Cause

• In 1858 Britain took over India from the East India Company, now apart of the British Empire. This meant thousands migrated to England
• Thousands of Indians migrated because of;

  -education opportunities (many Indian students studied subjects like law)

  -Indian princes (who'd been forced out by the East India Company) migrated with their riches and never returned

  -East India Company recruited lascars from India, China, Somalia and more and never made the return journey

  -Number of Indian servants migrating with their colonial families increased after 1700 (seen as a status symbol and also cheap)