Background of The Telugu Race in Malaysia
In the late 19th century and early 20th century, there was a significant exodus of Andhras especially from the Visakhapatnam district to the Malay Peninsula. They came as manual labourers to meet the shortage of labour in the rubber and coconut plantations, mainly owned by the British. Motivations for the migration the intolerable conditions in the Visakhapatnam district. Floods devastated the crops and the dwindling of the mercantile industry brought a lot of unemployment. Meanwhile, there was a shortage of labor in the plantations of Malaya. Therefore, in 1921, about 40,000 Andhras from India migrated to Malaya. Many settled throughout West Malaya, though the main concentration was in Lower Perak (Bagan Datoh and Teluk Intan areas), Selangor, Negeri Sembilah, and Kedah.
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