Anglo-Indians and Minority Politics in South Asia: Race, Boundary Making and Communal Nationalism

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Uther Charlton-Stevens

Anglo-Indians and Minority Politics in South Asia

Race, Boundary Making and Communal Nationalism

Uther Charlton-Stevens

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Routledge
07 November 2017

Asian history; Colonialism & imperialism; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Political control & freedoms

Series: Royal Asiatic Society Books

Anglo-Indians are a mixed-race, Christian and Anglophone minority community which arose in South Asia during the long period of European colonialism. An often neglected part of the British Raj, their presence complicates the traditional binary through which British imperialism is viewed – of ruler and ruled, coloniser and colonised.

The book analyses the processes of ethnic group formation and political organisation, beginning with petitions to the East India Company state, through the Raj’s constitutional communalism, to constitution-making for the new India. It details how Anglo-Indians sought to preserve protected areas of state and railway employment amidst the growing demands of Indian nationalism. Anglo-Indians both suffered and benefitted from colonial British prejudices, being expected to loyally serve the colonial state as a result of their ties of kinship and culture to the colonial power, whilst being the victims of racial and social discrimination. This mixed experience was embodied in their intermediate position in the Raj’s evolving socio-racial employment hierarchy. The question of why and how a numerically small group, who were privileged relative to the great majority of people in South Asia, were granted nominated representatives and reserved employment in the new Indian Constitution, amidst a general curtailment of minority group rights, is tackled directly. Based on a wide range of source materials from Indian and British archives, including the Anglo-Indian Review and the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India, the book illuminatingly foregrounds the issues facing the smaller minorities during the drawn out process of decolonisation in South Asia. It will be of interest to students and researchers of South Asia, Imperial and Global History, Politics, and Mixed Race Studies.

By: Uther Charlton-Stevens
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 790g
ISBN: 9781138847224
ISBN 10: 1138847224
Series: Royal Asiatic Society Books
Pages: 340
Publication Date: 07 November 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction I. East Indians II. The ‘Eurasian Problem’ III. Becoming Anglo-Indians IV. Making a Minority V. Escapisms of Empire VI. Constituting the Nation Epilogue

Uther Charlton-Stevens is Professor at the Institute of World Economy and Finance at Volgograd State University, Russia. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britian and Ireland.