Anglo-Indian people

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Anglo-Indian people are a distinct Indian minority community of mixed-race British and Indian ancestry. During the colonial period their ancestry was defined by British paternal and Indian maternal heritage; in the period subsequent to the British Raj, the term Anglo-Indian has also encompassed other European and Indian ancestries. Anglo-Indians' first language is English. In the nineteenth century, various designations such as Eurasian or Indo-Briton were used to describe this community, while Anglo-Indian was primarily used for white Britons in India. Since 1911, Anglo-Indian has been used primarily for mixed race individuals with paternal British and Indian maternal ancestry while white Britons living in India were classed separately as European. The All India Anglo-Indian Association, founded in 1926, has long represented the interests of this ethnic group; it holds that Anglo-Indians are unique in that they are Christians, speak English as their mother tongue, and have a historical...

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