithili, Marwari, Bangla, Various Nepalese languages

| rels = {{hlist|Hinduism| Buddhism| Islam| Jainism}}

| related = {{hlist|Burmese Indians| Indians in China}}

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Indian Nepali, Indian Nepali or Indo Nepalese, are people of Indian origin who migrated from India to Nepal, predominantly since British India.{{Cite journal |last1=Neha Tamang |last2=Prabhakaran |first2=Dr S. |date=2023-03-10 |title=Tracing The Origin Of Indian Gorkhas In Darjeeling And The Problem Of Their Identity Crisis |url=https://namibian-studies.com/index.php/JNS/article/view/5871 |journal=Journal of Namibian Studies: History Politics Culture |language=en |volume=33 |pages=722–741 |doi=10.59670/8m02ke21 |doi-broken-date=26 February 2025 |issn=2197-5523}}{{Cite web |date=2023-07-21 |title=Nepali Migrant Workers in India: A Rite of Passage to Adulthood - CSEP |url=https://csep.org/blog/nepali-migrant-workers-in-india-a-rite-of-passage-to-adulthood/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |language=en-US}}

The Marwari people have lived in Nepal for several hundred years. They came to Nepal from Rajasthan as traders and flourished in Nepal where there was very little trade activity then. Now the Marwaris control majority of top businesses of Nepal. There are also a few Punjabis and Bengalis in major cities of Nepal. Many Muslims have also emigrated from India to Nepal. A majority of them are involved in low profile works like rickshaw pullers, cobblers, tailors, scavengers etc, while some run small businesses. {{CN|date=June 2025}}

In 2001, it was estimated that around 4 million Indians had married Madhesi Nepalis over the previous 35 to 40 years while an estimated 1 million migrated from India to Nepal, mostly for work.https://lib.icimod.org/api/files/4003b203-c144-4cf9-9bed-48a5ad2c09ff/1139.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjex42z1Y_qAhUyheYKHaRWAKkQFjAHegQIDhAK&usg=AOvVaw3lkum5JJrLIm07yZWQymLG {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/01/07/stories/05071343.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015044439/http://hindu.com/2001/01/07/stories/05071343.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 October 2012|title=Where big can be bothersome|date=7 January 2001|work=The Hindu|access-date=20 April 2020}}