Charles Wallace India Trust

The Charles Wallace Trusts were established in 1981 with funds bequeathed by Charles Wallace, a British businessman and entrepreneur who flourished in India in the late 19th century and died in London in 1916. He left part of his estate to be divided between the British Treasury and the Treasury of British India.

In his will, he directed that "All possessions great and small being acquired through the people, as mine were, should return to the people". As a result, Trusts were set up in the UK for each of the four countries of former British India - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma/Myanmar - with the central purpose of assisting the nationals of those countries to obtain education and professional development in the UK.

The Charles Wallace India Trusts works with the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust to offer the Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship.