The Anglo-Indians: The Last Remnants of the British Empire in India and South Asia

The British Empire may be gone in South Asia, but the last legacy of their colonial rule, the Anglo-Indians still live on; a hybrid of two societies and cultures, with one of the most interesting histories of any group on the planet!
Feel free to let me know your thoughts on Anglo-Indians and the British history of India. I'd especially love to hear if I have any Anglo-Indian viewers or subscribers, as I've only met one Anglo-Indian person (and he was American-born) in my life.
Sources:
joshuaproject.net/countries/IN
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/47...
www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16...
www.bbc.com/news/magazine-2085...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/world...
www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/wor...
www.margaretdeefholts.com/angl...

[@erebos3990]

The first Europeans that reached India were the Greeks not Vasco Da Gama

[@kalashnikovcortez1380]

Ancient Greeks at that time were not classified as Europeans like they are today

[@sasmalprasanjit2764]

@@kalashnikovcortez1380 Really.? So Alexander, Silk Route, Vasco Da Gama... All not true.

[@gaigairka6811]

Greeks are Mediterranean, not European

[@removearticle3704]

@@kalashnikovcortez1380 socrates Plato Aristotle And all Greek philosphers and knowledge of them shouldn't belonh to Europe!! Right???

[@rodrigosantosvaleriano1859]

@@sasmalprasanjit2764 I think he talks about the post-roman European civilisation, not anything genetic.

[@exploratorize7703]

I have Anglo friend who's great-grandfather, an English man, escaped from a British prison in Africa and sought refuge in India and got married to a native.

[@carlosayala6754]

Axay Wante lovely lol

[@vipin395]

Axay Wante it could be a movie

[@Dragoncam13]

The Dark Lord it should

[@JM-gu3tx]

Sounds like a fascinating story that would make a cool movie.

[@aniketjaiswal3147]

Where is he now?? Do you know?? If yes then plz give details

[@leesilva9597]

One of my friends is Anglo-Indian, he's the only one born here in the UK. As his family moved to the UK after the independency. I've heard really interesting stories from his aunt on how it was like being Anglo-Indian in India before the empire ended.

[@RoseOfMadina]

could you share?

[@gabrielasanchez2028]

Yeah can you share more?

[@gracepolak4464]

omg i have family also in the UK that are Anglo-Indian that’s so cool there are more of us!!

[@cryptomaniac8264]

Well my grandmother was an White British lady and my grandfather was an Indian from Calcutta (Bengali). I'm an Indian living Kolkata. I think I'm 1/4 European. I'm proud of being an Indian. Jay Bharat 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@mindrealminsights6517]

I'm also 1/4 European but when people ask me, I just say I'm Indian... unless they ask why my last name is Irish LOL

[@songoku-jj2to]

Crypto Mania but u r not full India half Indian u r

[@kikit7262]

@@songoku-jj2toquarter*

[@songoku-jj2to]

the beatles are the best if her father is Indian then u can say but her father is British

[@kikit7262]

@@songoku-jj2to what?

[@vincy9394]

Anglo Indian are no lesser than normal Indians and they are not discriminated as the Brits anticipated with their divide and conquer mindset . All my teaches are Anglo Indians ❤️. They are Indian and will be indian for ever .

[@josefrancis7126]

I TOO HAD ANGLO INDIA TEACHERS AND THEY WERE GOOD/

[@starlite7785]

@@WOLFPATCH360 nonsense I live in Australia Anglo indians look like typical catholic Indians.

[@spiscold50]

yes we are

[@enotsnavdier6867]

@Talorc MacAllan This might offend you, but all Celtic groups in Great Britain are more genetically related to the English than any other Celtic group. www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31905764 www.nytimes.com/2007/03/05/science/05cnd-brits.html Also the English have far less Anglo-Saxon in them then previously assumed. There is no region in England with majority Anglo-Saxon ancestry, Yorkshire is the highest in the nation with 41%. www.ancestry.com/corporate/international/press-releases/DNA-of-the-nation-revealedand-were-not-as-British-as-we-think

[@ronloc3309]

Descriminated my ass 💀 if anything they’re praised more than any other indians

[@exposed975]

I'm an anglo indian and it's cool to be unique but growing up with no one I can relate to culturally sucks lol

[@delta1o1]

I was born to a American father and an Indian mother and I completely agree with you lol

[@ctynwbraygalm]

do indians call you a convert?

