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Foundation of League of Coloured Peoples

Event 1931

British Commonwealth of Nations, 1931

Event 11 December 1931

A stipulation in the Statute of Westminster which established legislative equality between Britain and its Dominions

Modern Indian Art Exhibition, 1934

Event 1934

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

World Congress of Faiths

Event 2 July 1936 ‐ 17 July 1936

A conference in which matters related to religion and spirituality were discussed by international speakers from various faith groups

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

Protest against H. G. Wells's A Short History of the World, 1938

Event 18 August 1938 ‐ 18 August 1938

In August 1938, the Jamiat-ul-Muslimin organized a petition against H. G. Wells’s book A Short History of the World for its portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad