Sri Lanka: Portrait of Mr D. Joseph, an 'East Indian' , early 20th century

East Indians or East Indian Catholics are a Marathi-speaking, Roman Catholic ethnic group, based in and around the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay) in the state of Maharashtra The original Marathi ethnic group had been evangelized by the Portuguese, while retaining much of their pre-Christian traditions. Mr D. Joseph - clearly a Christian from his name - may have been a Mumbai East Indian in British service in colonial Ceylon.

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