[@richpiana7011]

I get this vibe a lot with mixed people. They don't know who they belong to

[@goldenfoxa1810]

dennis DURHAM so what part of the cast do you fit in

[@Jprager]

Jake Bennett like White American? Black American

[@lulaalder8254]

I am an Anglo-Indian! Thank you for this! I had so many questions :) I live in Canada and I get asked all the time what my ethnicity is, where I'm from, how has the culture changed. Among all the other Anglo-Indians, I must say we all look fairly different from each other! I have met those that are Indian-Portuguese, Indian-English, etc. Who would have thought? :)

[@jithinsarma3211]

1:36 First European power, Indians dealt with were NOT the Portuguese. They were the Ancient GREEKS :)

[@Mythodiir]

Jithin Sarma Surprising but true.

[@metalhammer303]

You could argue that classical Greek civilization where more influenced by contemporary near/middle east civilizations then European cultures... To be honest most northern European peoples at the time where barely out of the hunter gatherer lifestyle

[@qwsaasdf5599]

@ Jitin They were the Persians

[@francisgodinho9077]

Jithin Sarma ji Maharaj of Uttar Pradesh in century Greeks ruled India before Islam invaded? Do you have names of the Greeks or you just creating your bundlebass pagalkhana history? Ha ha ha ha ha!

[@francisgodinho9077]

Myth Odiir, is it true, your god Hanuman could fly? Muslims believe Mohammad received messages by a flying Jabreel. Then Mohammad went up by a flying horse to meet Allah. Which is true?

[@Gita_Thapa]

I' am an anglo-indian my father is an anglo-indian and my mother is an indian-gorkha ( indians of Nepalese ancestry ) i speak English, Nepali, Bengali ( as i live in west Bengal a state in india. Nearly every state in india has a distinct language ) and Hindi which is the most widely spoken tongue of india.

[@ErenYeager-jp4gc]

Are you from Darjeeling?

[@aniksinha6409]

Bari kothay??

[@General_Tien]

👋

[@harithascorp]

Most Indians, especially in urban areas, are ployglots regardless of their ancestry. Both my parents are pure Telugites and I speak Telugu, English, Hindi, Kannada and French :)

[@fieldmarshal7298]

@@songoku-jj2to shut up idiot. You are no one to tell him anything. Also do you even know what Anglo-Indian means? He is as Indian as he is British.

[@patrick9761]

Indian and mixed Indian people are beautiful intelligent caring humans with long long history. in modern times you have helped us so so much and I am/we are so grateful cheers Pat

[@l7l7l77]

Indian is not a race... All Indians have mixed race..

[@justuswalker8746]

This is so cool! I’m Anglo-Indian and I didn’t really know that we have an identity before. Gonna have to go to India now 😄

[@flaminmongrel6955]

You look more Indian than me lol

[@Kopie0830]

the unibrow gave it away lolz peace

[@flaminmongrel6955]

@@iminyourwalls8309 idk if you were being sarcastic but i said that cause im an Indian with no british ancestory just a northern brahmin.

[@wilfthebig7910]

@@flaminmongrel6955 your ancestors are probably Afghans then or maybe Greeks

[@songoku-jj2to]

Justus Walker 🤣 we hate anglo Indians and you saying to visit

[@hugoloven04]

your videos are amazing man. honestly, you're one of the most underrated youtube creators out there.

[@brandonsaraniti771]

I love your videos. It's great to see someone so passionate about such a unique area of academics spreading this fascinating knowledge. Keep up the great work!

[@dayangkufatima]

As always, thank you very much for the interesting video Mason.

[@LeannsAdventures]

Very interesting! I love stuff like this. I'm half Cambodian and I know our ancestors are from India but our first monarch was a Chinese Empress. It's cool to see what we are mixed with based on our history.

[@jedhigh1443]

So enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing you love for studying this stuff with us

[@robw7676]

There are Anglo-Indian descendents in the UK as well. Just as Anglo-Indians in India have become "more Indian" over generations, so the British ones have become "more Anglo". There is a TV series in the UK called "who do you think you are?" which traces the ancestry of famous Brits. At least two of them have found Indian ancestors - English Comedian Alistair McGowan discovered that his own father had Anglo-Indian roots and even met living relatives in India (who look nothing like him) whilst Scottish Comedian Billy Connelly discovered that 2 of his ancestors were an Indian woman and a British soldier who married.

[@cocoaorange1]

Pete Best of Beatles fame had a mother who was Anglo Indian.

[@DeanieBoy25]

That’s my uncle and aunties family in the thumbnail. Where did you get that photo from? 😂

[@varun_shankar]

for real?

[@JoyCh155]

Prolly google

[@ssssSTopmotion]

Wtf

[@mastrammeena328]

Lol really??

[@andre_cinelli]

Jajajaja

[@mukundraipatel8334]

You're love of history, has rekindled my flame from many decades ago. I love you're maps, your varied photographs, your constant voice creating detail. Keep posting Sir, you shall be King!

