[For Favour of Publication]

Summary

This one-page English office paper, dated February 15, 1968, is headed “For favour of publication” and reproduces a telegram sent to Dharam Vir, Governor of West Bengal. Signed by M. R. Masani, the document identifies Acharya J. B. Kripalani and six other Members of Parliament as co-signatories. The telegram expresses distress at the treatment of the Governor’s representative in the Bengal Assembly the previous day and praises his courage in defending democratic procedures.

Key points

• The document is a publication-oriented office note rather than a conventional standalone essay.
• It reproduces a telegram dated in context to February 15, 1968, concerning events in the Bengal Assembly.
• The telegram is addressed to Dharam Vir, Governor of West Bengal.
• M. R. Masani is the printed signatory of the document.
• The telegram is attributed to several Members of Parliament, including Acharya J. B. Kripalani and Prof. Balraj Madhok.
• Its central claim is that democratic processes were defended against an attempt to subvert them.