Dadabhai Naoroji
The first Asian elected to the House of Commons, representing Central Finsbury for the Liberal Party from 1892 - 1895. This was 4 years after the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, had said that Black...
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General Sir Charles James Napier
Not to be confused with his contemporary, Charles John Napier. Born Whitehall. After succeeding at the battle of Hydrabad, which meant he had conquered Sindh province, he sent a despatch with the s...
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Harpinder Singh Narula
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Harpinder Singh Narula was born in December 1953 in India. Our Picture Source and his Wikipedia page gives some information about this man.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
First Prime Minister of independent India. Born Allahabad, India. Father of Mrs Indira Gandhi. Popularly known as Pandit(ji) which means "scholar".
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William Charles Niblett
Born India. Called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1882. Travelled extensively, settled in Singapore where he made his fortune in property. Returned to England in 1905. In 1915 he gave his Singap...
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Sister Nivedita
Social worker and author. Born Margaret Elizabeth Noble, in Dungannon, County Tyrone. She came to London, where in 1895 she met Swami Vivekananda. She became his follower and travelled to India wit...
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Baron Gulam Noon, MBE
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Gulam Kaderbhoy Noon was born on 24 January 1936 in Bombay (now called Mumbai), India. Our Picture Source and his Wikipedia page give much information about th...
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George Orwell
George Orwell was born in Bengal as Eric Arthur Blair, his father was a British colonial civil servant. Joined the Indian imperial police in Burma but left in 1927 and decided to become a writer. ...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio, Bengal, Burma, France, India, Spain
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General Sir James Outram
Hero of the Indian Rebellion during which he relieved the siege of Lucknow.
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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Born as Swarup Nehru into a prominent Indian political family (brother - Jawaharlal Nehru; niece - Indira Gandhi; grand-nephew - Rajiv Gandhi) She was herself a powerful diplomat and politician. 8...
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