Kamala Harris, Nicky Minaj and other notable people with Indian roots

Kamala Harris, who has Asian-American and African-American roots, is the daughter of breast-cancer scientist Shyamala Gopalan, who emigrated from Tamil Nadu, India.

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American singer Nicky Minaj's father Robert Maraj was of Afro-Trinidadian and Indo-Trinidadian descent.

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Former cricketer Nasser Hussain was born in Madras. His father was an Indian and his mother was an English woman.

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Actress Mindy Kaling, who was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has a Tamilian father and a Bengali mother.

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Sir Ben Kingsley's father was of Gujarati Indian descent. Kingsley's memorable performance is his portrayal of Mohandas Gandhi in Richard Attenborough’s 'Gandhi'.

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