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.
Letter from Taraknath Das
Letter from Taraknath Das dated July 22, 1948. Das urges the Indian community in the U.S. to counteract the messages being spread amongst the American public by representatives of the Indian government in the U.S., who were pressured by the U.S.’ pro-Pakistan stance to support Partition.
Letter from Taraknath Das to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from Taraknath Das to Godha Ram Channon dated August 4, 1948. Das urges Channon to organize the California Indian community against Partition. "It does not matter if we only get 50 people in California who are really with us for the cause of establishing a United States of India and no Partition," he writes. "Number does not count. It is the quality of men and women which counts.
Letter from Taraknath Das to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from Taraknath Das to Godha Ram Channon dated September 17, 1950. Das writes about the difficulties he has encountered from Indian officials in trying to organize aid for earthquake victims in Assam.
Letter from Taraknath Das to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from Taraknath Das to Godha Ram Channon dated August 3, 1950. Das complains that no one in the Indian government has spent as much as five cents to help him distribute his article on Kashmir, but they have enough money to throw elaborate parties for handsomely-compensated Indian government employees in the U.S.
Letter from Taraknath Das to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from Taraknath Das to Godha Ram Channon dated January 9, 1949. Das writes, "My prediction that Kashmir will be partitioned is going to prove correct [...] We cannot help it; but, we can educate the people in India through articles printed in The Indian Press."
Letter from Taraknath Das to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from Taraknath Das to Godha Ram Channon dated November 11, 1950. Das tells Channon that the Mary Keatinge Das Memorial Lecture was a success, with over 700 people in attendance. Mary Keatinge Das was Taraknath Das’ wife and a cofounder of the NAACP.
Letter from Taraknath Das to Godha Ram Channon
Letter from Taraknath Das to Godha Ram Channon dated August 28, 1950. Das informs Channon that he is continuing to work for an end to Partition and shares his plans to distribute both a pamphlet and article on Kashmir.