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Special Restriction (Coloured Alien Seamen) Order 1925

Event 18 March 1925

A law to limit the number of racialized minority seamen in Britain

Sri Lankan Civil War

Event 23 July 1983 ‐ 19 May 2009

Intermittent civil war between 1983 and 2009, as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam violently rebelled against the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan government to create an independent Tamil state

Tagore wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Event 16 November 1913

The Satanic Verses Affair

Event September 1988

The publication of Salman Rushdie's 1988 novel The Satanic Verses sparked global protests, prompting Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini to issue a 'fatwa' calling on Muslims to kill the author

Uday Shankar’s Debut Performance

Event 12 September 1923

Uday Shankar co-choreographed and performed Indian-inspired ballets with the prima ballerina Anna Pavlova

Universal Races Congress

Event 26 July 1911 ‐ 29 July 1911

Race relations conference

World Congress of Faiths

Event 2 July 1936 ‐ 17 July 1936

A conference in which matters related to religion and spirituality were discussed by international speakers from various faith groups