Is there a large caucasian/british remnant still living in Bhārat Gaṇarājya?

Great to see the formal Hindi name used, but it’s not offensive gto anyone if you simply call it by the more widely known name—“India”

People of European White descent / Caucasians are not a majority in India – though you may find them in some limited numbers in the busy cities like Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi, Bengaluru (Bangalore), etc.

While the British colonists were indeed present in some number till Indian independence (in 1947), ...

1. They were still a significant minority as opposed to the millions of native population. Note that while the high-ranking officials of the British administration were European, much of their subordinates were native Indians from the lowest level workers to most of the supervisory roles.

2. Most British simply left India and went back to England when India gained independence. Though I guess a smaller number of them chose to settle in India.

Since it is 60 years since the British left India, one cannot expect a lot of that generation to be still around.

An even smaller number of descendants of the other european settlers can be expected – the portugese and the french who controlled but very minor tracts of the land.

If you visit India (or simply turn on any of the 100s of TV channels airing out of the country) the most abundant races you see are native Indians – the Dravidians in the south and the Aryans in the north.

I should add that—if you do occasionally spot a Caucasian, he/she is more likely to be a tourist or a business visitor than a resident.

Recommended: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_India

Hope this helps.

@albert_e second on the recommendation of Story of India, that’s a great series.

The thing with the British Indian Empire is that it was ruled and run and managed by Indians, in much the same way as it was before the British were there. The British basically collected taxes, hired soldiers and protected their business interests, occasionally expanding infrastructure, etc. They weren’t interested in colonization, besides, the Indians outnumbered the British many many times, so even if all the British had stayed, they’d still be a minuscule minority.

@albert_e got it right though, when he said most people left after ‘47. My Eurasian ancestors left, because they felt “too English” for the new India, but you wouldn’t call them ‘English’ if you saw them in England!

There are still some very English ex-colonists still living there though, I remember seeing a BBC news interview with some ancient white woman in India, living in this strange netherworld of doilies and floral wall-paper and portraits of Her Majesty and quaint tea sets, all within a now very Indian India…