| Description | The majority of these papers comprise correspondence between members of the Nottingham branch and members of the Central Executive Committee of the Indian Workers Association, but the file also includes some posters and flyers.
/1-/9 consists of correspondence dated 1964, largely relating to administrative matters concerning the branch, including arrangements for the election of office-bearers for 1965-1966 at a General Body meeting of the Nottingham branch 6 December 1964. This correspondence includes a letter written in Urdu from Chanchal Singh to Jagmohan Joshi discussing apparent election irregularities and internal differences amongst individuals in the branch, particularly Avtar Attawl. Joshi and other members of the Central Executive Committee have been branded as communists. There are also invitations to Indian Independence Day and Indian Republic Day celebrations organised by the branch.
/10 letter written in Urdu from Chanchal Singh to Jagmohan Joshi discussing campaigning activities. The letter makes reference to the work of the Movement for Colonial Freedom and the 'Anti-Apartheid Committee' and mentions that the branch has sent letters to Barbara Castle, Fenner Brockway and Yusuf Dawood, 2 January 1965
/11 letter written in Urdu from Tarlok Nath Gajree to Jagmohan Joshi describing proceedings of the annual elections of the branch for the year 1965, including the names and addresses of the office-bearers and members of the working committee of the Nottingham branch, 4 January 1965
/12 letter from T. N. Gajree to Jagmohan Joshi expressing concern about the effect that the representation made to the Indian Government through a procession for the release of political prisoners in India has had a harmful effect on the reputation of the Indian Workers Association in the Nottingham area by implying that the organisation is more interested in political campaigns than welfare activities, 26 July 1965
/13 flyer giving details of an Election Forum organised by Nottingham branch at the Education Centre, Broad Street, Nottingham 27 March 1966, with speakers from all political parties discussing policies on immigration and racial discrimination. Jagmohan Joshi, as General Secretary of the Indian Workers Association, was also a speaker at this event.
/14 letter from Jagmohan Joshi to the President of the Nottingham branch of the Indian Workers Association discussing the overdue branch elections, 14 December 1966
/15 poster advertising celebrations for India's Republic Day 25 January 1970, organised by the Nottingham branch at the Co-operative Education Centre, Broad Street, Nottingham, featuring speeches by Jagmohan Joshi, General Secretary of the Indian Workers Association; T. S. Sahota, Acting President; and Avtar Jouhl, editor of Lalkar; and including speakers from the Caribbean Socialist Union; the Pakistan Peoples Revolutionary Group; and Zanu. The event also included a cultural programme with dancers, radio singers, and performers from Walsall and Coventry.
The file also contains leaflets in Punjabi and Urdu giving details about an event to celebrate India's Republic Day, and a 'grand poetry symposium', both held at the Cooperative Education Centre in Nottingham. This leaflet includes the names of performers. Both leaflets are undated. |