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Anglo-Indian

/ˌæŋɡləʊ ˈɪndiən/noun

उच्चारण ऐंग्लो इन्डिअन

एंग्लो-इंडियन (आंशिक रूप से ब्रिटिश और आंशिक रूप से भारतीय वंश का व्यक्ति)

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a person whose family is partly British and partly Indian

    एंग्लो-इंडियन (आंशिक रूप से ब्रिटिश और आंशिक रूप से भारतीय वंश का व्यक्ति)

    • Many Anglo-Indians worked for the Indian Railways.
    • Anglo-Indians in Kolkata celebrate Christmas with plum cake and carols.
  2. 2

    [C] old-fashioned

    a British person who was born in India or lived there for a long time, especially during British rule

    (ब्रिटिश काल में) भारत में बसा अंग्रेज़

    • Anglo-Indians of the nineteenth century often wrote memoirs of their life in India.
adjective
  1. 1

    connected with Anglo-Indians, or connected with both Britain and India

    एंग्लो-इंडियन, ब्रिटिश-भारतीय

    • Anglo-Indian cooking
    • an Anglo-Indian school in Kolkata
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General knowledge

The President could nominate two Anglo-Indians to the Lok Sabha under Article 331, but this was ended by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2019.

Article 331 के तहत राष्ट्रपति लोकसभा में दो Anglo-Indians को मनोनीत कर सकते थे, पर 2019 के 104वें संविधान संशोधन अधिनियम ने यह व्यवस्था समाप्त कर दी।