the anglo-indian community were the only community in india that had its own representatives nominated to the lok sabha (lower house) in parliament of india. this right was secured from nehru by frank anthony, the first and longtime president of the all india anglo-indian association. the community was represented by two members. this was done because the community had no native state of its own. 14 states of india (andhra pradesh, bihar, chhattisgarh, gujarat, jharkhand, karnataka, kerala, madhya pradesh, maharashtra, telangana, tamil nadu, uttar pradesh, uttarakhand and west bengal) also had a nominated member each in their respective state legislative assemblies. in january 2020, the anglo-indian reserved seats in the parliament and state legislatures of india were abolished by the 104th constitutional amendment act, 2019.