A SPECIAL TOUR OF HISTORIC LONDON FOR INDIANS

Dear Friend

· I conduct a day tour of London showing historical places associated with Indian Freedom fighters. If you are interested please contact me. My address is

V S Godbole (Telephone Number 01234 357388 )

14 Turnberry Walk (E Mail v.godbole3@ntlworld.com )

Bedford ( v.godbole3@yahoo.co.uk )

MK 41, 8AZ

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· We start from Euston Square (or Warren St ) station and visit the house where Mazzini, the Italian freedom fighter lived in exile during Italy's freedom struggle against the Austrians. His life greatly inspired Veer Savarkar. From here we visit the following places :-

(1) University College London. Madanlal Dhingra studied for Diploma in Civil Engineering in this college. He shot and killed Sir Curzon Wyllie in 1909.

(2) House in Highgate where Shyamji Krishnavarma lived. He offered a scholarship to Savarkar.

(3) House where Veer Savarkar lived (1906-09).

LUNCH BREAK

(4) House where Tilak lived (1918-19)

(5) Pentonville Prison

Madanlal Dhingra (1909) and Udham Singh (1940), went to the gallows here. Both were denied cremation according to Hindu rites, and buried in coffins within prison premises.

(6) Grays Inn where Savarkar studied Law, but was not called to the Bar for his political activities.

(7) House where Swami Vivekanand lived in 1896.

(8) Caxton Hall

Savarkar held many of his public meetings here (1908-1909)

In 1919 Tilak condemned the Rowlatt Act and the Jalianwala Bagh Massacre.

In 1940 Udham Singh avenged this massacre by shooting down Sir Michael Odwyer, Governor of Punjab at the time of the massacre, in the same hall.

Other places we can visit are -

(9) Present Foreign and Commonwealth Office - This was India Office (1858-1947). Savarkar came here to meet Sir Curzon Wyllie. He also made his studies for the famous book Indian War of Independence 1857, in the India Office Library.

Lokamanya Tilak also visited the India Office Library in 1919

(10) Bow Street Police Station and Magistrate's Court. After his arrest at London Victoria station, Savarkar was detained in the police station and brought before the Magistrate next day.

(11) Indian High Commissioner's office.

(12) Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colour

Swami Vivekanand delivered his lectures in this place (1893-95)

(13) Imperial College - Here Madanlal Dhingra shot dead Sir Curzon Wyllie in 1909

(14) House where Dhingra lived

(15) House where Sardar Patel lived.

· I can change/ re-arrange the itinerary to suit your requirements

* I charge £5 per head and expect a group of 7 people. Tours for smaller groups can be arranged if the group is prepared to pay my minimum charge of £35 so that I can recover my costs. In addition you pay for your food and transport.

We travel by London Underground and Buses.

Vande Mataram