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Commemorations of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo held in Belgium

A commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo was held in Belgium. To mark this occasion several events were in Belgium and United Kingdom to...

June 22, 2015

Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz re-elected as chairman of UK Parliament committee

Britain’s longest-serving Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz, has been re-elected as Chairman of Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) in House of Commons of UK Parliament. He was re-elected as...

June 19, 2015

United Kingdom celebrates 800 years of Magna Carta

United Kingdom (UK) celebrated 800 years of signing of Magna Carta on 15 June 2015. The celebrations to observe signing of 8 century year old historic document which...

June 16, 2015

Legendary actor Sir Christopher Lee passes away

Legendary English actor, singer and writer Sir Christopher Lee passed away in London, United Kingdom. He was 93. The veteran actor was famously known as the master of...

June 12, 2015

Parvinder Singh Batth, becomes first Sikh mayor in United Kingdom’s Wokingham Borough Council

Parvinder Singh Batth, an Indian-origin Conservative party councillor was chosen as the mayor of United Kingdom’s Wokingham Borough Council. With this, he became the first Sikh to hold...

May 23, 2015

Harbhajan Kaur Dheer becomes first Asian elected mayor in UK

Indian-origin councilor Harbhajan Kaur Dheer of Labour Party became the first Asian woman to be elected as mayor in United Kingdom. She was elected as mayor of Ealing...

May 14, 2015

Priti Patel, Indian-origin MP appointed as Minister of State for Employment in United Kingdom Government

Indian-origin Member of Parliament (MP) Priti Patel was appointed as Minister of State (MoS) for Employment in the David Cameron led United Kingdom Government. British Prime Minister David...

May 12, 2015

Ten Indian-origin MPs elected to UK Parliament

A record number of 10 Indian-origin Members of Parliament (MPs) were elected in recently concluded general election that elected 56th Parliament of the UK. It has broken the...

May 9, 2015

Mhairi Black, youngest elected MP in United Kingdom

Mhairi Black at the age of 20 became the youngest elected Member of Parliament (MP) in United Kingdom in over 300 years. She was elected as MP to...

May 9, 2015

British PM David Cameron led Conservative Party wins 2015 general election

In the 2015 United Kingdom Parliamentary elections, Prime Minister David Cameron led Conservative Party has won the election. Conservative Party by winning 331 seats out of total 650...

May 8, 2015

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