Himalayan Times (1950)

November 1050

NIKH1L BHARAT BANG A
BHASA PRASAR SAMI1 Y
Centre Opened at Kalimpong

TheSamity is a legally
registered association of
long standing. Dr. Shyama
Prasad Mukherji is its
President, Hon. N. R.
barker, Dr. Srikumar Ba-
nerji Ph.D. and A. K. M.
Zakeria are the Vice-Presi-
dents. Samity has • the
honour to have H. E.
The Governor as its Patron.

One of the main objects
of the Samity 's to give
facelities to Non-Bengali
speaking people of India
and abroad to learn rich
Bengali language. To
attend this object Samity
has opened several Free
Bengali coaching classes
in and outside the province
and are conducting them
successfully.

From the last year
the Samity has opened
some Free Bengali Coa-
ching Classes in Darjeeling
District and are conduc-
ting such classes in tic
ton n of Darjecling (one
of which is for Nepali
and other Hill women)
and others at Kurseong.
Mine, Margarett Tea Ins-
tate and Gangtok. The
Samity has recently pub-
lished Saral Bangla Nepali
Path—a bi-lingual primer

Both tin' West Bengal
Govt. ( who are giving
grant ) and Hill people
want such more classes

TORTURE IN NEPAL

Srimati Maya Devi
Chettry President, Kur-
seong Congress Committee
has sent the following
Telegram to His Highness
the Maharaja of Nepal :

/ The Press is reporting
tares of inhuman torture
to Mr. Chalisay. his wife
and others in NepaL We
do condemn violence but
the civilised world con-
demns more such treatment
to the political prisoners.
Praying better treatment
and permission for inter-
view with the political
prisoners and also with
Your Highness..

to be opened in the district,
speacially in rural area.
For the purpose 10 Tea-
chers of M. E. Schools were
trained in Bengali. A Free
Bengali Coaching class has
recently been started at
Kalimpoug to give faceli-
ties to the local people
to learn Bengali language
and for the present the
class has been housed in
the local Bengali Samity.

A local committee
consisting of Sj. M. K.
Pradhan (the Chairman)
Sj. T. ft. Sharnni, Sj. 'i. S.
Bhandari, Sj. B. C. Pra
dhan, Sj. Ranieswar Agar-
walla, Sj. N. N. Mintri,
Sj. P>. S. Sinha, Sj. S. C.
Jain, Dr. N. N. Boral,
Sj. Moni ('hose (Secretary),
Sj. N. Ray, Mr. Tharchin
and Mr. Leonard Rongong,

J ^ Three

SRI A. B. GURUNG. m. p.
Leaves for Delhi

Kalimpoug, Nov. 8.
Sri Ari Bahadur Gu-
ru ng, Bar at-Law,' w. P.
who was here on a short
jyjsit left here to day for
Calcutta en-route to Delhi.
Sri Gurung will be staying
at Calcutta for a couple
of days before leaving for
Delhi. At Caloutta Sri
Glining who is also a
member of the Defence
Committee' of Government
of India is likely to hold
consultations with mem-
bers of West Bengal Minis-
try regarding the present
situation of Kalimpoug
specially in connection
with the impending indijai
of people from Tibet to
this place. He has studied
the present situation here,
during his this stay at
Kalimpoug and it is hoped
that he will bo able to
give concrete suggestions
to the Government of
India on .some very knotty
problems confronting the
External Affairs Ministry
at Delhi.

Sii Gurung was at
home last evening to some
of the leading citizens of
the town. Mrs. Gurung
and children are also
accompanying Sri Gurung
to Delhi."

has been provisionally
formed with the power
of co-option to organise,
conduct & supervise such
classes.