I am Anglo-Indian, born in Bangalore, but my parents brought us to Australia and I grew up here. Am always deeply interested in our history. So thank you for this documentary.

Lorna Monteith I am an Anglo Indian and proud to be one. I was married to a George Martin whose father was retired from the Railways. I believe most of the Retired railway workers bought land and built their own Bungalows to settle down. This was to be an anglo Indian Colony. My late husband's father and Mother's names were Alexander and Agnes Martin. Alexander died in McCluskieganj and was burried there. His Mother re=married a British soldier by the name of Dodsley. They left the Bungalow and went to England. A Mrs. Carney they called Granny Carney loaned them some money, just a little to get them by before they went to England. They had three sons, George, Leonard and Ronnie. George and Leonard joined the Army during World War II and Ronnie joined the Indian Navy. Mrs. Dodsley had paid off the loan and the title deeds were sent to Mrs. Dodsley in the U.K. who gave it to her young son Ronnie when he went to the U.K. for the Queens Coronation. My husband George, the eldest son was given a Will and he was to sell the property and share the money, but the mother favoured her young son and gave it to him and he sold it for so little. I was told thast the Bungalow was well built. They had 22 acres where they had animals and the Santali's (I don't know the spelling, worked for them and cultivated their land, etc. In those days, Anglo Indians used to go to McCluskieganj for vacations and for hunting with the local people. They had wild animals, like Tigers, leopards, and many wild animals. These wild animals used to come at night and eat their goats and chickens etc. People were know to find big snakes in their beds. When I heard of all this I refused to visit this place but those who liked hunting loved it. I believe the climate was good too. My husband was very friendly with the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Stringer i.e. John and Peter Stringer who eventually all moved to Calcutta. My late husband George, returned after the War to his hometown but had problems with his step father, they were still there at the time. he was angry because this man burst up all the money his late father left for the children and then started selling off things like the overhead tanks and anything he could get his hands on for money. That was one of the reasons why the two boys left to join the Army. My husband George died from a Heart problem, when we came to live in Canada from the U.K. I was married to him for 29 years. I re-married after four years of being a widow, to a Scotsman to whom I was married for 34 years. He had a massive Stroke and also had Alzheimer and died last year. I am going on 83. I had three daughters but my oldest daughter died four years ago from a heart attack. I have four grand children all married and six Great Grandchildren. My children were all from my first husband George Martin. So that is my connection to the McCluskieganj story.

I have the privilege of meeting Madam Kitty Texeria at her residence during my visit to Maccluskiganj during November 2018. She is a very humble and lovable person. I will always cherish the moments spent with her

I studied in an Anglo Indian school in Delhi. Those days were the best days of my life till date. Lots of Love to my Anglo Indian friends.

I too am proud to be Anglo Indian,and left Calcutta when i was 15 years old in 1967. I think this a wonderful doc by Dhiraj. It makes me almost weep and I hope one day I will be able to visit from the UK. Jeffrey Gale

I am from Burma. I met a few Anglo-Indians in Bangkok in the1970s, Thailand and we became friends. What I found out about them is that they are very kind and humanistic as well as honest. They also trained us how to speak proper English. I am sad to learn that the Anglo-Indian-communities are fading away world wide. I wish them well and happiness wherever they are. I miss them dearly.

My dad (Melvyn Jude Stark)...quite often spoke about this place and it was so very beautiful to see it in a video ...I know with my life in Delhi ....may be I may never get to see it ..but seeing it in a video... was so very fulfilling and satisfying ... Beautiful place with beautiful people "The Anglo Indians"...of the world ...Awesome place for awesome people to live in....I wish I was born and lived there...

I was so happy to see pictures of my mum/colleen Burns also my Nan / Connie Burns /Sutherland Stevens plus my auntie's in this documentary.

Always heard about McCluskies Ganj. But this is the first time I came to know the real picture about this town. Thanks to Dhiraj. Spectacular story. unlike the city Anglo Indians. The present day Anglo Indians in India have made a good turn around.

This video stirred up so many memories. I used to go there on small trips with family and friends so frequently in the early 80s. There was no electricity or telephone those days over there. Lying in the warm stacks of hay in the winter afternoons, the sound of cowbells as the sun went down, the eeriness of the dark nights interrupted by the soft glow from kerosene lamps, the sound of crickets, the smell of forest... nostalgic.

