Lord Gulam Noon, passed away on October 28 at the age of 79. He was one of the Britain’s most prominent Indian-origin peers and “curry king” of the UK. Mumbai-born Lord Noon founded the £200-million Noon Products business, which is credited with Britain developing a taste for “chicken tikka masala”.

He had been battling with liver cancer for the past two years. Rightly known as Britain’s first ‘Curry King’, he brought curry to the high street. There are thousands of people in Britain, in India and throughout the world who have benefited from his enterprise, jobs he created, and his big heart. He also served as Chancellor of the University of East London. He was an avid cricket fan and his London office was adorned with a vast selection of cricket collections.

About “Curry King”:-

• Lord Noon was born in a single-room house he shared with eight people on Mumbai’s crowded Mohammed Ali Road. He eventually moved to the UK, where he set up his sweet stall, Bombay Halwa, in Southall, west London, in 1972 before launching Noon Products 17 years later.
• In 2006, amid claims that donations were being rewarded with honours, the tycoon joined others in asking for his nomination to the House of Lords to be withdrawn, saying he had been left in an “invidious position”. He was made a life peer in 2011.
• He was awarded with knighthood in 2002.

The funeral will take place in London October 29 and there will be a minute’s silence at the Tiffin Cup final to pick the UK’s favourite curry restaurant at the House of Commons today evening. A memorial meeting will be held in Parliament on November 2.

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