Sake Dean Mahomed was born in 1759 in Patna, India to a Muslim family. His father served in the East India Company’s Bengal Army and died when Mahomed was a young boy. Following his father’s death, Dean was taken under the care of Captain Godfrey Evan Baker, an Anglo-Irish Protestant officer. He served in the army like his father as a trainee surgeon. He stayed … Continue reading The South Asian Trailblazer who Introduced Curry and Shampooing to Britain

The Imperial Typewriters Strike in 1974 saw hundreds of mainly Asian workers go on strike and protest against discrimination and unfair working conditions. Established in 1908, Imperial Typewriters was bought by a US firm in the 1960s which recruited heavily from Leicester’s Asian population and employed a high proportion of women. The new employees made up about 1,100 of the 1,600-strong workforce. White workers remaining … Continue reading The Imperial Typewriters Strike