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Round Table Conferences, 1930-1932

Event 12 November 1930 ‐ 24 Dec 1932

Conferences held in London for Indian and British delegates to discuss India's constitutional future

Safeguarding of Employment Act (Northern Ireland)

Event 25 April 1947 ‐ 1977

Act requiring every immigrant coming into Northern Ireland to obtain a work permit in order to gain employment in certain occupations

Saklatvala elected to Battersea North

Event 15 November 1922

Sakuntala Performance, November 1919

Event 14 November 1919 ‐ 21 November 1919

Second World War (1939-1945)

Event 31 August 1939 ‐ 14 August 1945

World conflict in which South Asians gave vital support to Britain as combatants and non-combatants

Section 11 of the Local Government Act 1966

Event 13 December 1966 ‐ 1999

Made provisions for grants to local authorities where there were growing immigrant communities

Simon Report

Event 6 June 1930

A report on constitutional reform in India

Slough Chix Strike

Event October 1979 ‐ 1980

A successful strike by workers at Chix confectionery factory in Slough

Smash the Backlash Demonstration

Event 2 May 1987

The first march of its kind in Britain to protest homophobia and racism

Spanish Civil War

Event 16 July 1936 ‐ 1 April 1939

A three-year civil conflict between the Spanish Republican government and Nationalists, which reflected an international struggle between democracy and dictatorship