National Indian Association

The National Indian Association in Aid of Social Progress in India was formed by Mary Carpenter in 1870 in Bristol.

E. A. Manning created a book of guidance called Handbook of information relating to university and professional studies etc.

Manning's help was not just theoretical,[6] in 1888 Cornelia Sorabji wrote to the National Indian Association from India for assistance in completing her education.

This was championed by Mary Hobhouse, and Manning contributed funds together with Florence Nightingale, Sir William Wedderburn and others.

Beck was at an NIA event in 1909 where William Hutt Curzon Wyllie was assassinated by Madan Lal Dhingra.