S K Datta, lecturer 1909-14 and Principal 1932-42, Forman Christian College: correspondence and papers concerning Indian politics and constitutional reform
Letters, telegrams, memoranda, agenda, questionnaires and notes concerning the Round Table Conference and Minorities Sub-Commission in London, Oct-Nov 1931. Correspondents include: Ramsay Macdonald, Mahatma Gandhi, Archbishop William Temple of York, Archbishop Cosmo Gordon Lang of Canterbury, Pan...
Correspondence concerning the Simon Commission (Indian Statutory Commission) and the allegations of Katherine Mayo in her book Mother India; includes copy of long letter from Lionel Curtis to Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru comparing the constitution of the Irish Free State with that of India (31 Dec 1927)...
Correspondence concerning Sampuran Singh Tandon, an ex-student of Forman College and Secretary-Director of the New Insurance and General Agencies Ltd, who was arrested in Sep 1932 on the charge of involvement in the Lahore and Delhi conspiracies. The charges were not pressed but Tandon's movemen...
Correspondence with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru: also includes telegram from Sir Reginald Coupland concerning the congress and Indian defence, 2 Apr 1942, and correspondence with C. Raj Gopal Chariah of the Hindustan Times.
Correspondence with Mahatma Gandhi and Mahadev Desai; with duplicated and printed material concerning the All-India Village Industries Association, the Bihar Relief Fund and other organisations, and a duplicated copy of Sir Stafford Cripps' address on Gandhi at Westminster Abbey during a service...
Correspondence with and concerning the Rev. Charles Freer Andrews and the Andrews Memorial Fund: other correspondents include Mahadev Desai, Anson Phelps Stokes, Marjorie Sykes, the Visva-Bharati Ashram, Santiniketan, and Rathindranath Tagore. Dated as: Jan 1940; Sep 1941
Correspondence and papers concerning the National Planning Committee, Bombay: includes extensive memoranda on land policy and two documents concerning the Basic National Education Conference at Poona, 1939.
Papers concerning constitutional changes in India, including summary of an interview with M.A. Jinnah and M.K. Gandhi, 28 Sep 1941, and memorandum by Guy Wint on the divisions between Hindus and Muslims.