DATE EVENT
1858 Queen Victoria became Empress of India
1869 The creation of the Suez canal radically reduced journey time from India
1892 Dadabhai Naoroji elected MP for Finsbury Central, London and was the first Indian to win a Parliamentary seat
1897 The Ayah's Home was established in Aldgate, London to accommodate Indian nannies of English families waiting to return to India
1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act limited the migration of South Asians to England
1968 Enoch Powell MP called for forced return of immigrants settled in England in his 'Rivers of Blood' speech
1999 Nasser Hussain appointed as captain of the English Cricket team following in the footsteps of cricketing star Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji in the 1890s

1858 Queen Victoria became Empress of India 1858 Queen Victoria became Empress of India 1858 Queen Victoria became Empress of India 1869 The creation of the Suez canal radically reduced journey time from India 1869 The creation of the Suez canal radically reduced journey time from India 1869 The creation of the Suez canal radically reduced journey time from India 1892 Dadabhai Naoroji elected MP for Finsbury Central, London and was the first Indian to win a Parliamentary seat 1892 Dadabhai Naoroji elected MP for Finsbury Central, London and was the first Indian to win a Parliamentary seat 1892 Dadabhai Naoroji elected MP for Finsbury Central, London and was the first Indian to win a Parliamentary seat 1897 The Ayah's Home was established in Aldgate, London to accommodate Indian nannies of English families waiting to return to India 1897 The Ayah's Home was established in Aldgate, London to accommodate Indian nannies of English families waiting to return to India 1897 The Ayah's Home was established in Aldgate, London to accommodate Indian nannies of English families waiting to return to India 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act limited the migration of South Asians to England 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act limited the migration of South Asians to England 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act limited the migration of South Asians to England 1968 Enoch Powell MP called for forced return of immigrants settled in England in his 'Rivers of Blood' speech 1968 Enoch Powell MP called for forced return of immigrants settled in England in his 'Rivers of Blood' speech 1968 Enoch Powell MP called for forced return of immigrants settled in England in his 'Rivers of Blood' speech 1999 Nasser Hussain appointed as captain of the English Cricket team following in the footsteps of cricketing star Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji in the 1890s 1999 Nasser Hussain appointed as captain of the English Cricket team following in the footsteps of cricketing star Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji in the 1890s 1999 Nasser Hussain appointed as captain of the English Cricket team following in the footsteps of cricketing star Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji in the 1890s