[Letter to Mr N J Dhebar]

Summary

A short typed letter from M. R. Masani, dated 4th March 1971, to Mr. N. J. Dhebar at Harihar Society, Tul Jay-Plot 42-A, Rajkot. Masani acknowledges Dhebar’s letter of 27th February and an enclosed report of the election work Dhebar carried out during the second half of February 1971 — the period of India’s fifth general election. The letter is entirely a note of thanks, closing with Masani’s signature and initials ‘mrm;rka’ in the file-copy footer.

The piece contains no policy argument or programmatic content; its historical interest is as a piece of Swatantra Party correspondence linking Masani to a Rajkot-based worker in the immediate aftermath of the March 1971 poll.

Key points

• Typed carbon-copy letter dated 4th March 1971, signed by M. R. Masani.
• Addressed to Mr. N. J. Dhebar, Harihar Society, Tul Jay-Plot 42-A, Rajkot.
• Acknowledges receipt of Dhebar’s letter of 27th February 1971 and an enclosed report on his election work.
• Thanks Dhebar for the ‘valuable activity’ undertaken during the second half of February — the closing stretch of the 1971 general election campaign.
• The document is a brief personal note of thanks; it contains no substantive policy discussion.
• File-copy footer bears the reference ‘mrm;rka’.