Discover how South Asians shaped the nation, 1870-1950
From arrival onwards.
Kensington Road, Middlesbrough
Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough
Chirag Din Chohan was a hakim (or practitioner of alternative medicine) and eye specialist. He first settled in Harrogate. In 1925, he moved to Middlesbrough with his English wife Florence, a nurse, to care for Florence's sick sister. In 1933, Dr Din opened his first practice in Kensington Road, Middlesbrough, and in 1937 a second practice in nearby Linthorpe Road. He was one of several family members who had been coming to England since the 1890s to work as herbalists.
Ghulam Sarwar Khan Chohan (cousin)
Nafees Akhar (cousin's wife)
Hussain, Khadim, Going for a Curry: A Social and Culinary History (Middlesbrough: Ek Zuban Press, 2006)