The name is absent

The Anglo-Indians were referred to as turncoats and were
reduced to penury by these repressive policies. They lost
their lives to create an empire for the Company. They left
one-parent families who had to be supported by the military
and the missionaries. The words charity school, benevolent
institution and orphanages crept into the Anglo-Indian
consciousness .

By 1810, Kiernander^zS Mission school and the Calcutta Free
School were merged. Carey and Marshman found it necessary
to establish The Benevolent Institution to educate poor,
orphaned Anglo-Indian children. (41) The education,
income and family structure of the community were being
rooted out by these repressive policies.

5. Conclusions

This chapter started by examining the creation of the
Anglo-Indian community in the fifteenth century. Anglo-
Indians are a "mixed community" - with European blood on
the paternal side and Indian women of many diverse cultures
on the maternal side.

The present day Anglo-Indian schools owe their existence to
the European fathers needing a family life in India
supported by Christian religious practices and traditions.
Thus, Christianity was thrust on the Anglo-Indian
community.

The earliest Anglo-Indian missionary schools were also an
accidental by-product of the expansionist policies of the
European traders and the spiritual ambitions of European
missionaries .

The impact of colonialism and the missionary schools on the
Anglo-Indian community was analyzed. The argument was made

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