Google Doodle celebrates Sake Dean Mahomed, the first man to set up an Indian Restaurant in UK
Google celebrates Sake Dean Mahomed with a Doodle, Born in Patna in 1759, he was an Indian Muslim traveller, entrepreneur, and surgeon. Also, he was one of the most notable non-European immigrants in the western world, he established Hindoostane Dinner and Hooka Smoking Club in 1809 at the Portman Square in London.
But in 1812, Mohamed declared bankruptcy after the Hindostanee Coffee House started to struggle, he then disappeared in 1833.
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Sake Dean Mahomed later on went to migrate to the country of Ireland and studied English there, in the early 19th Century he converted to Anglicism to marry Jane Daly. Mohamed was not just the first Indian man to set up an Indian restaurant in UK, he was also the First Indian author to write a book in English.
The Travels of Dean Mahomed also known as The Shampooning Surgeon of Britain was published in 1794.
Fourth King George appointed Sake Dean Mahomed as his personal Champion Surgeon, back in 1822. After the news broke out, he started to get recognition around the world. Sake Dean passed away in 1851 and was buried in a cemetery in the St. Nicholas Church.