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Ahmed Ali

People 1 July 1910 ‐ 14 January 1994

Writer of literary fiction and diplomat for the Pakistan government

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Magazine contributor who regularly wrote about art

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Co-founder of the Oriental Film Artistes’ Union, a labourer and President of the Indian Workers’ Association in Coventry

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Dancer and choreographer, rooted in the Kathak tradition

People 1910 ‐ 1971

Ceylon-born English short story writer

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Photographer, teacher, preacher and author who wrote about his life in the East End of London

People 10 September 1871 ‐ 1950

Born in Bristol in 1871 and took up a subsequent career in government in India

People 26 July 1894 ‐ 22 November 1963

Writer and philosopher who had strong connections with key South Asian literary figures and intellectuals in Britain

People 16 September 1893 ‐ 23 January 1956

Filmmaker who worked with notable South Asian figures in the British film industry such as Sabu

People 10 May 1834 ‐ 31 July 1908

Irish Parliamentary Party MP who was involved with Irish and Indian nationalist politics