In Bradford during October 1959, an Indian Association was formed, and by 1969 it owned its own premises. It is more likely that the Asian immigrants who lived in Bradford in the 1960s were contributors to and members of this association. It is worth checking the appropriate County Record Office for the relevant records.

Coventry is the birthplace of the Indian Workers Association, an organisation that was founded shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War by a handful of students, professional men and Sikhs. Among its main purposes, it sought to:

According to the Home Office's Special Branch report of 30 November 1943, the Indian Workers Association was also known as the Indian Workers Union. The same report shows that the Hindustani Mazdur Sabha was founded by a Madrasi named VSS Sastryn in Birmingham in 1941. The National Archives document (PRO) HO45/25460 gives some biographical details of editors of the IWA newspaper Azad Hind, a bilingual monthly in Punjabi and Urdu.

Birmingham City Archives holds the Indian Workers Association records. The British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections hold India Pakistan and Burma Association records in MSS Eur F 158.

Britain saw the growth of Asian film societies during key parts of the 20th century. In various towns with a concentration of Indo-Pakistani immigrants, the community established film societies, including four in the Birmingham. Some commercial cinema entrepreneurs would feature Indian and Pakistani movies on weekends and holidays. Elsewhere private film societies benefited from the organising drive of tight-knit family networks among immigrants.