[LouieFisk]

“These 2 were reserved for Indians who had some British blood. It’s not mixed race as Indians are the same race, caucasian, as Brits.”
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From what I can gather, racial designation & theory when it comes to India’s population is kind of a mess. Looking at the Dravidian people it’s not easy to confuse them with Celtic descended people (i.e. Brits). Doesn’t make a lot of sense to my thinkin’ to lump ‘em all togther.

[IndianChief]

basically, now Anglo-Indians have to stand for elections rather than getting 2 seats automatically. There are many Indian parliamentary constituencies with populations of over 2 million. But the Anglo-Indians, with a population of just 0.3 million, still feel entitled to 2 seats.

[Cronos]

That's the thing - "race" is determined by genetics and by bone and other physical structure, not by skin tone.

By genetics black skinned Tamils and pale freckled Irishmen are the same "race"

Also note that Brits are not only "celtic" descended.

The Celts came to the British only around 500 BC. Before that, there were non-Caucasian, non-Indo-European peoples living in the isles (notably the builders of Stonehenge ) who had dark skin and blue eyes - like Cheddar man