a "new social grouping of mankind", (p.l) Her thesis did
not examine why Eurasians became conscious of themselves as
Anglo-Indians, constituting a group, but rather when and
how Anglo-Indians became conscious of themselves as a
community, (p.6)
Goodrich concluded that the European powers in the
eighteenth century
... found it expedient to set their own
interests apart from those of the Eurasians,
and began to attribute an identity to the
hybrid people as a class, (p.6)
See also, Williamson, T. (Capt.) (1810) The East India Vade
Mecum, or Complete Guide to Gentlemen Intended for the
Civil, Military or Naval Services of the Honourable East
India Company Vol I (pp.458-9). This handbook described
the children of European fathers and Indian women as
effeminate, weak, ill-disposed with many of the
"unfortunate girls becoming insane;" see also, Naidis, M.
(1963) op. cit., (p.412) ; see also, Moreno, H.W. (1923)
Some Anglo-Indian Terms and Origins Proceedings of the
Indian Historical Commission Volume V January (pp.76-82)
Moreno referred to Anglo-Indians as "mixed-blood, half-
castes, mixed breeds and Indo-Britons" (pp.76-82); see
also, Lord Canning's Minute of October 29, 1860 which
referred to the Anglo-Indian community as "Indianised
English." (p.48) in an article written by, Edwards, I.
(1881) 'Eurasians and Poor Europeans in India' THE
CALCUTTA REVIEW Volume LXII, Art. 11; see also, Park, R.E.
(1928) 'Human Migration and the Marginal Man' THE AMERICAN
JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY May Vol.33 pp.881-893. Park, R.E.
referred to Anglo-Indians as a "cultural hybrid", community
which lived and shared intimately "in the cultural life and
traditions of two distinct peoples." (pp.881-893)
(4) Yaqin, A. (1982) op. cit., p. 31 Articles 29(1) and
30(1) of the Constitution of India 1950. The Constituent
Assembly did not concede any political rights to any other
minority except the Anglo-Indians.
(5) See Profile No. 372.
(6) See, AIR 1954, Supreme Court 561 (pp.568-69). In 1954,
Justice Das of the Supreme Court offered the most balanced
description of Anglo-Indian education. For a detailed
account of the Bombay Schools' Case (1954) read Chapter 4.
Paras 3.1; 4.2. and 4.3.
(7) Daniell, H.R.H. (1941) op. cit., (p.64); see also,
Law, N. N. (1915) op. cit., (p.10); see also, Love, H.D.
(1913) Vestiges of Old Madras Vol. I London: John Murray
(p.499); see also, Penny, F. (1904) The Church in Madras
London: Smith Elder & Co. (p.167)
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