Anglo-Indian
Empire's mixed heritage
Anglo-Indian refers to people of mixed British and Indian ancestry, or to British people who lived for extended periods in India, particularly during the colonial era.
The term also describes the distinctive culture, customs, and cuisine that emerged from this blending of British and Indian traditions.
As an adjective, it characterizes things relating to this community or to British India generally: Anglo-Indian railway terminology, Anglo-Indian cooking.
The Anglo-Indian community developed its own dialect incorporating Hindi and other Indian language elements into English.
Spiced Indian soup
- kedgereeCurried fish and rice breakfast
- curryAromatic South Asian dish
- chutneySpiced fruit-based condiment
- tiffinLight midday meal
jalfrezi · vindaloo · cutlet · kofta · deviled · korma · biryani · masala
Of two connected continents
- biculturalOf two cultural backgrounds
- identityWho someone is
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- intermarriageWedding between different groups
ancestry · multiracial · domiciled · Calcutta · Madras · Bangalore · Christian names · assimilation
Imperial rule over India
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- memsahibColonial-era Indian honorific
- sahibIndian honorific for men
- pukkaGenuinely excellent, Anglo-Indian
cantonment · hill station · Viceroy · sepoy · mutiny · Kipling · governance · administration
Adopted foreign vocabulary
- pidginImprovised contact language
- pukkaGenuinely excellent, Anglo-Indian
- wallahWorker for specific job
- chitInformal IOU or receipt
jungle · thug · loot · bungalow · veranda · shampoo · cummerbund · jodhpurs
mulligatawny
Spiced Indian soup
- kedgereeCurried fish and rice breakfast
- curryAromatic South Asian dish
- chutneySpiced fruit-based condiment
tiffin · jalfrezi · vindaloo · cutlet · kofta · deviled · korma · biryani · masala · dal
Eurasian
Of two connected continents
- biculturalOf two cultural backgrounds
- identityWho someone is
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
intermarriage · ancestry · multiracial · domiciled · Calcutta · Madras · Bangalore · Christian names · assimilation · migration
British Raj
Imperial rule over India
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- memsahibColonial-era Indian honorific
- sahibIndian honorific for men
pukka · cantonment · hill station · Viceroy · sepoy · mutiny · Kipling · governance · administration · Victorian era
loanwords
Adopted foreign vocabulary
- pidginImprovised contact language
- pukkaGenuinely excellent, Anglo-Indian
- wallahWorker for specific job
chit · jungle · thug · loot · bungalow · veranda · shampoo · cummerbund · jodhpurs · khaki
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
genealogy · history · archives · lineage · family recipes · music · dances · stories · memorabilia · oral history
- British IndiaBritish Raj, viceroy, Raj, governor-general, memsahib
- Hyphenated IdentitiesAfrican-American, Mexican-American, Irish-American, Italian-American, Chinese-American
- Raj LiteratureKim, Rudyard Kipling, Kipling, E.M. Forster, Forster
- Border CulturesTex-Mex, Cajun, Creole, border towns, mestizo
Anglo-Indianfull-blooded
Pure in lineage
unmixed · indigenous · native · purebred · desi
India, Indian, English, England, Englishman, Englishwoman, Englishness, Hinglish, Anglo