[Letter to Mr H P Modi]

Summary

This one-page letter, dated 16 October 1959, is written by S. S. Mariswamy, Secretary of the Swatantra Party (Tamil Nadu), to Sir H. P. Modi. Mariswamy congratulates Modi on a speech responding to what he calls the “parrot-like criticism” of neo-socialist Congress leaders. He says he read the speech in The Hindu and translated it for his Tamil paper, “Berigai,” for party workers in Tamil Nadu.

The letter also requests an English article and a photograph from Modi for a souvenir being prepared for the Madras District party convention, scheduled for 31 October 1959. The document therefore combines political endorsement with practical party-organising correspondence, showing the Swatantra Party’s effort to circulate anti-socialist arguments and build support through its district convention.

Key points

• The letter is dated 16 October 1959 and is issued on Swatantra Party (Tamil Nadu) letterhead from Madras.
• S. S. Mariswamy, the party’s Tamil Nadu secretary, congratulates Sir H. P. Modi on a political speech.
• The speech is described as a reply to criticism from neo-socialist Congress leaders.
• Mariswamy read the speech in The Hindu and translated it for the Tamil paper “Berigai.”
• The translation was intended for Swatantra Party workers in Tamil Nadu.
• The Madras District party convention was scheduled for 31 October 1959.
• The letter requests an English article and a photograph for the convention souvenir.