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Indira Devi

People 26 February 1912 ‐ 1 September 1979

Indian princess and radio broadcaster for the BBC

People 19 November 1917 ‐ 31 October 1984

Prime Minister of India (elected 1966) who was educated in Britain

People 2 December 1898 ‐ 22 July 1918

Member of the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War

People 28 September 1912 ‐ 2001

Punjabi author and journalist who was networked with leading Indian intellectuals and anti-colonialists in London

People 6 August 1894 ‐ 22 March 1954

Daughter of Irish nationalist Maud Gonne

People 17 January 1969

British Pakistani playwright and screenwriter

People 30 November 1858 ‐ 23 November 1937

Bengali scientist and writer, best known for his pioneering research in radio science and biophysics

People 1937 ‐ 3 June 1979

Anti-racist activist, co-founder of the Co-ordinating Committee Against Racial Discrimination and co-founder of the Black People’s Alliance

People 1 February 1910 ‐ 23 July 1988

Cricket player who studied in England

People c1901

Member of the India League