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A new book charts the Asian contribution to Britain through historical photographs

Gallery of vintage images of British India in the 19th century.

She’s the first British Indian to break into the modelling A-list — but she’s had to fight for it. Neelam Gill tells Susannah Butter about out-earning men, beating the cyberbullies and the catwalk’s race problem

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The scandal involving an Indian nobleman and his British wife convulsed the elite class in 19th Century India.

The Birth of Empire: The East India Company (2014)

I was born in South Africa and my Mother’s family are Kenyan Asian, so I identify with those aspects of my heritage too. My Mum is Punjabi, born in Nairobi, Kenya. My Dad is British, born in West Devon, with English and Scottish heritage. I like to visit India when I can, and often people there quit