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Lala Godha Ram Channon
Copy of a speech given by Gobind Behari Lal in honor of Godha Ram Channon at the Ceylon India Inn on November 24, 1951. Lal discusses Channon’s involvement in the Ghadar Party and his informal role in the Pacific Coast Indian-American community as a diplomat, helping to organize and oversee visits from Indian politicians to the U.S.

Letter from Ellen Watumull to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from Ellen Watumull to Godha Ram Channon dated December 19, 1946. Watumull discusses Muslim League spokesman Hassan Ispahani’s recent visit to the U.S. and the appointment of Asaf Ali to the role of Indian Ambassador to the United States.

Letter from J.N. Sharma to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from J.N. Sharma to Godha Ram Channon dated October 5, 1949. Sharma informs Channon that he has received a letter from the Indian Embassy in Washington saying that Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru will not be able to visit Stockton, California.

Letter from Gobind Behari Lal to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from Gobind Behari Lal to Godha Ram Channon dated November 6, 1952. Lal responds to a complaint Channon’s son Prakash made that, because Lal failed to mention his father’s role in the Ghadar Party and related revolutionary movements, he did not introduce him properly at a recent dinner party.

Letter from Gobind Behari Lal to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from Gobind Behari Lal to Godha Ram Channon dated July 6, 1951. Lal encourages Channon to revisit India and closes by thanking him for a letter Channon sent on Indian Ghadarites. "So many fakers claiming to be founders of the Gadar Party! [...] Nobody realizes that Har Dayal did it -- he and he alone; next Ram Chandra and the rest of us."

Letter from Gobind Behari Lal to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from Gobind Behari Lal to Godha Ram Channon dated August 3, 1951. Lal laments that the lack of the Indian government’s interest in incorporating patriots like Channon who fought for independence from abroad into its plans for the future is a "damned shame."

Letter from Gobind Behari Lal to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from Gobind Behari Lal to Godha Ram Channon dated June 5, 1951. Lal recounts two meetings with Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit in Washington and laments that the Indian government does nothing to support or honor the role of the Indian American community in the Freedom movement.

Letter from Gobind Behari Lal to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from Gobind Behari Lal to Godha Ram Channon dated September 15, 1951. Lal gives Channon advice regarding Channon’s preparations for a trip to India.

Letter from Nana Lal Patel to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from Nana Lal Patel to Godha Ram Channon dated February 7, 1953. Patel suggests Channon write a letter of protest to The March of India to contest a statement made by Khushwant Singh in the January-February issue which accused Ram Chandra, President of the Ghadar Party 1914-1917, of being a "British spy." Patel urges Channon to organize ex-Ghadarites in the U.S.

Letter from Taraknath Das to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from Taraknath Das to Godha Ram Channon dated July 22, 1948. Das asks Channon to distribute copies of a letter to the Times and to read a separate letter addressed to "Friends" to trusted groups. "Nizam’s agents in Washington and other places [are] working hard," he writes. "I have sent a letter to Washington Post in answer to one of those letters.

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