Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi

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Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi (Bengali: শাহ আবদুল মজিদ কোরেশী), also known by his daak naam Moina Meah (Bengali: ময়না মিঞা), was an early British Bangladeshi restaurateur and social reformer. He is notable for being involved in the early politics of British Asians and pioneering social welfare work for the working-class diaspora in the United Kingdom. He was the first ever Sylheti to open up a restaurant in the United Kingdom, and his restaurants were one of the earliest Indian restaurants at the time. Another one of his restaurants, India Centre, often provided facilities and was a location where important meetings were held by the India League attracting the likes of Subhas Chandra Bose and V. K. Krishna Menon. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi
rdf:langString Abdul Majid Qureshi
rdf:langString Abdul Majid Qureshi
rdf:langString Quresh Bari, Patli, Jagannathpur, Sylhet District, Assam Province, British India
xsd:date 1915-09-25
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xsd:date 1915-09-25
rdf:langString Qureshis of Patli
rdf:langString Haji Shah
rdf:langString One of the early founders of the British Bangladeshi community
rdf:langString শাহ আবদুল মজিদ কোরেশী
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rdf:langString Businessman, social worker
rdf:langString Indian Seamen's Welfare League
rdf:langString Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi (Bengali: শাহ আবদুল মজিদ কোরেশী), also known by his daak naam Moina Meah (Bengali: ময়না মিঞা), was an early British Bangladeshi restaurateur and social reformer. He is notable for being involved in the early politics of British Asians and pioneering social welfare work for the working-class diaspora in the United Kingdom. He was the first ever Sylheti to open up a restaurant in the United Kingdom, and his restaurants were one of the earliest Indian restaurants at the time. Another one of his restaurants, India Centre, often provided facilities and was a location where important meetings were held by the India League attracting the likes of Subhas Chandra Bose and V. K. Krishna Menon.
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xsd:gYear 1915

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