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*Articles about the actress Merle Oberon [https://web.archive.org/web/20121010073723/http://sapnamagazine.com/2009/hollywoods-first-indian-actress-merle-oberon  sapnamagazine.com], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130904015845/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/documentaries/stories/s657300.htm  abc.net.au] archive.org links. This  [https://web.archive.org/web/20090604213429/http://merleoberon.net/ archived link] refers to an image of her birth certificate  “obtained from the Bombay records office”, but the image is not accessible to the writer of this item.However,  what appear to be the same images are available in this [https://web.archive.org/web/20090918230213/http://masterpiece.com.au/books/?p=35 archived link], including an image of the birth registration.  [http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/08/01/stories/2008080151070200.htm From Bombay to Beverly Hills] by Randor Guy August 01, 2008 ''The Hindu'' advises she was born in Bombay (Khetwadi) and christened at Girgaon
*Articles about the actress Merle Oberon [https://web.archive.org/web/20121010073723/http://sapnamagazine.com/2009/hollywoods-first-indian-actress-merle-oberon  sapnamagazine.com], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130904015845/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/documentaries/stories/s657300.htm  abc.net.au] archive.org links. This  [https://web.archive.org/web/20090604213429/http://merleoberon.net/ archived link] refers to an image of her birth certificate  “obtained from the Bombay records office”, but the image is not accessible to the writer of this item.However,  what appear to be the same images are available in this [https://web.archive.org/web/20090918230213/http://masterpiece.com.au/books/?p=35 archived link], including an image of the birth registration.  [http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/08/01/stories/2008080151070200.htm From Bombay to Beverly Hills] by Randor Guy August 01, 2008 ''The Hindu'' advises she was born in Bombay (Khetwadi) and christened at Girgaon
*Articles about the singer Cliff Richard. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2261676/Cliff-Richards-India-How-singers-career-actually-began-Calcutta.html Cliff's Calcutta: How Richard's singing career actually began in the British Raj] by Steve Turner 13 January 2013 dailymail.co.uk. [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100411/jsp/nation/story_12327591.jsp  Letter to girl shows bachelor boy streak] by Amit Roy April 11 , 2010 ''The Telegraph Calcutta'' advises Cliff Richard’s parents were Anglo Indian
*Articles about the singer Cliff Richard. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2261676/Cliff-Richards-India-How-singers-career-actually-began-Calcutta.html Cliff's Calcutta: How Richard's singing career actually began in the British Raj] by Steve Turner 13 January 2013 dailymail.co.uk. [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100411/jsp/nation/story_12327591.jsp  Letter to girl shows bachelor boy streak] by Amit Roy April 11 , 2010 ''The Telegraph Calcutta'' advises Cliff Richard’s parents were Anglo Indian
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oefi0KfYnKA "End of the Raaj""] by Paul Harris. YouTube video  (5 minute snippet  from the documentary of the same name). Further extracts [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoCS8fTVUgI "Anglo-Indian-isms"] YouTube video (retrieved 21 April 2014)


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===

Revision as of 04:07, 21 April 2014

See also


Definition of Anglo-Indian

Section 366 of the Constitution of India (1950) states

“"An 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."

This definition is a constitutional one and makes no reference to female ancestry. It has been argued as being somewhat limited and it is not unusual for those with such European descent lying in the female line to regard their ancestress as Anglo Indian for genealogical purposes.


FIBIS Fact Files No 1

Researching Anglo-Indian Ancestry 2009 21pp.
Essential for any family historian with blended ethnicity. The booklet contains two expanded and updated articles previously published in the FIBIS Journal: "The children of John Company : the Anglo-Indians" by Geraldine Charles, and "A Luso-Indian voyage" by Cliff Pereira. These two authorities provide invaluable information: definitions of the various terms used for those of mixed race in the Indian sub-continent, a brief background history of these communities, reading lists, and, by using their own families as a basis, a demonstration of how to effectively research Anglo-Indian ancestors.
Available from the FIBIS Shop.

Recommended reading

  • Bear, Laura Lines of the Nation (New York: Columbia, 2007) [essential but uncomfortable reading for Anglo-Indians with railway roots].
  • See also list of titles under the “Anglo-Indians” section of FIBIS Society Reading List


External Links

Historical books online

  • The Queen's Daughters in India by Elizabeth W. Andrew and Katharine C. Bushnell 1899. Investigation and Report by two American missionaries into the government sanctioned brothels in British Army cantonments. Page 54 of the document states that many of the prostitutes were the offspring of British men. html version, original pdf godswordtowomen.org.
  • "The Eurasian Problem in India" by A Nundy, Barrister-at Law page 56 The Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review and Oriental and Colonial Record New Series Volume IX January-April 1900 Archive.org
  • The Domiciled European and Anglo-Indian Race of India by Millicent Boddington Wilson. However, the British Library catalogue states "the 3rd ed. (1929?) states that although earlier editions were published in the name of M.B. Wilson, the book was actually written by her brother J.B. Smart". The 1928 edition is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website.