South Asians in post-imperial Britain: Decolonisation and imperial legacy

British culture and the end of empire

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 200-216

  Lahiri, Shompa ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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2. K. C. Aurora, The Indian Nationalist Movement in Britain, 1930-1949 (Delhi, Inter-India Publications, 1991).
3. C. Adams, Across Seven Seas and Thirteen Rivers: Life Stories of Pioneer Sylhetti Settlers in Britain (London, THAP Books, 1987). In 1943 Qureshi and his friend Ayub Ali formed the Indian Seamen's Workers League, the first Bangladeshi organisation in Britain.
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9. N. C. Chaudhuri, Passage to Britain (London, Macmillan, 1959), p. 205. On two separate occasions Chaudhuri came across England-returned businessmen who, on hearing of his impending departure for England, praised its high standard of living, abundant cheap housing and hospitality.
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22. Tajfel and Dawson, Disappointed Guests, p. 131. Jussawalla later became a critic and poet.
23. T. Asad, 'Multiculturalism and British Identity in the Wake of the Rushdie Affair', Politics and Society, 18:4 (1990), pp. 455-80.