The name is absent

The next section describes the empirical data collected
during the field research. The section attempts to
correlate the Anglo-Indians' and non Anglo-Indians'
experiences of religion in an Anglo-Indian school. The
adults were asked one question (c.f. discussion below Ch.
8 p.301). The students were interviewed in groups.
Questionnaires were handed to the students which probed
their experience of learning Christianity and ethics which
the students called Moral Education (c.f. discussion below
Notes and References Ch. 8 p.313-4).

3. The field study: Respondents' religions - analysis

The tables on pages 299-300 show that of the 628
respondents in the field study, 398 (63%) were Anglo-
Indians. The remainder were Indians (Hindus and Muslims),
Indian Christians and Europeans. Among Anglo-Indian
respondents all except one were Christian. This one
exception was a Muslim in Calcutta. The 397 Christian
Anglo-Indian respondents were widely distributed among all
the cities visited. This demonstrates the importance of
Christianity in the Anglo-Indian community.

There were no Hindus among the respondents in Calcutta,
Cochin, Coonoor, Faridabad, Ketti, Madras and Shillong.
The respondents in these cities were all Christians. There
were also no Muslim respondents in Cochin, Coonoor,
Faridabad, Ketti, Madras and Shillong. Among non Christian
respondents, Devlali was the city with the largest number
of both Hindus and Muslims.

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