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NOTES AND REFERENCES

(1) Dalton, E. (1966) Mission of Help Church Mission
Society Triple Jubilee Souvenir. Kottayam, Kerala: Church
Mission Press p.5; see also, De Montmorency, G. (1939) The
Anglo-Indian Community: An Indian Problem UNITED EMPIRE
Vol.XXX pp.LXVII-LXIX; see also, Eapen, K.V. (1979) A
Study on the contribution of the Church Mission Society to
the Progress and Development of Education in Kerala
Unpublished Thesis Ph.D. in Education University of Kerala
(p.51); see also, Laird, M.A. (1972) Missionaries and
Education in Bengal. (1793-1837) Oxford: Clarenden Press
(p.35); see also, Law, N. N. (1915) Promotion of Learning
in India by European Settlers up to 1800 A.P. London:
Longmans, Green & Co., (pp.80-1); see also, Sinha, S.P.
(19 7 8) English In India: A Historical Study with
particular reference to English Education in India Patna,
India: Janaki Prakashan (p.12); see also, Yaquin, A.
(19 8 2) Constitutional Protection of Minority Education
Institutions in India New Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications
(p.31)

(2) The definition of the Anglo-Indian is found in Article
366 (2) of the Government of India Act of 1935 and in
Article 366(2) of the Constitution of India 1950

(3) The offspring of Portuguese men and Indian women were
known as Luso-Indians. The descendants of Luso-Indians
live in Goa on the west coast of India. They have
Portuguese surnames, (p.10); see, Abel, E. (1988) op.
cit., (p.10). In Madras the descendants of European men
and Indian women were called Topasses and in Bengal were
known as Firinghees. The Anglo-Indians wore a hat (topi),
and the name topasses was derived from the word topi.

The word Firinghee was derived from Fringy, which was used
by Europeans to describe the "black Messtee Portuguese
Christians". This description was written in a letter to
Drake, President and Governor of Bengal, dated the 16th
June, 1755. (p.13); see also, Stark, H.A. (1936, 1987) op.
cit., (p.13). Anglo-Indians have also been called "half
countrimen", "mesticos", "East Indians", "country-born",
"Indo Britain", "Indo-European" and "Eurindian", and
"Eurasian"; see also, Goodrich, D.W. (1942) The Making of
an Ethnic Group: The Eurasian Community in India State
College of Washington Ph.D. University of California.
Goodrich conducted a research into the Anglo-Indian
community, and these ethnic groupings were described by her
in her thesis, (p.2) Goodrich classified Anglo-Indians as

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