New York City Indian Intellectuals: 1900s Radical Anti-Colonialism

The November-December issue of The Free Hindusthan (Vol. 1, No. 8), created by Taraknath Das. The cover features two photographs under the title "Victims of British Rule." The contents contain various articles, editorials, and news items about British India.

01 Historical Context 02 South Asian Organizing in the US 03 The Shift to New York City 04 Taraknath Das 05 Lajpat Rai 06 British, Canadian, and American Collusion 07 Endnotes 01 Historical Context 02 South Asian Organizing in the US 03 The Shift to New York City 04 Taraknath Das 05 Lajpat Rai 06 British, Canadian, and American Collusion 07 Endnotes Enter

Youth Researcher Ravi Vora

Ravi Vora is a high school senior and has been a member of LHP for over a year. He enjoys collaborating with fellow researchers and learning about AAPI political movements.

Educator Guide

Educator Guides are created by LHP youth for New York City teachers. These guides compile the primary and secondary sources featured in each exhibit, making them easy to print and integrate into existing classroom materials.

Ravi Vora’s project explores the early 20th century movement of anti-colonial South Asian intellectuals in New York City. These South Asian immigrants fled political repression in India and established countless coalitions and publications to make Americans and Indians within the diaspora aware of the British’s brutality. Through his project, Ravi hopes to bring awareness to an early form of South Asian activism born in US soil and long before the formal movement for Indian independence.

You can watch a video presentation of this archive project here:

Neighborhood

Harlem

Theme

Resistance, Organizing and Community