Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha

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Between 1952 and 2020, two seats were reserved in the

State Legislatures of India were discontinued by the 126th Constitutional Amendment Bill of 2019, when enacted as the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.[1][2]

The Article 331 of the Indian Constitution gave reservation to the Anglo-Indian community during the creation of the Constitution, the article 331 also says that this reservation would cease to exist 10 years after the commencement of the Constitution. But this reservation was extended to 1970 through the 8th Amendment. The period of reservation was extended to 1980 through 23rd amendment and then to 1990 through 45th amendments, to 2006 through 62nd amendment, to 2010 through 79th amendments and to 2020 through the 95th Amendment.

2011 Census of India, though this figure is disputed.[6] The total number of Anglo-Indians is disputed with estimates up to 150,000. Some sources suggest a population between 75,000 and 100,000.[7][8]

History

Main article: Reserved political positions in India

The Anglo-Indian community were the only community in India that had its own representatives nominated to the

State Legislative Assemblies
.

The reserved seats were expected to have been phased out by the 1960s, but continued to be renewed by successive governments, until this provision was abolished in 2020.[9] Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad cited the 2011 Census as counting merely 296 Anglo-Indians in India, prompting challenges from many opposition MPs. Kanimozhi of the DMK party pointed out that the state Tamil Nadu alone had a few thousand Anglo-Indians.[6]

Before independence

Henry Gidney was a nominated member of the Central Legislative Assembly under the 'Special Interests/Anglo-Indian' category in the 1920, 1923, 1926, 1930, and 1934 elections.

Historical Anglo-Indian members in the Lok Sabha

The following is a list of members nominated for the seats after each election.[10]

Election Member Party Member Party
1951–52 Frank Anthony
Independent
 A. E. T. Barrow
Independent
1957
1962
1967
1971 Marjorie Godfrey
1977 Rudolph Rodrigues Janata Party A. E. T. Barrow
1980 Frank Anthony Indian National Congress Indian National Congress
1984
1989 Joss Fernandez Janata Dal Paul Mantosh Janata Dal
1991 Frank Anthony Indian National Congress Robert E. Williams Indian National Congress
1993 vacant
1995 Sheila F. Irani Indian National Congress
1996 Neil O'Brien Hedwig Rego
1998 Beatrix D'Souza Samata Party Neville Foley Samata Party
1999 Denzil B. Atkinson Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
Ingrid McLeod
 Indian National Congress Francis Fanthome Indian National Congress
2009 Charles Dias
2014 George Baker Bharatiya Janata Party Richard Hay Bharatiya Janata Party

See also

References

  1. ^ "Anglo Indian Representation To Lok Sabha, State Assemblies Done Away; SC-ST Reservation Extended For 10 Years: Constitution (104th Amendment) Act To Come Into Force On 25th Jan" (PDF). egazette.nic.in. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Anglo Indian Members of Parliament (MPs) of India – Powers, Salary, Eligibility, Term". www.elections.in.
  3. ^ "Centre notifies constitutional amendment doing away with quota for Anglo Indian". Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Anglo Indian Representation To Lok Sabha, State Assemblies Done Away; SC-ST Reservation Extended For 10 Years: Constitution (104th Amendment) Act To Come Into Force On 25th Jan". www.livelaw.in. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Anglo Indian Members of Parliament (MPs) of India – Powers, Salary, Eligibility, Term". www.elections.in.
  6. ^ a b Sumeet Kaul. "Who are the Anglo-Indians and why do they have a quota in Lok Sabha and some state legislatures?". Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  7. ^ "In Kerala Anglo-Indians are 100,000 strong, not minuscule 124!". Onmanorama. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Anglo-Indians yearn for the magical past". 17 December 2011.
  9. ^ Safi, Michael (April 16, 2019). "The two MPs of British descent who do not have to stand in Indian election". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  10. ^ "Anglo Indian MP's In India". www.aiadanapur.org.
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