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Ref NoLKE/IN/22/F
TitleVisit to India
DescriptionAn exchange of letters (1969) with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi about Visva-Bharati and Sriniketan (including 3 letters from Gandhi); correspondence with President Zakir Husain (1 letter); fragments of a Calcutta diary or notes; notes made for a speech to the Alumni Association at Santiniketan, 15 Feb 1969 outlining Leonard Elmhirst's thoughts on higher education, at Cambridge and Santiniketan; letters from Gertrude and Boshi Sen; letters to and from Vice Chancellor Dhirananda Roy, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and Dr Samar Sen; M S Sikdar; death of Kalimohan Ghosh; Sujit K Chakravarthi; Navakumar Mukherjee. Lastly, the folder contains annotated typescripts and lists of questions prepared for a taped oral history interview with Leonard Elmhirst while at Santiniketan, discussing Rabindranath Tagore; and a typescript of translations of several of Tagore's last poems.
DateNov 1968-Dec 1969
SubjectPoetry
FormatManuscript
Person_CodeDS/UK/795
DS/UK/852
DS/UK/760
DS/UK/801
DS/UK/827
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CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/795Gandhi; Indira (1917-1984)1917-1984
DS/UK/852Husain; Zakir (1897-1969)1897-1969
DS/UK/760Visva-Bharati International University; 19211921
DS/UK/801Ghose; Kalimohan (1884-1940)1884-1940
DS/UK/827Roy; Dhirananda (1902-1971)1902-1971
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