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Jai Handoo
Member of the India League
Other names
Jai Kishori Handoo
About
Mrs J. Handoo, wife of Dr H. K. Handoo, was an active member of the India League. Together with Asha Bhattacharya she ran education classes under the auspices of the India League's East End branch at the Shah Jolal Restaurant. She was a member of the India League's Central Committee and its Women's Committee. She was instrumental in fundraising for the India League and organized a scheme of annual subscriptions from affluent Indians living in Britain.
Mulk Raj Anand, Asha Bhattacharya, Mrs M. F. Boomla, H. K. Handoo, C. L. Katial, Krishna Menon, Syed Mohamedi, Rewal Singh.
Visram, Rozina, Asians in Britain: 400 Years of History (London: Pluto Press, 2002)
Daily Herald (21 June 1949)
Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890–1960
Image credit
© Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1930s – present
