Penulisan ini meneliti tentang amalan perkahwinan campur antaramasyarakat India dengan masyarakat etnik tempatan semasa di bawahpentadbiran Syarikat Borneo Utara British (SBUB). Berpandukan kaedahsejarah, kajian ini cuba melihat sejarah proses migrasi masyarakat Indiayang berlaku secara berperingkat dan sistematik yang berlaku di bawahSBUB. Perkembangan migrasi masyarakat India ke Sabah membawakepada fenomena amalgamasi sosial. Wujud entiti perkahwinan campurhasil daripada proses asimilasi antara kumpulan etnik majoriti dengankumpulan etnik imigran di negeri Sabah. Makalah membincangkan tigaaspek, iaitu perkembangan migrasi awal masyarakat India ke Sabah,faktor penggalak kepada amalan perkahwinan campur India-etniktempatan Sabah, dan kesan perkahwinan campur terhadap identitiantara India dan etnik tempatan. Pemahaman kepada perkembanganmigrasi masyarakat India ini adalah penting untuk memahami fenomenaamalgamasi sosial masyarakat India di Sabah. This article examines the practice of marriage between the Indiancommunity and the local ethnic community under the British North BorneoCompany (BNBC) administration. Based on historical methods, this studylooks at the history of the process of migration of the Indian community instages and systematically occurring under BNBC. The development of theIndian community migration to Sabah led to the phenomenon of socialamalgamation. The existence of marriage entities is a result of theassimilation process between the majority ethnic group and ethnic groupsof immigrants in Sabah. The paper discusses three aspects, namely theearly migration of the Indian community to Sabah, the promotion factor tothe practice of interracial marriage of Indian-ethnic Sabah, and the impactof marriage on the identity of India and local ethnics. Understanding thedevelopment of the Indian community is important to understand thephenomenon of social amalgamation of the Indian community in Sabah.