Why in news? London’s India Club, a meeting place for Indians in the United Kingdom during the independence movement, is set to close down permanently

Highlights:

• Dr Rajendra Prasad, the first President of independent India, and Lord Mountbatten (last Viceroy of India), former Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the first British Indian MP Dadabhai Naoroji, philosopher Bertrand Russell, artist MF Hussain were among its many distinguished visitors