The Burmese government, on the other hand, says they are relatively recent migrants from the Indian sub-continent.
Church and Longmarket Street are the places to go if you fancy a taste of the sub-continent.
The World Cup starts in the sub-continent on 19 February and the final 15-man squads must be named by next Wednesday.
"In India and the sub-continent in general, we have a full year of cricket and there's no off-season, " he said.
Statistics suggested people with Indian sub-continent backgrounds living in the UK had a greater risk of diabetes and heart disease.
The Mela was launched during the 1990 European City of Culture festivities to celebrate the traditions and customs of the Indian sub-continent.
But England team director Andy Flower said on Wednesday that he thought Prior was a better option on the Asian sub-continent pitches.
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Hepatitis B is common in Asia, particularly in the sub-continent and China, and traditional Indian medical practice has long-standing methods for its treatment.
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His illness first manifested itself in India last year, and he later opted not to return to the sub-continent for the ICC Champions Trophy.
South Africa will next tour Australia for a three-Test series starting in November, while England will go to the sub-continent to take on India again.
They bypassed the political route to bring the World Cup back to the sub- continent in 1996, with Sri Lanka as a third joint host.
The country of 164 million came into being seven years later, when the British left the Indian sub-continent, partitioning it into India and Pakistan.
Pathan finished with an 18-wicket haul in the tournament, justifying his billing as the best young pace bowler in the sub-continent, as India clinched the title.
The 38-year-old had been filling the role on a temporary basis but helped England to their first major series win on the sub-continent for 20 years.
"I want to primarily focus on the 15 or 16 players who will represent us at the 2011 World Cup in the sub-continent, " said coach Phil Simmons.
But now, following a record 37th win as Test captain, a trip back to the sub-continent in 2004 is looking a certainty, unless injury denies him the opportunity.
Conversely, if they are found guilty but pardoned there will be accusations of double standards: one rule for westerners and another for workers from the sub-continent and Africa.
Whatever that their DNA might have come from the sub-continent.
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Probably unknown to Kidd, however, was that his backers were rivals of the powerful East India Company, the ruthless multinational corporation that exported exotic goods from the Indian sub-continent.
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At the same time, the rapid melting of Himalayan glaciers promises to deprive the great rivers of the Indian sub-continent, the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra, of their summertime source.
Greenhouse gases apart, experts say, emissions from India's power plants, factories and transportation have led to the accumulation of aerosols and black soot in the skies of the Indian sub-continent.
"We look forward to Ricky completing his recovery and leading this team to a fourth successive World Cup on the sub-continent at the completion of the Australian summer, " Hilditch said recently.
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It dwarfs one-time concerns about how staging the eight-team event in Africa might damage the IPL after the attacks on Sri Lanka's cricketers in March prompted a swift departure from the sub-continent.
It could be nice, especially in the sub-continent.
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The Delhi-born son of an Urdu-speaking family that migrated to Pakistan after the partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947, Pervez Musharraf survived numerous assassination attempts and plots against him during his time in power.
The manager of the World Cup team, a businessman named Tanveer Muzhar Islam, says the reason for the popularity of cricket is that, like the rest of the sub-continent, Bangladesh is no good at football.
One intractable aspect of the problem in some parts of the country - highlighted before though not mentioned in the more recent clampdowns - is families' taking extended leave to visit relatives overseas, especially in the Asian sub-continent or the Caribbean.
Morris said he was in "constant communication" with the ECB to find a "proactive solution with some flexibility" but he favoured developing an English alternative that would compensate the leading players for missing out on the riches on offer in the sub-continent.
Dhoni handed the ball to Yuvraj Singh - a player described by Pietersen as a "pie-thrower" during England's tour to the sub-continent last winter - but he was carted all over the ground before being pulled out of the attack after just two overs.
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