[Letter to Mr S Y Krishnaswamy]

Summary

This two-page correspondence records an exchange between S. Y. Krishnaswamy and R. C. Cooper in August 1959, during the formation of the Swatantra Party. In his letter dated 7 August, Krishnaswamy forwards a letter from Minoo Masani together with a draft for Rs. 151, explaining that a treasurer had not yet been formally constituted and asking Cooper to take the necessary action.

In his reply dated 8 August, Cooper thanks Krishnaswamy for his letter of 4 August and accepts Krishnaswamy’s nomination of him as a member of the Central Organising Committee of the Swatantra Party. The exchange offers brief administrative evidence of the party’s early organisational and financial arrangements.

Key points

• The document contains two letters exchanged on 7 and 8 August 1959.
• S. Y. Krishnaswamy sends R. C. Cooper a letter from Minoo Masani and a draft for Rs. 151.
• Krishnaswamy explains that a treasurer had not yet been formally constituted.
• Krishnaswamy asks Cooper to process the enclosed cheque.
• R. C. Cooper accepts nomination to the Swatantra Party’s Central Organising Committee.
• The letters document early administrative and financial activity associated with the Swatantra Party.