Communications with India House

This file consists of correspondence between members of the Indian Workers Association and officials working at the High Commission of India and India House in London discussing policies of the Indian Workers Association, and arranging meetings between members of the organisation and visiting Indian politicians during the 1960s. Correspondence consists of:

/1-/9 letters relating to a meeting between representatives from the Indian Workers Association and the Indian Workers Association (Southall) and T. T. Krishnamachari and Indira Gandhi, ministers from the Indian government attending the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference in London in July 1964. These papers include a copy of a memorandum presented by Jagmohan Joshi, General Secretary, and Rattan Singh, President of the Indian Workers Association to Mr Krishnamachari and Mrs Indira Gandhi, giving details about the organisation's activities in showing Indian films and attempting to set up an Indian welfare centre, and setting out the Indian Workers Association's position on the political issues of the day

/10-/16 letters discussing the possibility of members of the Central Executive Committee of the Indian Workers Association meeting the Indian Prime Minister [Lal Bahadur] Shastri in December 1964, including a copy of a memorandum presented by the Indian Workers Association to Mr Shastri on his first visit to London, giving details about several issues concerning the welfare of the Indian community in Britain.

/17 letter from K. C. Sen Gupta, High Commission of India to P. S. Rai, General Secretary of the Indian Workers Association, Leicester, concerning an Indian Republic Day meeting, 14 January 1965

/18 memorandum presented by the Indian Workers Association to Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India, on his visit to London during the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference, June 1965, concerning the ongoing Emergency Laws and Defence of India Rules under which political prisoners are detained without trial

/19 letter from P. N. Haksar, Acting High Commissioner, India House, thanking Jagmohan Joshi for the Indian Workers Association message of condolence on the death of Prime Minister Shastri, 18 January 1966

/20-/22 letters discussing arrangements for the Acting High Commissioner at India House to receive a deputation from the Central Executive Committee of the Indian Workers Association, August 1967

/23-/26 letters relating to a possible meeting between members of the Central Executive Committee of the Indian Workers Association and the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, during her visit to Britain for the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference in January 1969, including a memorandum presented to Mrs Gandhi, submitted by the Indian Workers Association, discussing the negative effects of British imperialism on Indian workers and peasants, and the recent actions and policies of the Indian government

/27 press statement issued by an unidentified organisation, possibly the High Commission of India, on the appointment of Shanti Sarup Dhawan, High Commissioner for India in the UK, containing a biography of Dhawan's career, undated.