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Abdul Malik Choudhury Bakht

People 1924 ‐ 1977

Pakistani businessman and community leader who lived in Manchester

Abdul Karim (Johnny)

People 1920 ‐ 1993

A Pakistani pedlar who worked across the Hebrides

Miners’ Strike

Event 6 March 1984 ‐ 3 March 1985

Resistance to the closure of collieries across the UK in 1984–5, supported by activist groups such as the Asian Youth Movement (AYM) and Indian Workers’ Association (IWA)

Glasgow International Exhibition, 1888

Event 8 May 1888 ‐ November 1888

An international exhibition of industry, science and art held in Glasgow in 1888, which hosted Indian and Sri Lankan workers

About the site

General

Shah Jolal Restaurant

Organization

Cafe for former seamen

Oxford Majlis

Organization 1896

Oxford University student society for South Asian students

Oriental Press Service

Organization 1926 ‐ 1938

News service set up by Pulin Behari Seal

Hindustani Social Club

Organization 1934

Club for working-class Indians and important meeting-place for Indian activists

Mahinder Singh Pujji

People 14 August 1914 ‐ 18 September 2010

Distinguished RAF fighter pilot during the Second World War