Kamal Chunchie

Kamal Chunchie (4 June 1886 – 3 July 1953) was a Methodist Christian minister.^[1] He was born in Kandy, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)^[2] and by 1920 was living in the East End of London.^[3] The young Chunchie was a prominent cricketer at Kingswood College, Kandy,^[2] and after moving to England, he continued to play the sport. He was appalled by the way black and Asian people were treated, and wanted to improve the social aspects of their lives. He worked in race relations in Canning Town, where he founded The Coloured Men's Institute.^[4][5]

Kamal Chunchie
Born	(1886-06-04)June 4, 1886 Kandy, Sri Lanka
Died	July 3, 1953(1953-07-03) (aged 67)
Alma mater	Kingswood College, Kandy
Known for	Founder of The Coloured Men's Institute

Chunchie is commemorated in the name of a street in the London Borough of Newham in east London, where City Hall, the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA), the regional government for Greater London, is located.^[6][7]