The Anglo-Indian Archives is a digital archive that functions as a resource, engaging with the visual histories of the Anglo-Indian community through a nuanced and critical lens. The archive largely focuses on family photographs and other visual material made within the community from the late 19th through the 20th centuries. Importantly, the archive also functions as a space for critically reevaluating both the community’s erasure from prevailing narratives, as well as its largely stereotypical historical representations in mainstream media.

The Anglo-Indian Archives currently holds over a 1000 digitised photographs, as well as oral history interviews with more than 13 Anglo-Indian families from Chennai and Guwahati, India. The archives have been actively growing since 2018, facilitated by the generous collaboration and participation of numerous families, individuals and institutions within India and the global Anglo-Indian diaspora.


In 2018, The Anglo-Indian Archives conducted interviews with 10 Anglo-Indian families in Chennai, India focusing on family photographs. These photographs were exhibited in Loyola College, Chennai during the World Anglo-Indian Reunion, 2019.

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