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Hindustan as it is today.’ Secondly, he pointed out that the Muslim League plan would ‘lead to the Balkanising of India,’ potentially ‘emasculating’ India as an ‘international power.’ Anthony’s third argument was that India was unlike Europe and so there was no basis for division as India had achieved ‘a basic ethnic and cultural unity.’ Lastly, Anthony maintained that the division of India would lead to war between the two countries and the ‘propagation of narrow and fanatical economic and political ideologies.
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Anthony charged the pro-separatist All India Muslim League with being "born in hatred" and being "responsible for an inevitable cycle of violence." The All India Anglo-Indian Association saved the lives of both Hindus and Muslims during the rioting. When the future of India was being decided by
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the hatred was really started by Jinnah, there's no doubt about it. ...The 80% of illiterate people ... the killings in
Calcutta ... something indescribable. There we had the largest number of Anglo-Indians, about 30,000, but ... Anglo-Indians were not touched ... My Anglo-Indian Association saved
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First, Anthony argued that in the proposed area of
Pakistan there would still be a considerable number of non-Muslims, and a large number of Muslims would also remain in India. Hence, he argued, ‘the minorities problem after the division of India would be as acute, perhaps much more acute, in both
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Anthony was vocally critical of the
British Raj in India for its racial discrimination in matters of pay and allowances, and for failing to acknowledge the sterling military and civil contributions made by Anglo-Indians to the Raj. Anthony vociferously opposed Partition and fought for the best
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Anthony's greatest contribution was in the field of Anglo-Indian and
Christian education. In 1947, he was elected chairman of the Inter-State Board of Anglo-Indian Education. He was also the Founder-Chairman of the All India Anglo-Indian Educational Trust which, today, owns and administers six
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Anthony died on 2 December 1993 of cardiac arrest. On 3 December 1993, the Indian Parliament adjourned after mourning his death. His funeral liturgy was presided over by Pritam Santram, a bishop of the
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during 1946–50 and represented the Anglo-Indian community in assembly. He was also temporary vice president of
Constituent Assembly and was a part of the Advisory Committee and Sub-committee on Minorities.
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The Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter-School Debate
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and three Frank Anthony Junior Schools in the cities of
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interests of his community as Indians, not Britishers.
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