[@jessiewoodhouse8575]

This is really good! My Dad's family is Anglo-Indian and it's so hard to even explain to people what that is! Now I can just have them watch this video :-)

[@blackblack3595]

A fantastic and very informative production on the demography/ethnography of human migration etc and anthropology. Love all your videos to bits. Had a few Anglo-Indian friends when i was in Calcutta many years back. Keep it up Masaman and thank you for your channel 👍👍👍

[@jackbaker5439]

My grand parents are Anglo Indian and moved to England in the 50s. Now living in Swindon, Wiltshire.

[@Gazz85]

Jack Baker we might be related then...

[@richardshort3914]

This was very well done! Thank you.

[@miketheman4341]

The British Empire will never end given its influence. From language to economics to education! The international language of business and culture is English!

[@miketheman4341]

Cool Dude Meaning higher education was not for you. There are more people learning to speak English in China than the entire population of the USA and Canada combined. No one is running to adopt Chinese culture, economics nor its political system. In case you have never been to China you should know that big business meetings are full of men dressed in European clothing having arrived in European luxury cars. They use European economic paradigms. Young people in China cannot get enough of Western culture.

[@yungstallion2201]

I’m not Anglo Indian, but I am a Welshman who used tech support once. I guess I have some connections

[@abbad707]

Yung Stallion LMFAO

[@Ashwin-ksr]

Of course, you do, sir. Now just type www.teamviewer.com .

[@avigyanroy9445]

Underrated

[@gobimurugesan2411]

Bro fcuk off and get lipe

[@X-101]

My dad is Anglo-Indian and i have a Portuguese last name

[@X-101]

He was born in Calcutta but his dad(my grandad) family came from Goa :)

[@gazpachopolice7211]

Legally, anyone who can prove patrilieneal descending from a European forefather in India before 1947 is Anglo Indian. So a Luso-Indian is called Anglo-Indian but a Lusitanized Indian, like me, is not.

[@cheetos179]

I hate all these D'Souza, D'Costa, Gomes and Gonsalves cunts. Ugly inbred cunts should be mass slaughtered.

[@X-101]

lol well im none of those :D

[@pussyeater69]

Tera Baap virgin hey!

[@whyzbt]

really like your videos. discovered your channel a few weeks ago and I can't get enough! lots of love from europe!

[@preethianand3751]

I love the Anglo Indians had a few friends now there are so few of them left in India,they have migrated to Portugal,or the UK. They were so much fun .miss them☹️

[@rwrigley85]

I'm anglo indian on my mother's side. Thank you for such a great explanation of my heritage. Growing up in the UK I got so many questions along the lines of 'so what are you?' 'So you're not totally english?' And 'you're not asian'. Every time I get another patronising comment like that I'm just going to show them this video! Also we Anglo Indians make the best food. If you ever want some kick as recipes, let me know!

[@josefrancis7126]

THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE YOU HAVE A GOOD NUMERICAL ABILITY. READ AND STUDY STOCK MARKETS AND OPTION TRADING.

[@joshuadexter9273]

Haha 😂 I can totally relate to that!! I'm an Anglo-Indian from both my parents side and I keep getting this question like, "So where are you from?" Lmao 😂

[@starlite7785]

@@joshuadexter9273 India you all confuse people when you'll say anglo Indian because the community is in essence indian . And you'll look Indian too. Drop the inferiority complex . Some of you have a drop of diluted white blood and think it's something to brag about

[@joshuadexter9273]

@@starlite7785 okay grandpa 😂

[@cam129]

@@starlite7785 hmmm are you okay? I am half and half…dna doesn’t lie. And I look white and my mum looks North Indian and she is half Northern European and South Indian. Don’t make a broad assumptions about us. My whole family is pretty much half European and half Indian. Best of both worlds. Without a dna test you would never know. Dna is bizarre, you can look either group or both mixed. And no complex here. Just leading our best lives. Let us be and don’t tell us who we are and how we need to claim ourselves.

[@cbrtdgh4210]

A very large proportion of East India Company men in India (and all over the empire) were actually Scottish and Irish, it wasn't unusual in any way. It makes sense given that there lay great opportunity for these men who came from the poorer fringes of the British Isles.

[@nigelmansfield3011]

There is a lovely book called the men who ruled India. Most of the stories are about the Scots.

[@xtramail4909]

I made an earlier comment but I stand corrected. The Empire in India as well as the East India Company was predominantly ran by the English. That isn’t to say that the Scottish and Irish weren’t involved, but they were “smaller” traders or companies known as “country traders.”

