India Club, LondonThe India Club was a social and dining club on the Strand in London, England. It was established in 1951 by members of the India League under the leadership of Krishna Menon. It closed in September 2023.
Leonard MattersLeonard Warburton Matters (26 June 1881 – 31 October 1951) was an Australian journalist who became a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Personal lifeHe was born a British subject in Adelaide, in the Province of South Australia to parents John Leonard Matters and Emma Alma Matters (née Warburton). He is the brother to Australian-British suffragist Muriel Matters.
Harold LaskiHarold Joseph Laski (30 June 1893 – 24 March 1950) was an English political theorist and economist. He was active in politics and served as the chairman of the British Labour Party from 1945 to 1946 and was a professor at the London School of Economics from 1926 to 1950. He first promoted pluralism by emphasising the importance of local voluntary communities such as trade unions.
Stafford CrippsSir Richard Stafford CrippsCHQCFRS (24 April 1889 – 21 April 1952) was a British Labour Party politician, barrister, and diplomat. A wealthy lawyer by background, Cripps first entered Parliament at a by-election in January 1931, and was one of a handful of Labour frontbenchers to retain his seat at the October general election that year.
V. K. Krishna MenonVengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon (Malayalam: [ʋeŋːaːlil krʂɳɐn krʂɳɐ menoːn]) (3 May 1896 – 6 October 1974) was an Indian academic, independence activist, politician, lawyer, and statesman. Menon contributed to the Indian independence movement and India's foreign relations. He was among the major architects of Indian foreign policy, was India's first High Commissioner to United Kingdom and later India's Defence Minister.
Michael FootPersonal detailsBornMichael Mackintosh Foot(1913-07-23)23 July 1913Plymouth, Devon, EnglandDied3 March 2010(2010-03-03) (aged 96)Hampstead, London, EnglandResting placeGolders Green Crematorium, LondonPartyLabourSpouseJill Craigie(m. 1949; died 1999)ParentsIsaac Foot (father)Eva Mackintosh (mother)RelativesSir Dingle Foot (brother)The Lord Caradon (brother)The Lord Foot (brother)Paul Foot (nephew)Sarah Foot (niece)Oliver Foot (nephew)EducationWadham College, Oxford (BA)SignatureMichael Mackintosh Foot (23 July 1913 – 3 March 2010) was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983.
Mahatma GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, which would later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: "great-souled", "venerable"), first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an English philosopher, logician, and social reformer. Russell was born into the prominent Russell family, to Viscount and Viscountess Amberley. He was orphaned at the age of four and moved into Pembroke Lodge to live with his grandparents, the Earl and Countess Russell.
H. N. BrailsfordHenry Noel Brailsford (25 December 1873 – 23 March 1958) was an English journalist and writer, considered one of the most prolific left-wingjournalists of the first half of the 20th century. A founding member of the Men's League for Women's Suffrage in 1907, he resigned from his job at The Daily News in 1909 when it supported the force-feeding of suffragettes on hunger strike.
DominionSelf-governing countries of the British Empire
Presidencies and provinces of British IndiaThe provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India.
Lady MountbattenEdwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (néeAshley; 28 November 1901 – 21 February 1960), commonly known as Lady Mountbatten, was an English heiress, socialite, and relief worker. As the wife of Rear Admiral Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, she served as the last vicereine of India during the reign of George VI and became a close relative by marriage of the British royal family.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.