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Cripps Mission

Event 21 March 1942

A series of meetings between politician Stafford Cripps and Indian political leaders on the British Government’s Draft Declaration on the Constitution of India

Quit India Movement, 1942

Event 1942

Large-scale, non-violent demonstrations to end British rule in India

5th Pan-African Congress

Event 15 October 1945

The fifth in a series of meetings which demanded the end to colonial rule in Africa

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

1947 Independence and Partition

Event 14 August 1947 ‐ 15 August 1947

Indo-Pakistan Wars

Event October 1947

Wars between India and Pakistan in 1947, 1965, 1971 and 1991

British Nationality Act 1948

Event 30 July 1948 ‐ 1 January 1949

The 1948 British Nationality Act gave people from British colonies the right to live and work in Britain

Festival of Britain

Event 4 May 1951 ‐ 30 September 1951

A national exhibition held in 1951 to showcase Britain’s art, science, technology and design

Kenyan and Tanzanian Exodus

Event c1960 ‐ c1970

South Asians settled in Kenya and Tanzania were compelled to leave (1960s), following the independence of these nations, and many came to the UK

Middlesbrough Race Riot, 1961

Event 18 August 1961 ‐ 22 August 1961

Four nights of attacks perpetrated by locals who were angered by the stabbing of John Joseph Hunt by a Yemeni sailor, in which South Asian people and businesses were targeted