[BITList] Empire debate to mark anniversary of India and Great Britain relations

[John Feltham]

A unique debate marking the 400th anniversary of the beginning
of formal relations between India and Great Britain will take place
in London next week.

Among the speakers will be former Indian Foreign Office Minister
Shashi Tharoor and best-selling author and historian William Dalrymple.
(They) will be joined by several other distinguished public figures
during the 'Empire Debate', to be held at the UK Supreme Court in
London on Thursday 18th September.

Chaired by Keith Vaz, MP for Leicester East and chair of the Parliamentary
Home Affairs Select Committee, the debate will also feature Nelofar
Bakhtyar, arts editor of Newsweek Pakistan; Martin Bell, former British
politician and BBC war correspondent; Kwasi Kwarteng, MP and author;
and Nick Robins, author and co-director of the United Nations Environment
Program inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System.

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