Organizations

From this page you can access information about over 180 organizations across the United Kingdom, either led by South Asians or in which South Asians played an important role. The featured entries below are examples of the numerous organizations you will find here, including political and activist organizations, welfare organizations, arts and cultural organizations, religious organizations and women's organizations. To see a full list click on explore all organizations above or below.

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Featured Entries

Institute of Race Relations

Set up in the 1950s to assess the state of ‘race relations’ in the UK and its former colonies, but transformed into an anti-racist think-tank in the 1970s

Postcard depicting the Shah Jahan Mosque

Shah Jahan Mosque, Woking

Britain's first purpose-built mosque in 1889

Shakti

Britain's first South Asian LGBTQIA+ campaign group, founded by Shivananda Khan and Poulomi Desai

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Inside the Ayahs’ Home, Living London, 1904, Shelfmark: 10349.h.12, Courtesy of British Library Board

Public Domain

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