Two World Wars As subjects of the British Empire from the colonies, Indian soldiers and sailors fought in both World Wars. In World War I (1914-1918), India sent over 1,300,000 soldiers to fight in Europe. Many Bengalis worked on the merchant ships, often working in the depths of the ship in the engine rooms in appalling conditions and for very low pay. In 1914, Indian deckhands earned between 16 and 22 rupees (£1.00-£1.50) a month and firemen (who worked with the engines) 20 rupees (less than £1.50) compared to wages of £5.10 per month for their British co-workers.

By 1919, their wages had stayed the same, while the British seamen's wages had nearly tripled to £14.00 a month. Nearly 3,500 Indian seamen were killed in World War I and another 1,200 were taken prisoner. By 1919, Indian seamen made up 20% of the British sea-going labour force.

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After World War I, a number of Indian soldiers and sailors settled in Britain. However, there were race riots in 1919 in the port cities of London, Liverpool, Glasgow and Cardiff, where the small 'coloured' communities were attacked by White Britons angry about competition for jobs and over fears of racial mixing between 'coloured' men and white women. In Cardiff, unarmed Black and Asian settlers were fired on by local mobs led by colonial troops from South Africa and Australia, and three men were killed. There were failed attempts to send back Black settlers in 1919 and 1921. In 1925, lascars were targeted by the Special Restriction (Coloured Alien Seamen) Order, which said that all 'coloured' seamen had to register with the police, even though many of them were British subjects.

In spite of all this, the small communities of Bengali settlers in the 1920s and 1930s were very important in providing support and shelter to new arrivals. Individuals such as Ayub Ali and Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi, who set up the 'Indian Seamen's Welfare League' in Aldgate in 1943, were early community contacts, and helped new arrivals find work either back on the ships or in the local clothing and hotel businesses. Die hard 2 full movie in hindi free download movies counter 2017. They also ran Bengali 'coffee shops' – an early form of the Bengali restaurant trade. In World War II (1939-45), Indian soldiers and sailors were again called into service, with over 2,500,000 servicemen fighting on Britain's side in Europe, North Africa and South-East Asia.

When World War II began, there were 50,700 Indian seamen in the British Navy, making up 26% of the labour force. Yeh tera ghar yeh mera ghar full hd movie download 720. There were still big differences in pay, with White seamen earning on average seven times as much as lascars. This caused widespread unhappiness amongst the lascars, and led to strikes, running away and the setting up of seamen's unions. By the end of the war, lascar wages had increased by 500% to over £9.00 a month, but still stood at less than half the wages paid to White seamen (£20.00-£24.00 a month). Conditions for the merchant ships were very dangerous and thousands died (see ’s story).