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