Bombay East Indians

East Indians or East Indian Catholics
Bombay East Indian women donning their saari (dress).
Regions with significant populations
Mumbai metropolitan area (1960s)About 92,000[1]
Languages
East Indian dialects[2]
Religion
Christianity (Latin Catholicism)
Related ethnic groups
Luso-Indians, Anglo-Indians, Kudali Christians, Goan Christians, Mangalorean Christians, Karwari Christians, Koli Christians, Marathi Christians & Latin Catholics of Malabar

The Bombay East Indians, also called East Indian Catholics or simply East Indians, are an ethno-religious Indian Christian community native to the Seven Islands of Bombay and the neighbouring Mumbai Metropolitan Area of the Konkan division, along the western coast of India.[3][4]

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  2. ^ James, V (1965), "Marriage Customs of Christian Son Kolis", Asian Ethnology, 2, 24, Nanzan, Japan: Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nanzan University: 131–148, archived from the original on 2 December 2013, retrieved 15 April 2017
  3. ^ Kumar, Raksha (4 June 2016), "The original East Indians", The Hindu, Bombay (published 2 August 2013), archived from the original on 13 April 2018, retrieved 19 August 2017
  4. ^ Datta, Rangan. "Who are the East Indians of India's western coast and what is their Portuguese link". The Telegraph. My Kolkata. Retrieved 22 August 2024.