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Alice Maude Sorabji Pennell

People 17 July 1874 ‐ 7 March 1951

Doctor and novelist

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Performer of Indian music who was married to Ananda Coomaraswamy

People 1922 ‐ 1979

Lawyer and a member of the All-India Muslim League, who established the first unofficial Pakistan embassy in London

People 1953 ‐ 4 May 1978

A textile worker whose murder in 1978 sparked anti-racist protests in east London

People 20 December 1923 ‐ 3 January 2018

Director of the Institute of Race Relations and major writer and theorist on racism, nationalism and socialism

People 20 November 1915 ‐ 27 January 1996

Political activist who supported the cause for Indian independence

People 19 August 1934 ‐ 28 April 2003

Business owner who sold properties in Birmingham and established cinemas which exclusively screened Indian films in Leicester and Birmingham

People 1941

Activist and writer who has focused on issues such as gender and racial equality in Britain

People 22 August 1877 ‐ 9 September 1947

Historian of Indian art who was involved in establishing the India Society in London

People 23 September 1847 ‐ 20 August 1906

Barrister and member of the Brahmo Samaj