Himalayan Times (1954)

.January 31, 1954 iStmnlntuiti ^ittie*

REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATIONS IN
DARJEELING ■

Darjeeling, January 26

the beautiful town of
Darjeeling celebrated the
Republic Day today in a
befitting manner. At suu-
ri<ie National Flags were
hoisted at the Tower of
the To vn Hall and on all
(Government and private
buildings. Small flags were
also flown over private
cars, busts and other
transport.

Sri S. Dutta Ma/.umdar,
I.AS., Deputy Commis-
sioner. Darjeeling took the
salute at the Republic
Pay Police l'arade held
at Market square at !' 30
u.ti). Where thousands of
people 1 ad jjalhTed to
witness the celebrations. ■
. Addre.-s.ng the gathering •
Si I in it Mazumdar ex-
plained in brief the free
doms granted by the Cons-
titution of India to all
the citizens of India and
appealed to the people to
co operate in the fulfilment
of the objectives as laid
down therein. He also
exhorted the members of
the Police Force to do.
their duties loyally arid
earnesty inspite of various
difficulties they may have
t;i face. He impressed oil
(hem that the great res-
ponsibility of maintaining
peace and older in the
country rested on them.

Sri I. Sundas, District
Publicity Officer, Darjee-
ling translated the speech
in Nepali.

On this occasion, the
Deputy Commissioner also
presented National Savings
Certificates to the 18 Sher-
pas who accompanied the
the success-ful 1953 Everest
Expedition and climbed
up' to the South Co!.,
The value of each Nafjo-
nal Savings Oertifieat was
Rs. 345'- and these were
purchased out of the sum,
a little above six thou-
sand rupees raised by "The
Statesman" f ir - Sherpa
Fund. •

After observing two mi-
nutes' silence at 12 noon,
Hill folk Dapces were given
by the local people and
the huge gatheiing enjoy-
ed them throughly. , .
'•' ' ' . • — . • "• . ' '-0 •

During the Observance
of Republic Day at- Do'-.,
dhoma Bazar jri Dalsingar-
•Ram an ^upcountry man
w-hJ has born here since
..long, came' forward to the
Flag,Post with a flower-
girland. some sweetmeats
and burning incense andi
p*id his det-p respect to
the "Rastra Pataka" with
folded hand ■ and returned
back.

Three

REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATIONS
IN KALIMPONG . <T ■

Kalimpong, J any. 20

Besides the local people
Chinese and Tibetans also
enthusiastically participa-
ted in the Republic Day
celebrations here today
when at 9-30 a. m., Sri
N. R. Chakra-verty, the
local Sub-Divisional Officer
hoisted the. National Flag
at the Mela Ground.;'v

Mdk was distributed to
poor children after the All
Faiths' Prayer and the
Ritual spinning, by the
workers Of the Kalimpong
f.,'o.operative Society.
DOUBLE AWARDS TO

EVEREST SHERPAS

Darjeeling, Jan. 23
. An. important ceremony
was witnessed this after
noon by . a distinguished
gathering. Twb groups of
• awards were made by Mr.
••CIS. J. Crawford, Preai;
dent of the Himalayan
Club- to eleven Sherpas for
conspicuous service and
loyalty to mountaineering
«jpeditions during the
season of 1952 and 1953.

First Mr. Crawford pre-
sented nine Coronation
Medals, awarded by Queen
Elizabeth and specially
inscribed with the words
"Mount , Everest Expedi-
tion.'' The nine recipients
were : Dai Namgyal, Dawa
Thondup, Ang Temba,
Thondu Pesang Dawa. Ang
D.iw.» II, Nawang Gorhbu
and Ang Namgyal.
(Cinilinuf)l on pitgi 10)

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