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NOTES AND REFERENCES
(1) In 1975, The Havanur Report stated that groups of
persons could be identified as backward, in various
aspects of "human existence - social, cultural, economic,
political" (See no. 39 Chapter 5 Notes) in India.
In India the word backward is generally understood as
castes or communities which were enumerated in the Census
Report of 1911. "The Europeans and Anglo-Indians who have
English as their mother tongue will of course be excluded
by that fact". See, Report of the Committee Appointed
to Consider Steps necessary for the Adequate
Representation of Communities in the Public Service, (no
date) p.l The views in this Report were expressed by
Miller, L.C; Aiyar, C.S; Chennaiya, H; Basavaiya, M;
Kalami, G.A. and Muthanna, M.
In 1987, Anglo-Indians who were British citizens,
described the "appalling conditions" under which their
relatives and friends lived. See, Lobo, A. (1988) Anglo-
Indians in Britain: An Educational Perspective of an
Urban Ethnic-Minority Community Unpublished Dissertation
Master of Arts Degree in Urban Education. The Institute
of Education, University of London. The British Anglo-
Indians referred to their relatives and friends in India
as "backward Anglo-Indians".
(2) See the Introduction for a description of the
Channel 4 programme which offered British viewers scenes
of poverty, unemployment and neglect in the Anglo-Indian
community in India.
(3) Lobo, A. (1988) op. cit.,
(4) Park, R.E., Burgess, E.W. and McKenzie, R.D. (1925,
1967, 1984) The City: Suggestions for Investigation of
Human Behaviour in the Urban Environment Chapter III
'The Ecological Approach to the study of the Human
Community' Midway Reprint Chicago: The University of
Chicago Press p.68
(5) See, Hedin, E.L. (1934) 'The Anglo-Indian Community'
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY Vol.40 pp.165-179.
Illinois: The University of Chicago Press. In 1934
Hedin, E.L. referred to Anglo-Indians as "servile
hangers-on of officialdom that there is little doubt of
their attempting to curry favour with Hindus or Moslems
or both if there seems to be a prospect of complete
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