[Letter to Mr Minoo Masani]

Summary

This single-page English letter, issued on Swatantra Party Tirupporur Constituency letterhead, solicits an article from M. R. Masani for a souvenir celebrating C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji)‘s 90th birthday. The celebration is identified as taking place on 8 December 1967, and the requested article is to concern Rajaji.

The secretary asks Masani to send the article to the party’s East Tambaram address before 15 November 1967. The document is therefore a brief example of Swatantra Party organisational activity and of the contemporary effort to mark Rajaji’s public and political legacy.

Key points

• The document is a typed solicitation letter on Swatantra Party Tirupporur Constituency letterhead.
• It is addressed by hand to M. R. Masani.
• The letter requests an article on Rajaji for a commemorative souvenir.
• The souvenir is intended to mark Rajaji’s 90th birthday on 8 December 1967.
• The requested contribution was to be sent before 15 November 1967.
• The issuing office is identified as the Swatantra Party’s Tirupporur Constituency organisation in East Tambaram, Madras-59.