India This term was originally used to describe British people who lived and worked in India. However, over time, this term came to be used to describe those people who were of mixed blood (Eurasian). Throughout this site, the term is used in its original meaning.
in Ward's day this would have meant a person of British birth, or ancestry, living in India. In today's Calcutta it would mean someone of mixed race.
In its strictest sense Anglo-Indian refers to any tangible or intangible thing with both English and Indian provenance or heritage. Though this page discusses a specific community, in the West the term Anglo-Indian is sometimes used in a more general sense to describe people who have mixed Indian and English ancestry.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Anglo-Indian Anglo-Indian, Dictionary.com.The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.Webster's Dictionary.