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British Shipping (Assistance) Act 1935

Event 1935

Legislation to subsidize the British shipping industry during the economic downturn in the 1930s which, in its payment requirements, discriminated against racialized minority seamen

Bussing out

Event

An educational policy during the 1960s and 1970s, dispersing minority-community schoolchildren from inner-city schools to suburban schools away from their homes

Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886

Event 4 May 1886 ‐ October 1886

Exhibition held in South Kensington, London, with a large Indian Court

Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962

Event 1 July 1962 ‐ 1968

The first Act of Parliament to place significant restrictions on the entry of Commonwealth citizens into Britain

Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968

Event 1 March 1968 ‐ 28 October 1971

Amendment to Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 that further restricted the right of Commonwealth nationals to migrate, live and work in Britain

Cornelia Sorabji admitted to Oxford

Event October 1889

Coronation of King Edward VII

Event 9 August 1902

Crepe Sizes Strike

Event 27 May 1972 ‐ 9 June 1972

In May 1972, Pakistani workers walked out over poor working conditions

Cripps Mission

Event 21 March 1942

A series of meetings between politician Stafford Cripps and Indian political leaders on the British Government’s Draft Declaration on the Constitution of India

Empire of India Exhibition, 1895

Event 1 May 1895 ‐ 26 Oct 1895

First in a series of exhibitions held at Earl's Court, London