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Friday 8 August 2014

Melvyn Brown and the Anglo-Indian Community

ANGLO-INDIANS : A COMMUNITY BY CHOICE by Melvyn Brown

From railway cantonments to army camps and police barracks, the Anglo-Indian held a proud and praiseworthy position in all of them- not forgetting the sports arena. Today, the Anglo-Indian is a microscopic community. Scattered to the far corners of the globe, in a quest to improve their lives. The passage of India's fifty-three years of Independence has still left the Anglo-Indian with a misguided notion of their destiny.

Anglo-Indian history began more than three hundred years ago. The beginning and development stems from the founding of the British settlement at Fort St.George, Madras. We should , however, consider the three aspects of the term " Anglo-Indian", which eventually figures in the community's literature one way or the other.

The designation "Anglo-Indian" is also applied to the resident British subjects during the days of the "Raj" in India. The second application of the term "Anglo-Indian" would be towards the children born of English and European parentage during the "Raj" era. In the third and present day understanding, the term is used to signify those men and women born of British , or European and Indian parentage, in the pre and post years of the Colonial rule in India.

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Anglo-Indian Awards


AWARDS INSTITUTED BY MELVYN BROWN


In his quest to inspire younger generations of Christians,and to give honour,respect and credit to those men and women who worked tirelessly for the Church and the Society they lived in-Melvyn Brown,founded the Ambassadors For Jesus,a Movement for the Unification of Roman Catholics[with the blessings of Pope John Paul II and with the approval of Lawrence Cardinal Trevor Picachy,S.J. in 1979.]

Melvyn Brown,single-handedly instituted,funded and presented the annual AFJ Awards and Anglo-Indian Heritage Awards to receipients he felt deserved recognition.No Church,government or Organization helped.The AFJ Awards started from 1989 and the Anglo-Indian Heritage Awards from 1992.

THE AFJ AWARDS

YEAR NAME OF RECEIPIENT TITLE OF AWARD

1989 XAVIER LAZARUS ORDER OF MERIT
FR.HENRY SALDANHA FOUNDER'S MEDALLION
ZENA D'SILVA ORDER OF DISTINCTION
FR.HORACE ROZARIO,SJ MEDAL OF EMINENCE
PHILOMENA EATON MEDAL OF HONOUR
MR.AND MRS.MUSLADO FAMILY OF THE YEAR
SR.MARISA,AC MEDAL OF FAME

1990 LAWRENCE CARDINAL AFJ GOLDEN CROSS
PICACHY,SJ

1991 RAMONA QUADRA MEDAL OF MENTOR

1997 LUCY HOLMES SOCIAL SERVICE AWARD
IRISH GOMES WELFARE AWARD
AROBINDHU NASKER CATHOLIC COMMUNITY AWARD
RANJAN NASKER VETERAN WORKER AWARD

ANGLO-INDIAN HERITAGE AWARDS

1992 RUPERT NEWBOND LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
DENZIL BROWN FATHER'S LOVE AWARD
NOEL CRANENBURGH SPIRIT OF SOLIDARITY AWARD
ELVA FREEDOM WOMAN OF THE YEAR
SACHIN BOSE/ FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY
[DR]MRS.J.SEN
WARREN BROWN HENRY DEROZIO POETRY AWARD

1993 RUBIN REBEIRO LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

1994 GEORGE WILSON de ROZE HENRY GIDNEY AWARD

1996 GILLIAN ROSEMARY D'COSTA-HART,MLA[W.B]
GUARDIAN OF THE COMMUNITY

1997 KEITH I. SWEENEY,ex-President,ALL INDIA ANGLO-
INDIAN ASSOCIATION
HENRY DEROZIO POETRY AWARD
KITTY TEXEIRA WOMAN OF THE YEAR
DR.ALFRED WOODWARD MAN OF MEDICINE AWARD
MRS.P.PEARSON-MANUEL EDUCATIONIST ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD

1998 WITHBERT PAYNE[USA] ENTREPRENEUR EXTRAORDINARY
RUSSELL PETERS[CANADA] MAN OF THE YEAR

1999 CAPTAIN W.LOCKWOOD SILVER CIRCLE AWARD
THEODORA BAKER SOCIAL SERVICE TROPHY

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Anglo-Indian Research


INFORMATION FOR RESEARCHERS

Those persons who are involved in Anglo-Indian Academic Research Projects may contact Melvyn Brown for research assistance , 3 Elliott Road , Calcutta-700 016, West Bengal .INDIA . Topics on : History; Documents ; Origin ; Books ; Articles ; Social Anthropology etc.

mailto:melvynbrown21@gmail.com

Phone : Melvyn Brown at (00) (91) (33) 2217-1542

1 comment:

  1. Excellent Job but I would be happy if the same spirit can spread in other parts of India.

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