#lascarins

Introduction Lascarins (Sinhala: ලස්කිරිඤ්ඤ, romanized: laskiriñña, Tamil: லசுக்காரின், romanised: Lacukkāriṉ or Lascareen, Lascoreen and Lascarine) is a term used in Sri Lanka to identify indigenous soldiers who fought for the Portuguese during the Portuguese era (1505-1658) and continued to serve as colonial soldiers until the 1930s. Photograph of the Private Lascoreen Guard of Basnayake…

Introduction The Lascar War Memorial, located on Napier Road in the Hastings area of Kolkata, is a memorial dedicated to the memory of the 896 lascars (sailors from the Indian subcontinent) who died serving on ships of the Royal Navy and British Merchant Service during World War I. Inside the Lascar War Memorial. Lascar Refer to Lascar. He had thought that the Lascars were a tribe or nation,…

Introduction A lascar was a sailor or militiaman from the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Arab world, British Somaliland or other lands east of the Cape of Good Hope who was employed on European ships from the 16th century until the mid-20th century. Etymology The Oxford English Dictionary states that the word has two possible derivations: Either an erroneous European use of Urdu…