[@xtramail4909]

@@nigelmansfield3011 that book is written by an English man. By no means am I saying that means what he wrote isn’t true, because how would I know. I’m just commenting to tell you to keep in mind that there were a hundreds of books written with anti-Scottish sentiment, please read with a grain of salt.

[@karlsamuels5300]

I am an Anglo Indian, living in Canada. I would like to know more about the Anglo Indian. I tried to trace my heritage. Not successful. I found out on my mum's side it goes back to German, the Zimmerman's and dad side went back to the UK. I have been searching around on the internet. My wife is a Canadian and my children were born in Canada and are Canadian, they have questions regarding my heritage. My wife's can be traced back to Scotland to the Ayrshire's. Not sure if there are archives some where I can access?

[@davidmorris3089]

Ramathorn: The best place you can look online for records would be Find My Past. They have digitized records of parish returns from British India, which tracked baptisms, marriages, and burials of Europeans and Anglo-Indians. It's estimated that about a third of those records never made it back to London, however, so many might still be in church archives across India. Also check and see what other people might have discovered already in public family trees in Ancestry, My Heritage, and Family Search. Hope this helps!

[@mindrealminsights6517]

As David Morris said, all those sites are great for building your family tree. You could also take an ancestry DNA test from one of the main testing companies to give you further clues.

[@4thaluvofjess]

My mum says she's anglo Indian. She was born in Calcutta. Her father was half Scottish half indian. Nana was born in Burma, her mother Italian. My father half Scottish and Australian.

[@mindrealminsights6517]

That's really interesting! My mum is Anglo Indian too. My Grandma (Dads mum) was also born in Burma but I don't know anything about her parents. Strangely though, I took a DNA test and it came back with a small percentage of Italian. No idea where it comes from or if its just an error.

[@fuji3164]

You're Anglo Indian pakka because you said nanna.

[@karenteitge2961]

This is so fascinating ,thank you for covering this . I’m a British woman married to a Bengali man and we currently live in Tamil Nadu near to Pondicherry ( an ex French Colony ) . I used to live in Mumbai and I find all these subjects so fascinating . I have mostly met people who still love the British and I have been treated very well . There are many Franco Indians here in Pondicherry which is also a fascinating place . I do love India and all it has to offer . Wonderful place and people :)

[@Anonymous-xy6nh]

Welcome to Tamilnadu :) I'm from Chennai.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

Had no idea that even France had a presence in India. Fascinating.

[@user-vi3pi9rf7w]

@@kutter_ttl6786 there is a French speaking population in India.

[@gracepolak4464]

holy smokes that exactly where my Anglo-Indian family is from!

[@wewerealiensandsheets75]

"Still love the British" I would like to meet those indians by myself and teach them some sense

[@MrAllmightyCornholioz]

50% Indian, 50% English, 100% Indo-European

[@romanparisian4243]

Mr. Allmighty Cornholio that Indo European Label is recent made up bullshit.

[@MrAllmightyCornholioz]

So are your real parents.

[@goldenfoxa1810]

Not 100% Indo european since first of all that's a language group second of all Indians have mixed with darvins and other people of India

[@romanparisian4243]

golden foxa third of all this "Indo European Language" is a recent constructed Language based off of Aryan Pride Retards that don't know that Aryans originate from Iran not Europe in the first Place.

[@triplestagedarkness2619]

The idea that Indians are closely related to Europeans is so reaching. Just look at the, for fucks sakes lol

[@wonderwoman1199]

Hi Masaman. Great videos. Keep it going. History needs to be taught this way. Kudos.

[@15rich26]

Thank you for this. My maternal grandfather moved to the UK in the 1940s and was an Anglo-Indian. He died around the time I was born so I know very little about my non-English heritage and I have only very recently began to look into it in any depth.

[@LittleRedHenFilmsLondon]

Lovely film. Thanks for publishing. We have done a documentary on the subject of Anglo-Indians in London. Would be interested to hear your thoughts on it. Well done on your video.

[@gaymooshroom371]

I don't know the exact story, but here's what I think happened with my family: My great-grandfather Romesh was born in Punjab, and moved to England when he was about 30(?) with the RAF. There he met my great-grandmother, a white British woman, who was only 16 when they got married (yep, we're not proud of it). When my grandfather was 8, in 1948, they moved to India (I'm not sure which part) and lived there for eight years before my grandfather moved back to England when he was 16. He and his brother joined the RAF - his brother was only 15 at the time - and he ended up meeting my Irish grandmother in a dance hall in Ireland in the 50s. My father grew up all over the world as his father was in the RAF, but he went to boarding school in the UK and now my family lives here. My brother and I are only 1/8 Indian, but we have a Punjabi surname and you can tell from looking at us that we are part South Asian :)

[@gaymooshroom371]

My great-grandfather spoke Hindi and Punjabi; my grandad used to speak Hindi but has forgotten most of it since not living in India for many decades.

