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East Indian is also a designation for an ethnic or sub-ethnic group, based in and around the city of [[Bombay]] or Mumbai. These people, part of the original [[Konkani people|Konkani]] ethnic group, had been [[Evangelism|evangelized]] under [[Portugal|Portuguese]] auspices, and had partly [[lusitanic|Lusitanized]]. Later, the area was conquered by the [[Maratha Empire]], and the [[Marathi language]] was adopted by the people. Under British rule, they were known as Bombay Portuguese, but, when immigrants from Portuguese-ruled [[Goa]] began to enter Bombay, in order to distinguish themselves from the Goans (whom the British also called Portuguese), they renamed themselves "[[East Indians (ethnic group)|East Indians]]", purportedly after the British East India Company, in order to demonstrate their loyalty to the British, and as locals of Bombay as distinguished from the Goans.

 

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