An Indian in UK’s

To celebrate 100 years since British women were given the right to vote, The Telegraph - alongside the Mayor of London's #BehindEveryGreatCityCampaign - is running a weekly series. ‘Hidden Credits' looks back and celebrate individual women who have smashed glass ceilings, helped change society for the better and given the UK's capital something to boast about.

The Week 4 in the series featured an Indian Lolita Roy. 

Moving to London from India in 1901, Lolita Roy was a well-known advocate for female suffrage in Britain as well as her home country. 

Settling in Hammersmith, west London, Lolita is believed to have made the journey to Britain for the sake of her children's education. 

In 1910, Lolita became president of the London Indian Union Society (an Indian nationalist organisation) and begun playing an influential role in the Indian section of the female suffrage movement.

In 1911, Roy and her family provided history with one of very few photos that demonstrates the involvement of ethnic minorities in British women's fight for the vote.
 
Lolita Roy (far left) pictured on the Coronation Procession in 1911. She organised the Indian section of the suffrage movement.

Taken on the Coronation Procession - which Lolita is believed to have been a key organiser of -  she can be seen alongside several other women wearing saris and holding elephant emblems of India.

However, it is still unknown whether the women alongside her in the picture are her daughters or sisters. 

Lolita fought for both British and Indian women's right to greater freedom and independence. Although residing in London for most of her life, she used her influence at Women Social and Political Union (WSPU) events to raise money for Indian women's educational training.

Indian women were given the right to vote in 1947, the year full independence was granted from the British Empire.

- Telegraph