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Damyanthi Sahni

Employee of the BBC's Indian Section of the Eastern Service and the wife of actor and broadcaster Balraj Sahni

Date of time spent in Britain

1939–43

About

Damyanthi Sahni was married to Balraj Sahni. After their move to England she found employment with the BBC's Indian Section of the Eastern Service.

BBC Indian Section of the Eastern Service

Mulk Raj Anand, Z. A. Bokhari, Venu Chitale, Indira Devi, Narayana Menon, George Orwell, Balraj Sahni.

Banner image credit

Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Hulton Archives via Getty Images

Image credit

© Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1930s – present

Citation: ‘Damyanthi Sahni’, South Asian Britain, https://southasianbritain.org/people/damyanthi-sahni/. Accessed: 30 August 2025.

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