Himalayan Times (1953)

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February i, 10'5H

RiaHJHUC DAY AT
r,AN(iTOK

From Our Correspondent)

Gangtok, Jan. 28 t.
Notables Indian met-,
chants .and some local pen
pie attended the Republic
day which was celebrated
at the Residency, Gangtok.

A detachment ot' Jat regi-
ment stationed at Gangtok
presented arms. Major B.
K. Kapoor accompanied
by the Maharaja inspected
the guard of honour The
Political Officer in Sikkim
read out the message from
the President and the
Prime Minister of India re-
garding Indian constitution,
success of. general elections,
five year plan and duties
and ^responsibilities of Irv
Miam citizens in and out-
side India ‘ After three
fugsilades of-fire by the
cje,tachment * the Indian
‘nationah flag was lioistfd
by Major Kapoor in ac-
companied of ‘Jana Gana
Muni’ who also took the
salute. he ^assembly dis-
appeared after light refe-
rednhent. ^The * Political
Officei th>rW entertained the
notable persons of Gangtok
with a cinema smbw at.
'tin- white memorial hall
\n the evening Major B
M Bali 0.0. detatchment
Second Mo.oltan Battalion
Jat regiment, and all ranks
held pagal gymkhana and
P. T. drill exhibition
at their camp at the' old
bhutia boarding school. - '

GANGTOK SWEPT BY
CYCLONIC WIND

(From Our Correspondent)

Gangtok, Jan. 28

A cyclonic wind bl wing
intermittently at int< rvals
of 10 to Id minutes swept
Gangtok from three a m.
to nine a m on Ja uarv
25th. This is porha| the
first of its kind in <-ang-
tok. Roof- of several pub-
lic and private buildings
blown away and a large
number of trees were up-
rooted Northern part of
the town suffered worst
The electric supply was
completely cut off but was
^restored in part in the
evening.

V REPUBLIC DAY IN
DARJEELING

(From Our Correspondent)

Darjeeling. Jan. 2^
Republic day was cele-
\brated here with lu'l ent hu-
. siasm. The morning st iiled
with the hois'ing of the
flag at Cho.vk Raz ir square
by the Deputy Commi-
ss:oner. After taki \g the
' salute presented to him bv
the Bengal Armed Police,
tin . Deputy Commis inner
presented the Indian Police
Me'dnl to -the wido v of
Sri M. L. Tempa for her
•husband’s meritorious ser-
vice' and selfless devotion
to the' country.

An all faiths prayer
meeting then followed. Later
in the afternoon folk d .faces
at the Bazar kept the men,

CHRIST IS THE ANSWER

iFr.'rii Our Correspondent).

Siliguri, Jarp 28
The otb Annual Con-
ference of Eastern Hima-
layas Christian Youths'
was held at Siliguri from
12th to 15th Jan.,und r the
supervision of Rai Suheb
George Mahab rt. M. i.. A.
A large number of youths
from all over the Eastern
Himalayas church under
the United Church of
Northern India, the-parent
church being Church of
Scotland, ^attended (the
confer, nee, among thbm
are Nepalese, Lepchas,
Boros, Mundas, Uraons
and other Adhibasis. One
Lady Missionary from
Gangh k and three other
. European Missionaries also
attended 'the Conference
Rev. Titus from Arrah
(Behar was the main spea-
ker of the Conference
whose theme was Christ is
the Answer On the last
day of the Conference till
late upto 1 p. in. the
Hill Christian Youths joi-
ned the Adhibasis in their
tribal dances. Two blind
boys of Blind Institute
of Kalimpong sang English
Hymns playing Guitar
which was appreciated
very much. It was pro-
posed that the next Annual
Conference wiil .be hold
in Western Dooars.

women ;in 1 < hil Iren - well,

eiiteilaine ! when nil went
home happy tor. 11» * day.