[@anthonysummit3098]

Felix Caitlin Mine is a bit similar except my ancestors had Portuguese background.

[@changeseeker6102]

Felix Caitlin you're a wannabe white poonjabi

[@dile183]

Felix Caitlin nobody even asked😂 WHO~CARES

[@imtiazsidhu9779]

whats your last name? Im Punjabi and am curious if its a name I recognize

[@amoghlakkanagavi10]

that was great!!! good work man!!

[@peterthomasjones3675]

great video. keep em coming

[@mindrealminsights6517]

My family is Anglo Indian. My DNA results also show ties to the Anglo Burmese, which I was glad to hear you mention. A lot of dramatic history in the Indian sub continent. Thanks for your research Masaman.

[@finleyjg]

Hey , same here , I got mostly a chunk of scattered Indian DNA with a smaller chunk of Burmese DNA , but my family were always in Myanmar as far back as I can track. It's really confusing and hard to figure out...

[@ReyMarvel]

Dude! Your videos are intensely informative. I'm inspired by your dedication to detail. Makes me want to get off my ass and do something...anything! Well, right after I see what Cheap Charley has uploaded. Now, where'd I put those Doritos?

[@basemonkeysambo4498]

Great video, very interesting. My dad is Anglo-Indian, born in Bangalore before moving to England where I am from.

[@timmywest9083]

Great insightful video.

[@UKatheist1]

Very interesting video! Though the word 'lieutenant' in British English and in the British forces is pronounced 'Lef-tenant' not 'Loo-tenant'.

[@Leon-pn6rb]

Indian + European =Looks Indian Indian + Chinese =Looks Indian Indian + South American =Looks Indian It is well known that the DNA of the subcontinent is very dominating (which is also why there are 1.3 billion indians)

[@Leon-pn6rb]

what an idiot ^ I said when any race mates with an Indian , the offspring has Indian features I never said 'race' maybe learn to read ?

[@cheetos179]

12345a "Looks Indian" How does one look Indian? We have Mongoloids in east, Australoid Dravidians in south, Caucasoids in north and their admixtures all over the country. So yeah, you just made yourself look like a complete tool.

[@mollysmith6008]

tera baap , he is right , you do sound pretentious & butthurt why this anger ? Are you Indian ? Do you Indians get offended that easily ? He didnt even insult you 12345a I agree with you. I live in France and there is this couple in our neighbourhood which is half indian and half french their 2 daughters look like from a bollywood movie haha

[@cheetos179]

13sh Commenting from your second account? LMAO. What a butthurt noob. You both have pretty names similar names and write the same way. You are trying so hard that it makes me laugh. Allahu Akbar!

[@warpsneed9338]

Some of them are browner than each other, but other than that they don't really look too different to me.

[@GAZAMAN93X]

Great vid!

[@roshangupta8112]

Thank you for helping me learn about my roots. :)

[@manassurya2019]

It's a very small and negligible community now. Most of them have moved abroad. They used to hold high positions in India but even that has gone now.

[@faithlesshound5621]

The Indian railways used to be an Anglo-Indian preserve, perhaps originally for strategic reasons: that no longer applies, but work in India tends to become hereditary.

[@josefrancis7126]

THEY CAN TRY AND RECAPTURE THOSE JOBS . THEY HAVE NUMERICAL ABILITY.

[@anantsinghal4472]

Wanted this for so long!!

[@41geraldf]

Good job on this video!

[@HelenaeCat]

I love Masaman's videos but my god does he have the most vile comment section. He deserves a better community watching his videos.

[@noideaforaname7797]

HelenaeCat I haven't seen much that's toxic,I think most of the comments you find are trolls

[@melonlord4055]

Oh, this comments section is nowhere near as toxic as Cody's channels.

[@elizabethathisayamany7674]

Are you talking about RSS BJP scums?

[@manansharma4178]

Melon Lord hahaha i also love cody's lab . one of best channel on youtube.

[@melonlord4055]

They watch these videos hoping they will validate their racist views. Many race videos on the internet act like conspiracy theory "moon landing never happened" videos that try to pit the races against each other in competitions of intelligence, violence, and strength. I like Masaman's videos because they are about an interesting topic: human movement. That's the only aspect of race that interests me: where people have been, and where did they come fro.

[@ashtonlucas1625]

My parents were Anglo Indian's (A.I's) and and a VERY good life in India. great jobs, great bungalows & household staff, but we were all born in UK. We were all "fair" kids and were encouraged to try and PASS as European Spanish/Maltese etc. as my Dad in particular wasnt proud of being an A.I: To be fair he did suffer a lot of racial prejudice in the Uk in the 60's. Most if not all of my family (inc myself) married European heritage partners and it's only now that my kids are really keen to find out more of their exotic heritage.