I am proud to say I am Anglo Indian from birth & happily lived 33 years of a very memorable life in India I also served 13 years as an army officer & travelled widely across the country meeting many AI’s scattered around the country as well as many who served in the armed forces. Sadly leaders of the community who could have done something positive to uplift a minority community following Independence, were not proactive in their thinking or actions As a result , many AI’s sort greener pastures in search of a better life.overseas. Mccluskieganj could have been a great idea, if the foresight included an infrastructure for employment & communication. This did not happen & the place fell to pieces as disillusioned residents departed in frustration & despair. A sad end to an era of a memorable Anglo Indian way of life. 😪😢

I have lived in Ranchi for over 20 to years....and never visited this amazing place...my next trip to Ranchi will take me to macluskiganj...great job Dheeraj.

I'm from Anglo Indian roots... My grandad was Anglo Indian born in meerut in 1933 and moved to England in about 47-48.... Altho I've never been to India, and I look full white, I still class my self as Anglo Indian! I've been trying lately to find out about my grandads life over there....

I am a proud Anglo-Indian from Calcutta. Left India as a child and I learned a lot from this video. Our family is spread between Australia, England and Canada but we always love reminiscing about our life in Calcutta. Thanks for the video

Thank you so much for this documentary Mr. Dhiraj.

Lucky to hv my BASIC ACADEMIC education frm Don bosco academy it really transform my life within a yr.

My mother is Angloindian but I never knew that till I grew up. Because we are so much Indian.

My mother was born in Kolcutta but her grandparents lived in McCluskie Gange. She lived with them a lot and went to school there. Hubert Tocher, Elvira Tocher were her grand parents. They lived in a white house with a green iron gate. My mum is 83 and I’ve just shown her this video and she’s saying I remember this I remember that. The look on her face. Priceless,

I remember spending a month of vacation (probably September or October) with my parents and sister at McCLuskie's gunj in the late 60s. I was very young then , perhaps 4 or 5 yrs old but I think I recognized one of the houses where we stayed. I think there was a cook and an ayah as wellwho took care of me and my sister while our parents just relaxed.. There was an apple tree and also a custard apple tree right outside the bedroom window. I remember having a lot of fun.

To think I visited McCluskie Ganj and never knew this piece of history though I am an anglo-Indian. Thank you. Will visit again, for sure.

Thank you for capturing, on camera, the mesmerising Gunj, and allowing us to live history vicariously. It is an absolute bliss for people like me who are trying to locate relatives of their Anglo Indian ancestors, God bless you. My grandmother was an Anglo Indian from Bangalore, the city of gardens.

The narration kept me hooked till the end. Calm and mellow. 🙇 Also, very informative 🙌

What a pleasure to watch this video together with the interesting narration of an almost forgotten era...☺ I'm from Calcutta and clearly recall the life of the Anglo Indian community in the 70's when I was a teenager! We had the most dedicated, prim and proper Anglo Indian school teachers at Loreto House Park Street! Many of them living underprivileged lives but always with their heads held high and their dignity intact.. I remember the last of the middle aged and elderly residents of Chowringhee (and off Sudder street) and the Dalhousie club was their favourite place for merry making and dancing to Elvis, Cliff Richards and Engelbert..! My memories are of the ladies chattering away and shopping in their skirts and patent leather block heeled shoes at New Market...😊 Their mullagatawny soup, their lace table covers, tea brewing in the tea pots covered by tea cosies old hmv gramaphones and 33 Rpm records 😊 The ballroom dancing... This wonderful video took me back to another time another place...☺ As for my Anglo Indian teachers - I can never forget my lively teacher Mavis, Mrs Watson and Mrs McCarthy... Gone but not forgotten...🌹🌹 Aparna Sen made a wonderfully sensitive, heart warming and engrossing film " 36 Chowringhee Lane " depicting the sad, lonely life of an Anglo Indian teacher capturing their steadily deteriorating and decaying lives after independence which is well worth viewing. ..

I had several Anglo Indian neighbor living in Rawalpindi till late sixtees, they looked more European and were teachers, police officers, railway workers. Of course they had english names and English life style. Mr. Davis and Peggy and 4 daugters were our good friends. He was DSP in Rawalpindi. Later on they moved to Australia.

