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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Building in Fitzrovia, London, England}}<br />
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[[File:YMCA Indian Student Hostel, Fitzroy Street (geograph 2659106).jpg|thumb|The hostel]]<br />
'''The Indian Students' Union and Hostel''' is a [[YMCA]] hostel in [[Fitzroy Square]], [[Fitzrovia]], London. It was founded in 1920 by the Indian National Council of [[YMCA]]s to provide housing and social facilities for Indian students in London. Key individuals who assisted were [[Edwin Bevan]], [[Emily Kinnaird]] and [[K. T. Paul]],<ref>[http://www8.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/indian-students-union-and-hostel '''Making Britain''' Open University The Indian Students’ Union and Hostel], Open University, Retrieved 31 May 2017</ref> and [[Laurence Binyon]] gave the inaugural address.<ref>[http://www8.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/laurence-binyon '''Making Britain''' Open University - Laurence Binyon]</ref><br />
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[[Ralph Tubbs]] designed the current building in the early 1950s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=CAM034 |title=London Gardens Online |access-date=26 October 2012 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031558/http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=CAM034 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://newsevents.arts.ac.uk/event/dome-ralph-tubbs-and-the-festival-of-britain/ |title=Newsevents.arts.ac.uk |access-date=26 October 2012 |archive-date=13 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113105821/http://newsevents.arts.ac.uk/event/dome-ralph-tubbs-and-the-festival-of-britain/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> iThe building has been [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed Grade II]] on the [[National Heritage List for England]] since March 1996.<ref name=NHLE>{{NHLE|num=1113000|desc=Indian Young Men's Christian Association|access-date=29 May 2022}}</ref><br />
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