Anglo-Indian

The Anglo-Indian community is a distinct minority community originating in India consisting of people of mixed British and Indian ancestry who speak English as their mother-tongue. The British ancestry was in most cases bequeathed paternally.

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British - India

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The official definition of Anglo-Indian, however, is slightly wider: "Anglo-Indian means a person whose father or any of whose other male progenitors in the male line is or was of European descent but who is domiciled within the territory of India and is or was born within such territory of parents habitually resident therein and not established there for temporary purposes only". Under this definition, the mestiços (mixed Portuguese and Indian) of Goa are also included.

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Mestiços - Portuguese - Goa

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Anglo-Indians formed a small portion of the minority community in India before independence, but today more of them live outside India than within. The community has always been concentrated around towns and cities that were important railway terminals, as a large proportion of them worked in the Indian Railways and the post and telegraph services.

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Independence - Indian Railways

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Their numbers in India have dwindled significantly as most emigrated to the UK, Australia and New Zealand and, to a less extent, Canada and the United States.

Related Topics:
UK - Australia - New Zealand - Canada - United States

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