Victoria Pirie is away on holiday - Victoria returns on 19 August 2002.
In message <009f01c2400c$37599c40$0100000a@durrani>, Shiraz Durrani
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> Asian Servants in 17th- & 18th-Century Britain
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> 03 September 2002
> A little known aspect of the East India Company's trading connection with
>India was the importation of Indian servants into Britain. This talk examines
>how and why Asian servants came to be brought to Britain and explores their
>lives, position and status in British households and 18th-century British
>society. It will also discuss the career of Sake Dean Mahomed, the first Indian
>author in English and the earliest known Indian entrepreneur, who established
>the first Indian 'curry house' and popularised the therapeutic Indian massage at
>his Brighton Baths, rising to the position of George IV's 'shampooing surgeon'.
>Rozina Visram is a historian and educationalist. She is the author of the
>pioneering Ayahs, Lascars and Princes and the recently published Asians in
>Britain: 400 Years of History (both published by Pluto).
>
> Event time: 18.15-19.30
> Speaker: Rozina Visram
> Location: The Conference Centre - The British Library, London
> Price: £5.00 (concessions, £3.50)
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