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Business Card for Bagai's Bazaar
Business card for Bagai's Bazaar, owned by Vaishno Das Bagai and located in San Francisco, California.

Letter from American Consul to Vaishno Das Bagai
Letter from American Consular Service to Vaishno Das bagai, dated December 15, 1920. The letter reads, "At the request of the Deputy Commisioner of the Northwest Frontier Province, Peshawar, I send you herewith certificates regarding your nativity."

Letter regarding Vaishno Das Bagai
Letter from P. Bhagat Ram, Headmaster of National High School, Peshawar City, in reference to Vaishno Das Bagai. The letter reads, "I have much pleasure in certifying that Lala Vaishno Das Bagai s/o L. Shanker Das Bagai was student of this school in 1906-1907. He is a high-caste Hindu and comes of a respectable family. He bore a very good character while with us."

Photograph of Vaishno Das Bagai
Photograph of Vaishno Das Bagai (left) as a young man with unknown man (right).

Caste Certification for Vaishno Das Bagai
Certificate issued in 1918 by H.N. Bolton, Deputy Commissioner of the Peshawar District, certifying that Vaishno Das Bagai is of the "Arora Bagai" caste. The front of the certificate certifies that Bolton is the Deputy Commissioner of the Peshawar District, and is signed off by the Consul of the United States of America at Bombay, India.

Passport Form for Vaishno Das Bagai
Passport Form for Vaishno Das Bagai, certifying his British subjecthood and that he is proceeding to Japan and America for the purpose of trade, accompanied by his son Brij Mohan. The passport form was issued on May 1915 from Peshawar. Vaishno Das Bagai's age is listed as 24, and his son as 7.

Certification of Caste for Vaishno Das Bagai
Certificate issued in 1920 by Karam Chand, magistrate of the Peshawar District, certifying that Vaishno Das Bagai is "Arora Khatri - A High Caste Hindoo from the Aryan Origin." The front of the certificate certifies that Karam Chand is a magistrate of the Peshawar District, and is issued by the Consul of the United States of America at Karachi, India.

Caste Certification for Vaishno Das Bagai
Certificate issued in 1920 by Mool Chand Lambah, magistrate of the Peshawar District, certifying that Vaishno Das Bagai is "Arora Khatri - A High Caste Hindoo from the Aryan Origin." The front of the certificate certifies that Mool Chand Lambah is a magistrate of the Peshawar District, and is issued by the Consul of the United States of America at Karachi, India.

An Indian Merchant's Suicide in U.S.
Newspaper clipping from the May 22, 1928 issue of The Hindustan Times, featuring an article titled "An Indian Merchant's Suicide in U.S." The article documents the suicide by Vaishno Das Bagai, who ended his life in "patriotic protest against racial discrimination," and includes excerpts from his suicide letter and a letter from Brij Mohan (V. D.

Rani Bagai on "Vaishno Das Bagai's Naturalization Certificate"
Part of a video interview of Rani Bagai conducted on June 3, 2013. In this section, Bagai describes some of the items of her grandfather Vaishno Das Bagai left behind after his suicide in 1928, including several letters to his family he had written in addition to the political suicide letter which was published in newspapers in the U.S. and India.

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