Note: this brief item appeared under the heading "Naval and Military Intelligence" in the Illustrated News issue of 1 August 1863. — Jacqueline Banerjee
Official returns show that the European population in India is much smaller than many persons suppose. Exclusive of the army and the wives and children of soldiers, it would not fill a thriving English town. At the Census of 1861 the British-born in all India were 84,083 officers and men of the army, 22,556 civilians, and 19,306 women and girls. A certain number of soldiers marry Indian wives, and the children of the two races, known as Eurasians, or half-castes, amount to a considerable number. At the Census of 1837 they exceeded the English in the city of Calcutta. [122]
Bibliography
"Naval and Military Intelligence." The Illustrated London News, Vol. 43 (July-December 1863). 1 August 1863. Hathi Trust. Contributed by the University of Michigan. Web. 25 November 2019.
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