Visits to India

Date:
1951-1952
Reference:
HALDANE/5/7/5
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Haldane Papers
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Visits to India. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Correspondence regarding preparations fora trip to India by Haldane and Helen Spurway at the invitation of the Government of India and the Indian Science Congress. Haldane gave a lecture tour and series of discussions at various institutions in India during December 1951 - January 1952.

Primary correspondents are: V K Krishna Menon, High Commissioner for India; B Mukerji of the Indian Science Congress Association; P C Mahalanobis of the Indian Statistical Institute and R A L Gonet of the Indian High Commission.

Other correspondents include Ifor Evans, UCL Provost; Air India International; S Patuk of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission; M N Saha of the Institute of Nuclear Physics; Sir Shanti S Bhatnagar of the Central Secretariat; Claus A Moser and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India.

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1951-1952

Physical description

72 letters, 1 draft, 2 telegrams plus 8 enclosures 139 sides

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A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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