[Letter to C Rajagopalachari]

Summary

A single-page typewritten telegram from C. Rajagopalachari to Minoo Masani (care of Surajyam, Bombay), dated 16 June 1963, urging Masani to contact J. B. Kripalani immediately at Lucknow. Rajagopalachari grounds the advice in the concurring view already expressed by Masani and Ranga, and reports that Kripalani is ‘pressing with his minimum programme’ and wants prompt action.

The text is terse in telegram style — capitalised, unpunctuated, and stripped of possessive apostrophes. It is signed ‘RAJAGOPALACHARI’ and dispatched from his Madras address at 60 Bazlullah Road, Madras-17. The document captures a moment of coordination among opposition figures — Rajagopalachari, Masani, N. G. Ranga and Kripalani — around a shared ‘minimum programme’, likely reflecting cross-party consultation in mid-1963.

Key points

• One-page telegram from C. Rajagopalachari to Minoo Masani, dated 16 June 1963, sent from Madras.
• Instructs Masani to contact Kripalani, then at Lucknow, without delay.
• Rajagopalachari cites the shared opinion of Masani and Ranga as the basis for the advice.
• Reports that Kripalani is ‘pressing with his minimum programme’ and desires immediate action.
• Signed from 60 Bazlullah Road, Madras-17 — Rajagopalachari’s residence.
• Captures a moment of inter-party coordination in the opposition camp in mid-1963.