🌍ap world history: modern review

South Asian migration to Britain

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The migration of former colonial subjects from South Asia to Britain, particularly to major cities, maintaining economic and cultural ties between former colonies and the imperial metropole.

AP course connection

Topic 8.6: 8.6 Newly Independent States After 1900

Unit 8

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