India becomes a Republic on Thursday, January 26th, 1950
Invitation to a banquet in Los Angeles that took place on January 26th, 1950, celebrating India becoming a Republic. The banquet was organized by Manek Anklesaria, Gertrud Nasri, Frank Chookolingo, and sponsored by India Cultural Society, India Student Association, and American Wives of India.
India and America
Pamphlet by J.J. Singh, president of the India League of America, titled "India and America" and dated June 1947. The pamphlet contains nine articles by Singh, written between September and November 1946, and published in various Indian newspapers.
India Independence Day
Program for India Independence Day Dinner held in New York on January 26, 1945, and hosted by the India League of America. The guest of honor the dinner was Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit; also in attendance was Sirdar J.J. Singh, Pearl Buck, Lin Yutang, Elsa Maxwell, Francis J. McConnell, and William Shirer.
The Story of the Oriental Peoples -- Japan, China, India
Booklet titled The Story of the Oriental Peoples -- Japan, China, India, written by Florence Natalie Heacock in collaboration with Walker Brown. The booklet was published by the Los Angeles City School District Division of Psychology and Educational Research in 1929. The booklet contains epigraphs from Confucius and Rudyard Kipling, a foreword by Assistant Superintendent Helen Watson Pierce.
My Visit to India
Pamphlet entitled "My Visit to India" by John Haynes Holmes, published as part of the "Community Pulpit" series in New York. Holmes describes his visit to India as the Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Lecturer for 1947 by the Watumull Foundation.
India and the War
Booklet titled India and the War by S. Chandrasekhar, published in 1941 out of New York. An inscription in the opening page reads "with kind regards to Mr. Ram Bagai Tripati Chandrasekhar N.Y. City June 1941."
Memorandum on Proposed Legislation
Memorandum on Proposed Legislation to Authorize the Naturalization and Admission Into the United States Under a Quota of Eastern Hemisphere Indians of India, presented by Sirdar J.J. Singh, President of India League of America. The document contains an assortment of statements by vested interests (U.S.
Voice of India (May 1945)
The May 1945 issue of Voice of India (Vol. 1, No. 9), a monthly publication by the National Committee for India's Freedom, based in Washington D.C. The issue includes writing by Syud Hossain, Pearl Buck, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Haridas Muzumdar, Oswald Garrison Villard, John Haynes Holmes, Roger N. Baldwin, and Louis Bromfield. The cover features an image of Jawharlal Nehru and Abul Kalam Azad.
Voice of India (June 1945)
The June 1945 issue of Voice of India (Vol. 1, No. 10), a monthly publication by the National Committee for India's Freedom, based in Washington D.C. The issue includes writing by Krishnalal Shridharani, Karel Hujer, and H.W. Boulter. The cover story reports on Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit's visit to San Francisco, and the issue includes excerpts from her speech given on April 27, 1945.