Timeline of Colourful Heritage
The history and progress of the South Asian and Muslim community in Scotland over the last 100 years, from the arrival of Maharajah Duleep Singh in Perthshire in 1855 to the present day involvement of women in politics
1854:
Welcome to the Colourful Heritage Timeline
1855:
Maharajah Duleep Singh takes up residence at the Grandtully estate in Perthshire.
1860:
South Asian Lascars in Scotland
1869:
Gopal Chandra Roy
1892:
Queen Victoria employs Abdul Karim
1897:
Female student graduates from Glasgow University
1901:
John Parkinson (1874-1918)
1911:
Glasgow Indian is Union Established
1914:
World War One
1917:
Lascar living in Anderston, Glasgow
1919:
Mr. Nathoo Mohammed. Indian Pedlars in Glasgow
1926:
New arrivals in Glasgow
1930:
First grocery shop selling Indian goods in Warwick Street, Gorbals, Glasgow.
1932:
Kartar Singh arrives in Glasgow
1933:
Muslim Association Established. Jamiat ul Muslimin (Muslim Association) established
1933:
First Scottish Muslim convert to perform Hajj to Mecca
1936:
Dr Jainti Dass Saggar is elected town councillor for Labour in Dundee.
1936:
Mohammed (Abdul) Salim plays for Celtic
1937:
The Hindustani Majlis (Indian Association) is established
1938:
First example of a Taj Mahal Restaurant in Glasgow
1939:
Around 2.3 million Indian soldiers fight with the British armed services
1939:
South Asians in Glasgow during World War Two
1944:
Jamiat ul Muslimin. Purchase of building in Oxford St, Gorbals, for Scotland’s first permanent Mosqu
1945:
The Jamiat Ittehad ul Muslimin (The Muslim Mission) is formed
14 Aug 1947:
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is created
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Timeline of Colourful Heritage
The history and progress of the South Asian and Muslim community in Scotland over the last 100 years, from the arrival of Maharajah Duleep Singh in Perthshire in 1855 to the present day involvement of women in politics