and used to educate Indian migrants about events back home, for example, the Bengal famine. Hansrani, was influenced by the young revolutionaries of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, especially Bhagat Singh. For many years, he was one of the IWA's commanders and organised Indian workers in support of the independence movement. This attracted the attention of Special Branch and he soon came under police surveillance for his satyagraha (non-violent protests). He was in touch with other revolutionaries such as Sardar Ajit Singh (Bhagat Singh's uncle) with whom he exchanged many personal letters with and Krishna Menon. From hosting Krishna Menon at IWA events in the mid-1940s, Hansrani developed a long working-relationship with him. In the 1940s, the IWA and the India League worked closely together as the former would organise the working classes. Such organisations worked with native British people who were also anti-imperialist, notable names include Bertrand Russell and Michael Foot. After India won independence and then was hastily partitioned, Hansrani got involved with other activities of the IWA. Opting to make England his home, he worked on helping new migrants settle into English living. This involved ensuring that they were treated fairly at work and by landlords. He also got heavily involved with the India League and became a President of it, a position that he would cyclically have until 1975. Here he was focused on building bridges between the two communities in the U.K. This would entail putting on events to mark key dates such as Basakhi, Divali, and Gandhi's birthday. Additionally, providing free English classes to new arrivals from India and working on anti-racism campaigns. Hansrani had a love of penmanship and history, thus documented everything. Unfortunately, he trusted a researcher from Canada with important documents relating to the IWA and the League, who then lost them. Personal life Hansrani, went back to India in 1949 to see his family and also got married. The newly weds soon arrived in England. In addition to his work in the 'Liberation of India', he successfully founded a wholesale knitwear business and was a member of the National Secular Society. References 1910s births 2001 deaths