"Whatwedid.co.uk/timeline/IndiaInBritain" is a visual resource which brings together photographs included in the 'India in Britain' exhibition, curated as part of the UK India Year of Culture 2017, with other images from the last 200 years.
The portal was officially launched yesterday by Indian high commissioner to the UK, Y K Sinha alongside UK Foreign Office minister for Asia Mark Field during a special Republic Day reception.
"We have had a historic and eventful year in our bilateral relationship with the UK India Year of Culture and I am certain 2018 will not be barren as far as culture goes," said Sinha.
The new portal, born out of the photographic exhibition which toured the UK last year, marks a collaboration between the Open University, the University of Exeter, the High Commission of India and Nehru Centre in London.
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It grew out of decade-long research projects exploring South Asian and Indian-British connections, spanning almost two centuries from the period of the British Raj through to the post-war migration to present day.
Famous personalities are celebrated, alongside images of the ordinary and every day. The images also document moments of adversity and the discrimination faced by those who made their homes in Britain.
From giants of history to the unnamed and unrecognised, the exhibition shines a light on the many individuals who helped shaped British life.
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