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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 this these India List postposts<ref>India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/1999-06/0928326886 post] dated 2 June 1999 and Walter, Marion [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2013-01/1358772138 Adoptions] Rootweb India List 21 January 2013.</ref>
Adoption was a private process, perhaps arranged by a family member, as mentioned in this India List post