Wonderful documentary film on the lost town of McCluskie's Ganj ...now looks like a ghost settlement in the midst of nowhere..Its a sad story of the Anglo Indian community who once lived in this El Dorado...a unrealized dream...

I really liked your video. Gave a really deep insight into the Anglo Indians' past. I am also an Anglo Indian, but from New Delhi, studied in Frank Anthony Public School, New Delhi.

Such a very interesting story of the Anglo Indians. Thank you. Loved reading all about it.❤

My family left India after partition. However I have family in McCluskie Ganj - hello out there to the Merediths. Perhaps the Alfred Stark and Shane Stark, who have commented on here, we may be related also.

Thank you Mr.Singh for producing this documentary about my people. (Jai Hind).

My maternal grandfather was an Anglo-Indian who lived in Malaysia. His name was George Arthur Francis. After a disagreement with his mother he broke away from his family and moved to Singapore with my grandmother. Now we know nothing about his side of the family and their history. Thank you for these videos. I feel a kinship with the Anglo-Indians mentioned here

The sad tale of "no opportunities for the future" is pretty much the same as is the case with Kolar Gold Fields in Karnataka (Then Mysore State). Mining families did the same thing - sold out, packed up and migrated. Some, including my maternal grandparents came to Bangalore back in the 50's-60's. Today, KGF too is a ghost town of sorts, though the locals fondly remember the "Missies' (their word for Anglo Indian ladies) and the "Bawas" or "Dorais" (Anglo Indian gentlemen) that they worked for up to half a century ago. This video is a touching reality that our footprints on this land are fast fading, and our former "strongholds" now exist in little pockets of a few cities in India. While the largesse of the community have long since migrated, a good number of Anglo Indians have persevered and found our footing in modern India, going beyond the traditional vocations of the armed forces, healthcare, the railways, the telegraphs, and teaching. There are large numbers of us that have made deep inroads into corporate India and are doing well. A number of us can now speak at least 3 languages other than English. Our food traditions continue to be a hit at office potluck - especially our roast beef and pork vindaloo. Here's to the generations that came before us, and to those that are to come. Cheers!

Thank you Dhiraj for such s beautiful insight to this fabulous place. I am Anglo indian but have never visited here. Got s wonderful opportunity to experience it through your video.

*Beautiful place, peaceful weather and so lush greenery.* I can't believe this is India... i live in Jharkhand, Ranchi, but i don't know much about this place.... i would love to visit this Beautiful place and enjoy the Anglo-Indian bungalow's and nature. this place surrounded by nature which is really attract me to live here. i would like to build my own bungalow in mcCluskieganj ❤️💜😍 Thank you for this video 💕

Being born and brought up in Ranchi, I have always known this place, heard stories about this place but never got to visit this amazing place; and at present I don't live in Jharkhand .I hope once in my lifetime I get to visit this place. Loved the video though ❤️

My Surname is Stringer, my mother´s surname was Jahans. I was born in Ranchi & spent the first ten years(1951-1961) of my life between McCluskiegunj and Calcutta, we then moved to London where I was educated, then travelled all over Europe through my hippie days eventually living for 8 years in Edinburgh from where I moved to live in Madrid,Spain where I have lived for the last 40 years. I have a grown up Spanish family. While browsing through the video I saw my grandparents house in one of the photos and was taken aback, would anybody know anything about the Stringer house or the Jahans bungalow? I would really appreciate it if anyone could come up with any information, thanks in advance. Freddy Stringer

Anglo indian is just a name, they are Indians and have contributed much to independent India, unity in diversity is India. Jai Hind

To all the Angloindian teachers of my growing up years.Calcutta,Bangalore,Lucknow.Language of course,wit,humour,fairplay,sporting spirit,and delectable wickedness!

Great documentary. In a way the rural beauty of the place is unspoiled as it is, it does require sprucing up but not too much or it will lose it's simplicity and innocence. With bigger towns and cities comes crime and other problems. Thanks for the insight into this hidden gem. I am an Anglo Indian from Lahore but living in England and I remember nothing much from my past. Despite living in London most of my life..I feel I am always searching for home. My roots are East and West.

