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Dr Tharoor delivers a lecture, entitled 'Looking Back at the British Raj in India', and discuses how the British Raj has shaped the narrative around India-UK relations.
The former diplomat, who is
currently serving as Member of the Indian Parliament, was discussing relations between the two countries at the University's McEwan Hall on Monday 2 October – Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday.
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Shashi Tharoor (born 1956) is an Indian politician. Tharoor is a former career international diplomat who is currently serving as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He also currently serves as Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External
Affairs and All India Professionals Congress of the Indian National Congress.
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The population of the UK stands at around 67 million, with around 50 million being White British. This includes 44.4 million in England and Wales as of 2021, and 4.2 million in Scotland as of 2022. 1.8 million identify as White in Northern Ireland, including White British and other White ethnicities, as of 2021.
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