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There exist about 1 million of small but recognisable British people living in India who are mostly the ones who stayed after the partition, having British ancestry, foreign students, businessmen, workers, etc.
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June 25 is the 176th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 189 days remain until the end of the year.
Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, KB was a British soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1780. He is best known for his many years of service with the British Army in India. His victory at the Battle of Wandiwash is considered a decisive turning point in the struggle for control in India between Britain and France. He was known by his sepoy troops as Coote Bahadur.
Eyre Coote was an Irish-born British soldier and politician who served as Governor of Jamaica. He attained the rank of general in the British Army and was created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath before being stripped of his rank and honours in 1816 after conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
An Irish Indian is an Indian citizen who is fully or partially of Irish descent, who is aware of such ancestry and remains connected, to some degree, to Irish culture and also can be an Irish-born person who is of Indian origin. As per article 366(2) of the Indian Constitution, an Irish Indian can be categorized as an Anglo-Indian.
