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It appears there was no formal legal regulation of the '''adoption of children''' in British India, the government was not involved in the adoption process and accordingly there are no government records.
In fact there are '''no known sources of adoption records''', apart from the fact that baptismal records may occasionally show original name and adopted name, as indicated in the below India List posts.<ref>Murphy, Sylvia. [https://listsweb.rootswebarchive.comorg/web/20210520220847/hyperkittyhttps:/list/indiamlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india&thread/=15661795/ Adoptions] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 2 June 1999. Retrieved 6 April 2019, archived. Walter, Marion. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190410023855/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/520750/ Adoptions] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 21 January 2013, archived.</ref>
Adoption was a private process, perhaps arranged by a family member, as mentioned in the below India List post.<ref>Railton, David. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190406103134/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/1662298/ NICHOLLS/SAVILLE/FRASER/WRIGHT/MOULTON/REESE] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 26 September 2010, archived.</ref>
