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India, 1968 - 1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FEBR 3/32

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers, mainly invitations to various events relating to India, with subjects including: the establishment of the Tilak Memorial Trust and India Centre, London; the visit by Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, to Britain, 1971; the Ambedkar Foundation; the work of the UK Gandhi Centenary Committee on celebrating the centenary.

Also includes: a report by Mary Dines for the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, on a visit to India and Pakistan, particularly on the use of entry certificates, 1969; a letter from Indira Gandhi on the crisis in the Congress Party, 1969; correspondence with Bertrand Russell [3rd Lord Russell] on AFB nominating him for the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding; correspondence with Tom McNally, General Secretary of the Labour Party, on AFB meeting the Indian socialist politician Asoka Mehta, 1969.

Dates

  • Creation: 1968 - 1972

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

2 file(s)

Other Finding Aids

Former reference: box 40 #208

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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