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The Indian Social Club had its origins before the First World War. Its membership consisted mainly of affluent professionals and businessmen, irrespective of their religious background.

P. V. Subba-Row (President)

Visram, Rozina, Asians in Britain: 400 Years of History (London: Pluto Press, 2002)

Indian Social Club Appeal Leaflet, Indian Famine, 1943

India Social Club Appeal Leaflet, 1943, Warwick Modern Records Centre, MSS.292/954/24/48, Public Domain. Courtesy of the Warwick Modern Records Centre.

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Inside the Ayahs’ Home, Living London, 1904, Shelfmark: 10349.h.12, Courtesy of British Library Board

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© Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1930s – present

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