Thanks, Dheeraj for giving me a glimpse of our school days.It was really a very momorable, interesting place. Mr. Joshy T.D was our principal and I feel very good that he is still the VP of our school.... Good work..

I am proud of this place because i have received my education here in Don bosco academy and in care of Noel gordon

Watching this documentary in 2021 inside a train, as my train crosses McCluskeyganj station.❤️

We have the similar Anglo-Indian communtiy in Jhansi,since it was a big Junction of the British Raj. One of the treasured memories of childhood are the grannies in Skirts and scolding us in impeccable English.

Thank you Dhiraj Singh ji for this spectacular story.

Great video Mr. Dhiraj. Thanks for the coverage.

I am from Jharkhand..but not visited this place till date, but now i will come across the place and people.

Splendid documentary !!

Interesting there is a photo of my grandparent's​ engagement photo in this video.

Bless you man for ressureacting the jade of the jungle

Very well made video Dhiraj and also an important one. The bloodline may become thinner but there is no taking India out of the blood, no matter where one goes. Here's wishing the Anglos and places like McLuskieganj that bear their stamp good days ahead.

I liven in McCkuskiganj from 1967 to 1968 and there were many Anglo indians there. Lack of employment opportunities is the reason for the downfall of the town. Only one fire brick factory Harish Tara Refactories provided employment in the area. But the place was simply beautiful and the Anglo Indians were very friendly.

We have visited many times there ...There is our maternal uncle's house ....really it is a fabulous place ..

the dream needs to be to be kept alive,I would love to see Anglos start. to move back

Very interesting. My grandfather was an Anglo Sri Lankan (his father was Sri Lankan and mother was Scottish) and he also worked for the Sri Lankan railways under the British.

Glad watching you Anglo-Indians. Proud of you!!

Nice documentation , I wish the place gets back more life and interest from tourists and visitors .

Excellent video. A lot of my family and friends are in this video. My mothers hometown. I am heading into the Gunj shortly again

Thank you for sharing this. Must visit this place once.

Amazing. ❤️ Thanks for this.

It's really great video about an important section of Indian society and an interesting part of Indian history. Why did majority of Anglo Indians leave during years after independence of India? Should have stayed back and add colour to plurality. I still remember our neighbors like Judith and Garry, very nice and friendly folk.

Very nice capture of time in history. Great job. Thank you Mr. Dhiraj for your hard work!

I have been living in India since 2007. I came with my wife who was from Calcutta, but born in Fort Cochin. My wife left with our the very young children and went back to London. I stayed in India.

A very impressive documentary made. Keep making more of these kind of documentary for tourists place in Ranchi which are attractive and untouched !!!

I found this fascinating. I don’t remember living with Anglo-Indians but my parents used to talk about them.

Thank u so much fr this documentary

Inspiring and very informative. Smart production

I am Harold Emmanuel and was born at Dhanbad and my God Mother was from McClusegunj . I went to the UK for a year to study the Power Stations Training programs from October 1982 to October 1983. I started my career with IISCO Burnpur as a Trade Apprentice in 1968 till 1982 . Then I joined National Power Training Institute as an Assistant Director and was promoted to the rank of Deputy Director and was placed at Nagpur . My subject was. instrumentation and retired in April 2010. I now have a Duplex Bungalow and enjoying my retired life.

Everyone born in India is an indian, there is no need to isolate oneself as a separate community if one believes with an entire heart 🙏🇮🇳🙏

Thanks Mr DhirajSingh for this nice documentary. People down south do not know much about this settlement . For them it is an educative experience. I am hopeful that Jharkhand Govt would restore this place with employment opportunities for local people by developing and building employable skill set and also look at developing this place as a Eco Tourism spot. Good luck and God Bless Thanks

Thank you for uploading a video about a lost community

Thank you for sharing history.

A very poignant story handled so sensitively. At my place in Shimoga karnatak, where I studied in what's called as Convent school I had an Anglo Indian classmate by name Hector. A quiet boy who of course knew only a smattering of Kannada, we all liked him immensely and were in awe of his englishness!!