[@aryanhassan4659]

🥱🥱

[@AllenBeefCake]

Your videos are so fucking original, and I... LOVE IT!

[@robertmoore1839]

I’m looking forward to the next coming up! The onl women featured in this video sure are beautiful. Looks like they got the best of both worlds between the Anglo and the Indian! I know a lot of hard work and effort went into making this video. And I thank you. All of us who have enjoyed this video and all the others thank you for your dedication and diligent hard work into making them...

[@andrelafrenais4478]

Very, very interesting. Keep up the good work. ( An Anglo from Canada).

[@et3747]

Can you do a video on what happened to the Russians in Manchuria?

[@eliasfrahat7074]

et 37 they are immigranting to European Russia life in the asian part is just hard

[@yuvalhason6250]

Mr Seboss Isn't really a special case, Soviets opened it for the Jews some Jews came. Yet, the ideal of Zionism was too strong and they Preferred Palestine. For some reason, it still remains the only autonomous Oblast in Russia.

[@NoirFan01]

Do one on Koreans in Kazakhstan if you haven’t done it already.:)

[@robinbreeds9217]

haha

[@robinbreeds9217]

In 1921, Britain took the 91,000 square kilometers of the Palestine Mandate east of the Jordan River, and created Trans-Jordan (later the Arab country of Jordan) as a new Arab protectorate. Jews were barred by law from living or owning property east of the Jordan river, even though that land was over three-fourths of the original Mandate.”The Palestinians (which used to mean Jews in Palestine before Israel became a state) there are statements by leading Arabs buttressing the notion that indeed: Jordan is Palestine and Palestine is Jordan. This is the royal decree and sentiments of two of the kings of Jordan. “Palestine and Jordan are one…” said King Abdullah in 1948.(the Arabs) saw themselves as being part of Palestine/Palestinian. Around 70% of the Jordanian population today, still see themselves as Palestinians. There are photos in Historic records showing Jewish rabbis purchasing land from Arab landowners in the 1920s. 130 people liked this because they are clueless about the Complex history believing the Arab Victim hood. Jewish land purchase's in Palestine the acquisition of land in Palestine by Jews from the 1840s, until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 official Turkish policy until 1856 and in practice until 1867, Ottoman Empire opposed the idea of Jewish self-rule in Palestine, fearing it may lose control of Palestine after losing other territories to various European powers. Palestinian's had been left unable to return to Jordan after the second world war as many refugees had to resettle being used as a buffer zone to help destroy Israel from Jordan.

[@montysoomer6575]

My great grandmother came to the Caribbean as an INDENTURED servant. I've listened to various intriguing stories about her blue eyes and light complexion which was passed on to several members of the family. I discovered, after doing the research, that she was ANGLO INDIAN.. Her family name is SOOMER, English spelling, and SOUMERE French spelling. In SAINT LUCIA surnames were spelt differently based on the catholic priest who did the baptism. I.e whether he was FRENCH or IRISH origin. I look forward to connecting with family in INDIA in the future.

[@bittertruth6953]

Good work!!

[@sMASHsound]

i live in the caribbean, generations born and grown here. but ancestors came from inida, and its quite interesting learning about the mixtures that went on there.

[@johnclarke5459]

Ever hear the expression: "Coolie'?

[@salutic.7544]

This was released JUST when I came from school

[@bennygoodmanisgod]

cool

[@robertmason6366]

Im caucasian English and I love Indians. Such nice people and I can talk to them for hours about cricket:-Tendulkar,Dravid,Laxmann, etc

[@patrick9761]

interesting stuff thanx!

[@Napoleon4778]

Hello, some graphics are sort of misleading, and one painting that you showed when you spoke of 1857 was probably based on the surrender of Shah Alam II's surrender to British troops in 1803 (not the mutiny of 1857). Nevertheless, a very interesting video and I learnt a lot of new things. A very good account of Anglo-Indians during the Wars and just before the Indian Independence is given in Ruskin Bond's book 'Lone Fox Dancing'. Bond is arguably India's most loved Anglo-Indian.

[@NewarkBay357]

European intervention started in the 340's B.E., with the expansion of the Hellenic Empire started by Alexander the Great. Greek influences still are seen in the Indo-Packi area.

