Sake Dean Mahomed, The first Indian to publish a book in English

Sake Dean Mohomed introduced Indian cuisine and shampoo baths to Europe, where he offered therapeutic massage

Sake Dean Mahomed was an Anglo-Indian traveller, surgeon and entrepreneur who was one of the most notable early non-European immigrants to the Western World. Dean Mahomed composed his book Travels in 1793–94 as "a series of letters to a friend," and the first Indian to publish a book in English. He introduced Indian cuisine and shampoo baths to Europe, where he offered therapeutic massage.

Sake Dean Mohomed was born and grew up in 1759 in Patna. His father was in the employment of the East India Company and died when he was young. Mohomed had knowledge of alchemy and understood the techniques used to produce various alkali, soaps and shampoo which he described the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II and also made note of the faded glories of the Mughal Empire. Dean Mohomed also served in the army of the British East India Company as a trainee surgeon and honourably served against the Marathas. 

Dean Mahomet's act of writing Travels, including his selections of content and genre, has powerful implications for the ongoing scholarly debate about the relationship between literature and colonialism. Despite the unquestionable fact of Dean Mahomet's authorship of his travels, many Westerners of his day believed Asians incapable of authoring such a polished work of English literature.

In 1810, Dean Mahomet opened the first Indian restaurant in England: the Hindoostane Coffee House in George Street, near Portman Square, Central London. The restaurant which offered Hookha "with real chilm tobacco and Indian dishes was ended due to financial difficulties.

Mahomed died in 1851 at 32 Grand Parade, Brighton. He was buried in a grave at St Nicholas' Church, Brighton, in which his son Frederick was later interred.