Draft Minutes of the First Meeting of the Indian Group of the Liberal International held in the Committee Room of the India International Centre on December 10, at 3:30 p.m.

Summary

These draft minutes record the first meeting of the Indian Group of the Liberal International, held on December 10, 1965, at the India International Centre and documented on December 30. The meeting reviewed arrangements for a public function associated with the group’s inauguration and elected its initial officers and Executive Committee. Sir C. P. Ramaswamy Aiyar was unanimously elected President, Madame Sophia Wadia Vice-President, and Mrs. Sosan Panday Honorary Treasurer; several other attendees were elected to the Executive Committee.

Key points

• The meeting concerned the inauguration and initial organisation of the Indian Group of the Liberal International.
• Sir C. P. Ramaswamy Aiyar was unanimously elected President.
• Madame Sophia Wadia was elected Vice-President and Mrs. Sosan Panday Honorary Treasurer.
• Khuswant Singh, B. R. Shenoy, N. C. Zundindar, H. V. R. Iyengar, M. R. Masani, and A. B. Shah were elected to the Executive Committee.
• Sophia Wadia offered premises at 40 New Marine Lines, Bombay, for the group’s office and correspondence.
• The group decided to seek affiliation with Liberal International and authorised Minoo Masani to negotiate the terms.
• The Executive Committee was authorised to draft rules and by-laws, with decisions permitted by circular because of the geographical distance between members.
• The group planned a paper on planning in India for a Liberal International Council meeting scheduled for September 1966.