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1947 Independence and Partition

Event 14 August 1947 ‐ 15 August 1947

1972 Expulsion Order

Event 4 August 1972

President Idi Amin ordered the expulsion of Uganda’s South Asian population on 4 August 1972, resulting in many members of this displaced community coming to the UK

5th Pan-African Congress

Event 15 October 1945

The fifth in a series of meetings which demanded the end to colonial rule in Africa

Aliens Act 1905

Event 11 August 1905

Legislation to deny 'undesirable immigrants' entry into Britain

Aliens Order 1920

Event 1920

Restrictive order requiring 'alien' immigrants to register in the United Kingdom

Aliens Restriction Act 1919

Event 23 December 1919

A law which restricted where foreign nationals resident in Britain could work and live

Amritsar Massacre

Event 13 April 1919

Massacre of Indians in Amritsar, Punjab

Arrival of Maharaja Duleep Singh in England

Event May 1854

Assassination of Curzon Wyllie

Event 1 July 1909

Bangladesh Liberation Movement

Event March 1971 ‐ 16 December 1971

British Bengali communities united in a joint effort to galvanize support for an independent Bangladesh in 1971