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<p>176.200.165.189: </p> <hr /> <div>{{More citations needed|date=July 2010}}<br /> {{Infobox ethnic group<br /> | group = Irish Indians<br /> | image = <br /> | caption = <br /> | population = <br /> | popplace = Throughout [[India]]<br /> | langs = '''Irish-born''': [[Irish language|Irish]]{{·}}[[English language|English]]{{·}}'''Indian-born''': [[Languages of India|Indian languages]]<br /> | rels = [[Pentecostalism]], [[Catholic Church in Ireland|Catholicism]], [[Hinduism in the Republic of Ireland|Hinduism]], [[Islam in the Republic of Ireland|Islam]]{{·}}[[Irreligion in Ireland|Non-religious]]<br /> | related = {{hlist|[[Anglo-Indian]]|[[Irish diaspora]]|[[Indian diaspora]]}}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> An '''Irish Indian''' is an [[India]]n citizen who is fully or partially of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent, who is aware of such ancestry and remains connected, to some degree, to Irish culture and also can be an [[Ireland|Irish]]-born person who is of [[Indian people|Indian]] origin. As per article 366(2) of the [[Constitution of India|Indian Constitution]], an Irish Indian can be categorized as an Anglo-Indian.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> Irish people were known to have traveled to India from at least the days of the [[East India Company]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}} While most of the early Irish came as traders, some also came as soldiers. Prominent among them were the generals [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]] who later became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] and his brother, [[Lord Charles Wellesley]], both of whom were from the Protestant [[Anglo-Irish]] landowning class. During the 19th century, a number of missionaries and educationists were involved in setting-up educational, healthcare and other institutions in India.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url = http://mea.gov.in/portal/foreignrelation/ireland-march-2012.pdf | publisher = Government of India - Ministry of External Affairs | website = mea.gov.in | title = India-Ireland Relations | access-date = 11 May 2019 }}&lt;/ref&gt; Later in the 19th century, a number of philosophers and Catholic Irish nationalists travelled to India, including the theosophist [[Annie Besant]]. It is widely believed that there existed a secret alliance between the Irish and Indian independence movements. Some Indian intellectuals like [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[V. V. Giri]] were likely inspired by Irish nationalists when they studied in the [[United Kingdom]]. Indian [[Immigrants]] who have emigrated to [[Ireland]] in the recent years might have had their children born and raised here.<br /> <br /> ==Culture==<br /> One of the cultural activities that Indians of Irish descent (who are aware of their Irish ancestry) participate in is [[Saint Patrick's Day]].<br /> <br /> ==Notable people==<br /> * [[Amala Akkineni]] - Actress<br /> * [[Annie Besant]] - Theosophist and Indian independence activist<br /> * [[Bibi Baskin]] - Former RTÉ TV and radio presenter<br /> * [[Charles Stuart (East India Company officer)|Charles Stuart]] - East India Company officer<br /> * [[James Cousins]] - Writer<br /> * [[Sister Nivedita]] - Disciple of [[Swami Vivekananda]]<br /> * [[S. M. Cyril]] - Internationally recognized educational innovator<br /> * [[Vivien Leigh]] - Actress<br /> * [[Cyrus Pallonji Mistry]] - Former Chairman of Tata Group<br /> * [[Leo Varadkar]] - Former [[Taoiseach]] of the Republic of Ireland<br /> * [[Derek O'Brien (politician)|Derek O'Brien]] - [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]], author and quiz show host<br /> * [[Spike Milligan]] - comedian, writer, poet, playwright and actor<br /> * Kimball O'Hara, the fictional protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's novel ''[[Kim (novel)|Kim'']]<br /> * [[Prannoy Roy]] - journalist , cofounder of [[NDTV]]<br /> <br /> ==Company and British India Officers of Irish and Anglo-Irish ancestry==<br /> * [[Barry Close]] - General, East India Company <br /> * [[Eyre Coote (East India Company officer)]]<br /> * [[Robert Rollo Gillespie]] - Major-general<br /> * [[William Nassau Lees]] - Major-general<br /> * [[Robert Montgomery (colonial administrator)]]<br /> * [[John Nicholson (East India Company officer)]]<br /> * [[Michael O'Dwyer]] - Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab <br /> * [[Joseph O'Halloran]] - major-general, East India Company<br /> * [[William Olpherts]] - General, Indian army<br /> * [[Eldred Pottinger]], Major East India Company<br /> * [[Henry Pottinger]] - Lieutenant General, East India Company <br /> * [[Abraham Roberts]] - General<br /> * [[Richard Hieram Sankey]] - Lieutenant General<br /> * [[Charles Stuart (East India Company officer)]]<br /> * [[Ephraim Gerrish Stannus]] - Major-General, East India Company <br /> * [[James Travers]] - General, East India Company<br /> * [[Hugh Wheeler (East India Company officer)]]<br /> * [[Frederick Young (East India Company officer)]]<br /> * [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]] - Major General, East India Company<br /> * [[Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley]] - Governor-General of Bengal<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[India–Ireland relations]]<br /> * [[Anglo-Indian]]<br /> *[[Indian diaspora]]<br /> *[[kim (novel)]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Immigration to India}}<br /> {{Irish diaspora}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Europeans in India]]<br /> [[Category:Immigration to India|Irish]]<br /> [[Category:Irish diaspora]]<br /> [[Category:Irish expatriates in India| ]]<br /> [[Category:Indian people of Irish descent| ]]</div>

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