Events

Find out more about key events involving South Asians in Britain

From this page you can access information about over 90 events involving South Asians in Britain that took place across the United Kingdom as well as internationally. The featured entries below are examples of the numerous events you will find here, from workers’ strikes and disputes, to riots and demonstrations, to immigration acts, expulsion orders and wars in Britain and beyond, telling a story of South Asians as change-makers in British life. To see a full list click on explore all events above or below.

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Featured Entries

Drawing of the Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition

Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886

Exhibition held in South Kensington, London, with a large Indian Court

Group photo of delegates at 1911 Universal Races Congress

Universal Races Congress

Race relations conference

Photo of a Smash the Backlash Demonstration Leaflet

Smash the Backlash Demonstration

The first march of its kind in Britain to protest homophobia and racism

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The Dome Hospital [Brighton], 1915, H D Girdwood Collection, Shelfmark: Photo 24/1, Courtesy of British Library Board, Usage Term: Public Domain

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