Brick Lane Circle is delighted to announce that it has received a grant of £46,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to engage a group of young people (18-25) to explore East London’s historical links with Bengal through researching and writing about the area’s East India Company...

The Battle that changed East End   Sunday 22 June 08, 11am-5pm Lab 4 & 5, Idea Store Whitechapel 321 Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BU   23 June 2008 will be the 251 years anniversary of the Battle of Plassey, a decisive day when the British conquered Bengal underthe leadership of Robert...

The event will look at the scope of The Battle of Plassey Young People’s Project; local East India company sites and researching about thearea’s past links with Bengal. It will include presentations by Nick Robbins (author of The Corporation that Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped...

The project will engage a group of young people (18-25) from diverse backgrounds to explore East London’s historical links with Bengal through researching and writing about the area’s East India Company sites. The context is the 250 Years Anniversary of the Battle of Plassey (23 June 1757), which...