[@afzaalkhan.m]

100% Greek remmanants in kakash North Pakistan .to this day

[@zipsteri]

When the East India Trading Co. was established in India and had an army of its own, many senior officers were given a "bibigarh"(house of wives), each, for they all travelled extensively. Each Bibigarh had 4-5 young Indian girls as "wives" for the officer, who were mostly pregnant. The officer returned home three-four times a year and the "wives" were happy to see him and entertained him lavishly on company expense accounts. Many Anglo Indians were fathered in this manner and they all considered themselves English. My father was a civil servant working for the Colonial government at Simla and New Delhi. I met many, many Anglo Indians thru his contacts and many came to our home for dinners and special treats made by my mother. On another note, The Company trained hundreds of thousands of Indian as "sepoys" who swore allegiance to the company and later the Crown. Officered by the British, they were used to invade China and countries in Africa.

[@kaius3351]

☺ Famous Indian- British (Anglo-Indian) actresses are Vivian Leigh and Merle Oberon. 　❤ 🌷🌷They were beautiful actresses.

[@anusheeltiwari]

Very beautifully covered the history Most Indians don't know this much 👍

[@ApexierGS]

i know you were diligent about the research about the video you made, and i applaud that but the south Indian group you mentioned Telugu is pronounced Tel - Gu, and Mallyalam is pronounced Mal-yal-um. thanks for the video and take care.

[@ReconPro]

Do you make these flags if so then they all good really cool.

[@Masaman]

I didn't make the flag for this video (but I really liked how it looked), but I did design the flags for the German America and Greater Britannia videos!

[@ShowtimeAtWaco]

EVERYWHERE

[@DAndyLord]

Lawrence Leon What important shit aren't we being told?

[@brandon9172]

Lawrence Leon Uhm What the fuck lol

[@johnfitzgerald1992]

What about all Rapping & Pillaging of these unsuspecting Indian Women? & Men, Hmm? More $$$$$ For the Royals?!!!!

[@erisrandon5239]

the flag at the end was dope!!!

[@galabaga]

Very well and accurately told.

[@tokkiemetuitkering8030]

Do a video about the indo people of the Dutch East Indies

[@SupreetoSaha]

The flag really looks cool.

[@shackworks]

You are a wealth of knowledge and so accurate in everything you say. I'm anglo-indian, now living in Sydney. My great grandfather was English, enlisted in the army and went to India to fight in the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. He never went back to the UK. Instead, he met and married an Indian born Irish Lady. Had 10 kids and my grandfather was the third child. He then married a lady with the surname Rozario. Some say she is Spanish heritage and others say she is Portughese descent. I have never been able to track her background.

[@glenngilbert7389]

I'm Portuguese Anglo-Indian with English, German and Chinese ancestry - born in Kolkata. Interesting to hear about this history

[@matthewmann8969]

The British had influence on India since the mid 1600's to the mid 1900's

[@mr.dr.genius2169]

A clasic Masaman video,hmmmmmmm? EDIT:Just watched some of his older videos and the only diference is that there are more shots of him in the video.

[@austinkonrad]

Same thing with Caspian report. Shervan used to have a lot shots of himself back in the day

[@michaelmathenkunnirickal5686]

What are you talking about he really shows his face on the videos

[@meaningfullpost8789]

Thanks alot Masaman, Im Anglo-Indian (A.I) must tell you that you are spot on. The video is well made, and tells no lies. like you to share your email.

[@bdnl6268]

There is a book and film called Bhowani Junction set at the time of Indian independence. - about 1947. It stars Ava Gardner as an Anglo Indian, and portrays the main features of the community.

[@billtrent1930]

After WW1, my great great grandfather spent a lot of time in India and may have got a bit frisky meaning that my grandma would be 1/4 Indian which could be assumed by her relatively dark skin tone and dark brown eyes. Basically this means I'm 1/16 Indian. Yeah!!🤘🤘

[@TilveranWrites]

The private army thing was pretty incredible.

[@Stan.k.Phlaps6447]

It wasn't anything like the analogy he used. The government still supplied the soldiers by emptying prisons and leasing them to the 'company'. The company still operated under the crown and made claims of new territories under the authority of the crown. It was a private enterprise only in that the original capital to fund the building of ships and lease soldiers was raised by private individuals.

[@shankarganeshiyer]

Tilveran china still has it..

[@faithlesshound5621]

The East India Company was a commercial enterprise, which gradually gave up its trading function (except for the opium trade) and relied mainly on taxation for the dividend it sent back to its British shareholders. However the EIC was heavily regulated by the British Parliament, and had a Board of Control imposed on it: the President sat in the British Cabinet from the 18th century. Units of the British Army served in India. There was some interchange between their officers and those of the three Indian Armies. E.G. the Duke of Wellington. The EIC also had its own navy, apart from its armed trading vessels, which had a royal licence to seize foreign ships (so that they would not be regarded as pirates by other navies).

