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EDEX Expo is an annual career fair and exhibition in Sri Lanka which is the flagship event of EDEX.Over the years it has become the primary career fair in the country and a national event with the primary exhibition taking place at BMICH, Colombo followed by a secondary exhibition taking place at Kandy a few weeks later.
California has the highest number of Sri Lankans of any U.S. state at 14,008. [9] Meanwhile, Maryland has the highest share of Sri Lankans at 0.07%. [10] Little Sri Lanka, in the Tompkinsville neighborhood of Staten Island, New York, is one of the largest Sri Lankan communities outside of the country of Sri Lanka itself.
In the United States, South Asian Americans have had a presence since the 1700s, emigrating from British India.Classically, they were known as East Indians or Hindoos (regardless of whether they were followers of Hinduism or not) in North America to differentiate them from the Native Americans, who were also known as Indians, as well as from Black West Indians.
The Federation of Tamil Sangams in North America (FeTNA) is a non-profit organization of Tamil organizations in the United States and Canada. It is a registered, [1] non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization and founded in 1987 by five Tamil organizations: Tamil Association of Delaware Valley, Tamil Sangam of Washington & Baltimore, New York Tamil Sangam, Ilankai Tamil Sangam and ...
Location of Sri Lanka, a small island nation, in the Indian Ocean. The minority Sri Lankan Tamil-dominated Jaffna Peninsula ruled by the Jaffna Kingdom, which is hardly 15 by 40 mi (24 by 64 km), came under the direct jurisdiction of colonial power from Europe after the 1591 demise of Puviraja Pandaram, a local king, at the hands of the Portuguese.
The majority of Tamil Americans come from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Significant minorities are from other Indian states like Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, etc., as well as from other countries like Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Singapore. In 2000, the number of Tamil speakers in the US numbered approximately 50,000 individuals.
This is a list of notable Sri Lankan American citizens, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants, but does not include Sri Lankan nationals living or working in the U.S. The list includes a brief description of the reason for their notability.
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States of Sri Lankan ethnic or national origin or descent, whether partial or full. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.