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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Ethnic group; part Indian and part Scottish or of Scottish descent in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
| flag = {{flagicon|Scotland}} {{flagicon|India}}<br />
| group = Scottish-Indians<br />
| regions = {{hlist|[[Kolkata]] | [[Mumbai]] | [[New Delhi]] | [[Hyderabad]]}}<br />
| langs = [[English language|English]] ([[Scottish English|Scottish]]{{·}}[[Indian English|Indian]]){{·}}[[Scots language|Scots]]{{·}}[[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]]<br>[[Hindi]]{{·}}Other [[Languages of India|Indian languages]]<br />
| rels = {{hlist|[[Church of Scotland]]}}<br />
| related = {{hlist|[[Anglo-Indian]] | [[Irish Indians]] | [[Indian diaspora]]}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Scottish-Indians''' refers to either [[Scottish people|Scots]] diaspora living in [[India]], or the descendants with Scottish or people of Scottish and Indian ancestry.{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}} Scottish-Indian, like [[Irish Indians]], are often categorized as an [[Anglo-Indian]]. Scottish Indians celebrate [[Culture of Scotland|Scottish culture]], with traditional Scottish celebrations like [[Burns supper|Burns Night]] widely observed among the community.{{cn|date=August 2025}}<br />
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==History==<br />
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===18th Century===<br />
Scottish immigration to India began with the union of [[Scotland]] with [[England]] in 1707 to create the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>"[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/6520001/Indias-Scottish-heritage-remembered-in-renovation-of-Calcuttas-Raj-architecture.html India's Scottish heritage remembered in renovation of Calcutta's Raj architecture]", ''The Telegraph'', 9 November 2009.</ref> Under the deal, Scotland's landed families gained access to the East India Company, and gradually become its dominant force. Scots came into India as writers, traders, engineers, missionaries, tea and indigo planters, [[Jute trade|jute traders]] and teachers. By 1771 almost half of the [[East India Company|East India Company's]] writers were Scots.<br />
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The Scottish presence was also strongly evident in India.<ref>"[https://www.ltscotland.org.uk/higherscottishhistory/migrationandempire/impactofscotsemigrants/scottishinfluence.asp The Scottish influence]", ''Education Scotland''.</ref> The first three Governor-Generals of India were Scots. When [[Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville|Henry Dundas]] became President of the Board of Control in 1784 he 'Scoticised' India and through his agencies Scots came to dominate the activities of the East India Company (EIC). By 1792, Scots made up one in nine EIC civil servants, six in eleven common soldiers and one in three officers.<br />
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===19th Century===<br />
[[File:Bombay Scottish School 1878.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Bombay Scottish School, Mahim|Bombay Scottish School]] in the early 1900s]]<br />
By 1813, 19 of Calcutta's private merchant houses were dominated by Scots. From 1830 onwards, Scots became involved as general merchants with Indian interests.<ref>"[https://www.ltscotland.org.uk/higherscottishhistory/migrationandempire/impactofscotsemigrants/scotsabroad.asp Scots abroad]", ''Education Scotland''.</ref> They began to export jute, tea, timber, coal, sugar and indigo as well as cotton. By 1880, with the help of Scottish entrepreneurs, India overtook China as leaders of tea distribution.<br />
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The 18th and 19th centuries saw Scots found some of the first modern colleges in India, which acted as a 'cultural conduit' through which Enlightenment values came to permeate Indian society.<ref>"[http://www.britishcouncil.org/new/press-office/press-releases/scots-shaped-modern-india/l Scots "shaped modern India"]", ''British Council'', 19 July 2011.</ref><br />
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===20th Century===<br />
{{Main|Calcutta Scottish}}<br />
The Calcutta Scottish was a regiment of volunteers of Scottish descent raised in 1914 as an infantry regiment of the [[British Indian Army]]. The regiment formed part of the army reserves in [[Auxiliary Force (India)|Auxiliary Force, India]] (AFI). The regiment was disbanded following India's independence in 1947.{{cn|date=February 2026}}<br />
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==Education==<br />
List of Scottish schools in India:<br />
* [[Bombay Scottish School, Mahim]] (Established in 1847)<br />
* [[Bombay Scottish School, Powai]] (Established in 1997)<br />
* [[Scottish Church College]] (Established in 1830)<br />
* [[Scottish Church Collegiate School]] (Established in 1830)<br />
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==Scottish Cemetery at Calcutta==<br />
{{Main|Scottish Cemetery at Calcutta}}<br />
The Scottish Cemetery at Calcutta was established in 1820 catering to the specific needs of the large Scottish population in the Kolkata area. The cemetery was utilised until the 1940s but was abandoned in the 1950s and neglected following India's independence. Well over 90% of those buried bear recognizably Scots names such as Reid, McGregor, Campbell and Ross. Around 10% are Bengali.{{cn|date=May 2025}}<br />
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The cemetery was recently restored by the Kolkata Scottish Heritage Trust (KSHT) in 2008.{{cn|date=May 2025}}<br />
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==Notable individuals==<br />
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* [[James Skinner (East India Company officer)]]<br />
* [[William Dalrymple]] – India-based historian<br />
* [[Alexander Duff (missionary)|Alexander Duff]] – Christian Protestant Presbyterian missionary<br />
* [[Neil Benjamin Edmonstone]] – Indian civilian<br />
* [[Daniel Eliott]] – Scottish Indian civilian<br />
* [[Edward Hay Mackenzie Elliot]] – British soldier<br />
* [[Walter Elliot (Scottish naturalist)|Walter Elliot]] – Scottish naturalist<br />
* [[Hedy Fry]] - Canadian politician and physician <br />
* [[Colin Mackenzie (Indian Army officer)|Colin Mackenzie]] – Indian Army officer<br />
* [[Norman Marjoribanks]] – Indian magistrate and civil servant<br />
* [[James Wood-Mason]] – Scottish zoologist<br />
* [[Fearless Nadia]] – Indian film actress and stuntwoman<br />
* [[Malcolm Struan Tonnochy]] – Former acting [[Governor of Hong Kong]]<br />
* [[George Yule (businessman)|George Yule]] – Former President of the [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
* [[Alexander Cunningham]] – Founder of [[Archaeological Survey of India]]<br />
* [[Aeneas Francon Williams]] and his wife Clara Anne Rendall – Both were [[Church of Scotland]] Missionaries in [[Kalimpong]], [[West Bengal]] and [[Dooars]], and of Scottish descent<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|Scotland|India}}<br />
*[[Britons in India]]<br />
*[[Indian diaspora]]<br />
*[[Paisley (design)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{British diaspora}}<br />
{{Immigration to India}}<br />
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[[Category:Europeans in India]]<br />
[[Category:Diasporas in India]]<br />
[[Category:Scottish diaspora by country|India]]<br />
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