Indian American

Indian Americans are citizens of the United States with ancestry from India. The term Asian Indian is used to avoid confusion with Native Americans and the indigenous peoples of the Americas, who have historically been referred to as "Indians", also known as "American Indians". With a population of more than four and a half million, Indian Americans make up 1.4% of the U.S. population and they are also the largest group of South Asian Americans, as well as the second largest group of Asian Americans after Chinese Americans. Indian Americans are the highest-earning ethnic group in the United States.

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Remembering Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian American to go to space

Remembering the Pioneering Journey of Indian-American Astronaut Kalpana Chawla

The face of the Perseverance landing was an Indian American woman