Google celebrated the birth anniversary of Sake Dean Mahomed who was the first Indian author to publish a book in English, in today's doodle. Mahomed was also the first to open an Indian restaurant in Britain
Born in 1759 in Patna, Mahomed is now remembered as the "The Shampooing Surgeon of Brighton". In 1810 after moving to London, he opened the 'Hindostanee Coffee House', Britain's first Indian restaurant. However, Mahomed was forced to close his luxurious restaurant in 1812.
He later opened a spa named 'Mahomed's Baths', whose specialty was a combination of a steam bath and an Indian therapeutic massage - a treatment he named 'shampooing', inspired by the Hindi word 'champissage' or head massage.