| Description | The majority of the correspondence in this file dates from the mid 1960s, and is written by H. S. Johal, General Secretary of the Derby branch, to Jagmohan Joshi, General Secretary of the Indian Workers Association. There are also some letters from Joshi to members of the Derby branch.
/1-/2 discuss the registration of the branch, and arrangements for a meeting between Joshi and branch members, 1964
/3-/4 invite Joshi to attend Derby branch celebrations for Indian Republic Day 1965 and 1966
/5-/12 consist of correspondence dating between January and April 1967 relating to procedures adopted by the branch following a vote of no confidence in H. S. Johal as General Secretary, which the Central Executive Committee considered to be unconstitutional. This correspondence includes the names and addresses of members of the disbanded executive committee of the Derby branch and the names and signatures of branch members attending an unspecified meeting, together with letters from Joshi and from Avtar Jouhl concerning action taken by the Central Executive Committee to resolve the situation
/13-/14 are written to Joshi by Khushdev Singh Johal, the new General Secretary of the Derby branch. /13 discusses arrangements for a meeting of the Derby branch to discuss Indian Independence Day 1967, and /14 includes a list of the names of the members of the Derby branch executive committee, to be used at the forthcoming National Conference in Leicester
The file also two other documents. One is a copy of an Indian Workers Association resolution on the immigration policy of the British government, demanding the withdrawal of the White Paper on immigration and the strengthening of the Race Relations Act 1965.
The other document is a letter from the secretary of Guru Ravidas Sabha, Derby to Avtar Jouhl, following a function held by the Indian Workers Association Derby branch, asking Avtar Jouhl to speak at a function held by Guru Radivas Sabha to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Dr Bheem Rao Ambedkar, July 1975 |