Remembering George Alagiah - The Tamil who fled Sri Lanka to

Remembering George Alagiah - The Tamil who fled Sri Lanka to become one of Britain best-loved figures

Hundreds of mourners paid tribute to BBC News presenter George Alagiah at a memorial service in London this week. Alagiah, one of British television's best-loved figures, was a Tamil who fled Sri Lanka in the wake of the 1958 pogrom and ongoing ethnic discrimination on the island.

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