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India House is a large Victorian Mansion at 65 Cromwell Avenue, Highgate, North London.It was inaugurated on 1 July 1905 by Henry Hyndman in a ceremony attended by, among others, Dadabhai Naoroji, Charlotte Despard and Bhikaji Cama [14] When opened as a student-hostel in 1905, it provided accommodation for up to thirty students. [15]
The High Commission of India in London, England, is the diplomatic mission of India in the United Kingdom. [1] It is located in India House on Aldwych, between Bush House, what was Marconi House (now Citibank) and Australia House. [2] It faces both the London School of Economics and Political Science and King's College London. [3]
The home was founded after an appeal by Lieutenant Colonel R. M. Hughes, previously of the East India Company, and Joseph Salter of the London City Mission. [1] The first donation was of £500 from Maharaja Duleep Singh, [2] followed by a regular revenue from the East India Company and a lesser contribution from the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (later P&O). [1]
The exact date and method of establishment of the Ayahs' Home is unclear. [8] Evidence from the India Office gives a foundation date of 1825; [9] however, it has also been said to have been founded in 1891 by a Mr and Mrs Rogers at 6 Jewry Street, Aldgate. [4]
The Nehru Centre was founded in 1992. Since its inception it has striven to facilitate and deepen cultural dialogue between India and UK by encouraging visits of prominent Indian artists to UK and prominent artists from UK to India. The Nehru Centre is headed by a director, who is also a ranking diplomat at the High Commission of India, London.
Maher (Marathi: My mother's home) is an UN-registered, interfaith and caste-free Indian non-governmental organization based near Pune.The objective of the organization is to provide shelter and support to destitute, exploited, battered women, men and children.
The Outside Project is the UK's first LGBTIQ+ Shelter, Centre and Domestic Abuse Refuge. The organisation was launched as a pilot scheme in 2017 to provide emergency crisis winter housing for homeless LGBTIQ+ people. The campaign was led by LGBTIQ+ people with lived experience of homelessness in London, who continue to lead the organisation today.
One of the founders and the first Chairman was the Rt. Hon. George Bridges, M.P. Lord Mayor of London [2] and an Alderman of London at the time. [3] The origin dates back to a public meeting held on 30 January 1820 at London Wall at which it was resolved to open at once a "subscription" in order to aid homeless people.