Very informative and well presented.more on Anglo Indians pl.

well documented videos sir!!!

thanks Dhiraj for uploading videos i really tell one thing nobody know about value of christian of this country we really helpful those who did great education/medical systems in india today dirty politicans are playing dirty games and fools to people i know that in that period people are very honesty and honesty

I love and proud my country and all people whether they are good or not good.. India’s history mixture of good and bad and strugle.

EXCELLENT VIDEO INDEED !!! WOW ! I AM AN ANGLO-INDIAN THANKS FROM U.K.

Nice video sir my maternal great grandfather was an Anglo Indian my grandfather use to say about mclacsky ganz

Sir very nice documentary, Anglo - Indians are very big hearted person they are , my wife also belongs from Anglo Indian family I love to talk & listen to there old stories from my father in law they always be very cherish & takes care for there children they lives in present don't care about past & future hats off for them I always thanks to God for giving me such a kind & humble wife ....God bless all of us.

Nice film. I hope this town gets restored and not renovated towards a modern urban township.

Mr. Dhiraj thanks for your SUBJECT presentation.

At first, I was watching this video with a little care and attention, as this Mc Cluskie Ganj was the unknown and unfamiliar place in India. I was shocked in my mind while the old lady ( who was grazing the goats in her respective boundary) fluently spoke in English and it shocked my mind greatly and sentimental feelings have exerted from the core of my heart. Not only that, my mind and heart made me discomfort and felt me also uneasy while I was thinking in respect of the fact for the while. Immediately, I downloaded to watch and enjoy this video thinking that I must know about it. It is watched on the TV monitor with searching the exact location with the help of Google Map. The facts cleared my mind. I think there will be many more places in India occupied by the Anglo Indians as the residents of Mc Cluskie Ganj were residing for more than 100 years. I feel sympathy to Madam Kitty Texeira, resident of McCluskie Ganj for her sincere love to the soil of the Country and her dedicated life for the nation from the core of her heart. Oh, Lord God, be blessed the soul of (Late) E.T. McCluskie, the then Organizer and Founder of the Colonization Society of India Ltd. by his Co-ordinators and Members, as a symbol of their deep appreciation of his work for the up-lift of his community. And personally I would like to thank Mr. Vikash Kumar Jha, Journalist of the local newspaper, for his initiatives and tireless efforts in this regard. I also like to say as Frank Anthony, Anglo Indian Member, Constituent Assembly that " Let us always remember that we are Indians, The community is Indian and it has always been Indian. Above all,it had inalienable Indian birthright." Hence, let us love the Anglo Indians, let us respect them, as they are also Indians, an inalienable Indian birthright. Mother Mary, have mercy on them. With best love and prayer, Thank you all,

Around year 2000 I read about McCluskie’s ganj and it’s history from an article in the Daily Telegraph and have a wish to visit this place, I’m not anglo Indian.It is sad to see it rundown with the residents migrating for better future.

Salute to a brave lady kitty texeira maam,many times when I had travelled to barkakana(Ramgarh),I have seen her selling fruits on railway station,one time I also meet her.

Mr.Dhiraj Singh It's very interesting to see and know about Mc Cluskie Gunj in Bihar. You heard about Mc Clarence towards South India. My Grand Father's family was adopted by Irish family in those times and lived in Co-Canada now spelt Kakinada.

thanks for the valuable information

thank you ! thank you ! History is so important ! We must preserve Heritage

Very nicely done 😊👍

Interesting video with an example moving human journey on this planet. I am time, I don't stop, what i had yesterday I don't have today, what I have today I will not have tomorrow. Only human beings have ability to leave legacy and recall the history.

Wonderful documentary.

Excellent documentary

This is ansh I live in mccluskigyng .. It is very beautiful place ...Old bunglows make this place a mini london I live in one of the great bunglows of mccluskigung. Proud to be a jharkhandi

Let history remain. People to People connection is eternal.

Really sad to see this beautiful Anglo Indian settlement breathing it's last. It can still be saved if the affluent people from the community come forward and take the initiative.

What a lovely docu

superb documentary. Thank you, Dhiraj Singh, sir.

Very very nice. Thanks.

Loved the documentary!

V informative. .Indeed. .get . to.know. .new.things..thank.you

I have emotionally attached with this place and very curious to all about this place. I want to visit this place.

thank you for showing the story