.jpg) 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 Mumbai Metropolitan Area of the Konkan division, along the western coast of India.[3][4] The community gets its name from the Bombay East Indian Association (BEIA), established in 1887.[5]
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- ^ https://www.gatewayhouse.in/bombays-east-indian-community