[@MohamedMansour-qi7vk]

I'm waiting for your next classic video masaman :)

[@Kabeyavictoria]

It reminds me that in French Polynesia, Tahiti has a small portion of mixed race Polynesians who either mixed with the Irish, the Americans or the French

[@eliasfrahat7074]

We wuz anglos and shiet

[@StraberrYKiler6789]

KANGlos!

[@jalengee8421]

الياس فرحات so you post one good and smart sounding comment. and one retarded one

[@jalengee8421]

and one suggestion

[@Denjiz777]

Lol they wish

[@simoneliasbjorkman]

We wuz Wewuz and shiet

[@claudia7411]

I am half Brit and Indian, I lives here in India now and I don't exactly sure where I belong sometimes. We had learned in history class that Britain stole so many valuable things from India and pretends that they don't. Not because I am British but it appears to me that what happened in the past should stay in the past, there are so many angry Indians to deal with almost everyday, they don't understand how much it could hurt when one call one a thief according to history.

[@badmiyagi]

I attended boarding school during my high school years in post British India. I had a lot of Anglo Indian friends and one of my best friends (pals) was one by the name of Tyrone Tallent. Considering there were Anglo Indians from dark complexioned to white he was on the lighter side. He since moved to Australia after we graduated from high school and I lost touch with him. I do know he moved to a place called Seymour and then to Sydney where he worked for Quantas airlines. Nice video on the subject here, thanks Masaman. Cheers!

[@jgsheehan8810]

I hope you will do a video on the Franco-Indian areas and people that may mixed there.

[@madhusudankannan4700]

State of Pudducherry now but Pondicherie of Dupleix's France. Many French pensioners looking more Asian than European

[@jgsheehan8810]

@@madhusudankannan4700 yes, I have at least 1 ancestor born in Pondicherry. Prior to going to Mauritius

[@susandevinenapoli7649]

I am 9.3% Indian from both north and south India. Oral history in my family says there was an Indian grandma. For years I thought she was referring to Native American. Your video has given me insight to the possibilities in this mystery.

[@pranaytony]

We have Anglo Indians in Hyderabad, Telangana! I use to play with them in my childhood days!!

[@gregsmith1548]

@masaman I think I heard in one of your videos (maybe it was this one but I couldn’t find it) that the life expectancy for a British soldier or East India Company solider was 8 months? If this is so, can you provide a citation?

[@ironboley]

wow over 1ooo comments. This one was hard to swallow but true. Thanks

[@mr.dr.genius2169]

Why are Nepal and Bhutan on some maps included as a British colonie and on other maps not?

[@The_Alt_Vault]

Well those countries were heavily reliant on the British and were willing to cooperate this is still seen today as Nepalese troops do fight for the British army, the only reason their not shone on others is because they weren’t officially part of the Raj mostly because conquering a county that is entirely made up of mountains is impossible by the standards at the time

[@avichetri5397]

Nepali here. Nepal was later on "conquered" via treaties and agreements by the British Raj as well as Bhutan, but there were no real occupations. They were a puppet state, where all the export/import trades were controlled by the British Raj.

[@mr.dr.genius2169]

Avishkar Chhetri So basically Bhutan and Nepal were British colonies,but only kind of.

[@mr.dr.genius2169]

Also,sory for my bad spelling of Bhutan,I am going to change it.

[@yamakarki6777]

We weren't conquered , there was a compromise , British did make us a protected state but we were a separate nation.

[@ForageGardener]

My ex roomate is ango-Indian! Her Great grand father married her great grand mother whom was from india. Its actually speculated that her great grandmother may have already been pregnant with an indian man before their marriage. Her late grandmother looks very much like she was possibly full blooded north Indian. very tan. Her great uncle, less tan. So my roommate is either 1/8th or 1/4th Indian! How fascinating! Im a Euro hybrid with literally a little of everything. 35% slavic and 15% everything else hahahaha

[@rodrigoadrianrodriguezaedo4477]

Interesting video

[@yannickdooyeweerd5188]

Would you please make a video on what would have happened if the Netherlands gave west-new Guinea to the Indo's (like you explained in the video)or a video about indo's in general?

[@StopFear]

My request is similar to one below. I want to know what happened to Chinese in Russian occupied areas where Vladivostok is.

[@aaronnrodgers]

I'm Anglo Indian. Fantastic work ma man

[@CharlesPepper]

Excellent video. The love of my life was Anglo-Indian (Mangalorean Catholic). Beautiful people.

[@starlite7785]

Border Smithy manglorean carholics are mostly all formerly hindus.

[@ycyan3473]

Hi Mason, please make a video about culture and language of Iberian Peninsula.