Anglo-Indians
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Bangalore,Chennai | |
| India | Est. 300,000 – 1,000,000 |
| United Kingdom | 86,000 |
| Australia | 22,000 |
| Canada | 22,000 |
| United States | 20,000 |
| Myanmar | 19,200 |
| New Zealand | 15,861 |
| Malaysia | 10,310 |
| Singapore | 4,800 |
| Pakistan | <1500 |
| Languages | |
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English Local regional languages are also commonly spoken |
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| Religion | |
| Christianity (Protestantism or Catholicism), Hinduism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Indo-Aryan people, Dravidian people, British people, Anglo-Burmese, Scottish-Indian, Irish Indians, Burghers, Kristang people, Indo people, Singaporean Eurasians, Macanese people | |
English
The term Anglo-Indians can refer to at least two groups of people: those with mixed Indian and British ancestry, and people of British descent born or living in the Indian subcontinent. The latter sense is now mainly historical, but confusions can arise. The Oxford Dictionary, for example, gives three possibilities: "Of mixed British and Indian parentage, of Indian descent but born or living in Britain, or (chiefly historical) of British descent or birth but living or having lived long in India". People fitting the middle definition are more usually known as British Asian or British Indian. This article focuses primarily on the modern definition, a distinct minority community of mixed Eurasian ancestry, whose native language is English.
During the centuries that Britain was in India, the children born to British men and Indian women began to form a new community. (This process was replicated in many other meetings of European traders and colonisers across the subcontinent, including in Burma - Anglo-Burmese people - and Sri Lanka - Burgher people.) These Anglo-Indians formed a small but significant portion of the population during the British Raj, and were well represented in certain administrative roles. The Anglo-Indian population dwindled from roughly 500,000 at the time of independence in 1947 to fewer than 150,000 by 2010. Many have adapted to local communities or emigrated to the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the United States and New Zealand.
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