Luso-Indian

Luso-Indians, or Portuguese-Indians, are people who have mixed Indian and Portuguese ancestry; the term also refers to people of Portuguese descent born or living or originating in former Portuguese Indian colonies, the most important of which were Goa and Damaon of the Konkan region, along the Western coast of the present-day Republic of India. Luso-Indians are one subgroup of Luso-Asians, which includes other Eurasian creole peoples.

Their diaspora can be found around the world, particularly in the Anglosphere and the Lusosphere, including constiuents of the former Portuguese East Indies such as Macao. Pockets of Luso-Indians used to live in the parts of India now known as Anjediva, Velha Goa, Damaon, Dio district, St Mary's islands of Mangalore, Bombay (Mumbai), Korlai Fort (Chaul), Vasai (Bassein), Silvassa, Cape Comorin & Fort Cochin.

There are also a number of Koli Christians, Christian Brahmins, Christian Cxatrias & so on with Portuguese surnames but who do not necessarily possess European ancestry. They were named as such in the process of their religious conversion to Western Christianity by Portuguese missionaries in the sixteenth century; this was intended to prevent survivalism of caste identities and caste based discrimination among the converts.