Himalayan Times (1962)

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Himalayan Times

October 7, 1S63

CHEDC AG BELONGS TO
CHINA. SAYS PAN CHEN
Hongkong, Oct. 2
The Panohen Lama,
acting Chairman of the
Preparatory Committee
for the Tibet Autonomous
Region, declared that the
Chsdong area, where many
of the recent Chinese-
Indian clashes occurred,
had always belonged to
China, the New China
News Agency reported
today.

The agency said the
Panohen Lama speeding
before 4.000 people at a
meeting held in Lhasa on
Soptember 28 to mourn
fire Chinese frontier guards
said to have been killed
at the Che-jao bridge in
Tibet said: ''Ch.uoog to
the north of the McMahon
Line like Mon Tawang
south of the line has al-
ways been part of Tsona
Dzong, administered by
officials appointed by Chi-
na's local Government in
Tibet."

LOK SAHAYAK SENA
CAMP AT KURSEONG

Kurseong, Oct. 3
The dosing ceremony
of 2 t'l Lok Sahayak Bene
Camp at Kurseong was
held on Saturday Sbri
A 8. Naskar, Minister of
State, Excise Department,
Government of West Ben-
gal took the salute. The
camp concluded after
completion of two niootha'

KURSEONG OBSERVES
CLEANLINESS DAY

Kurseong, Oct, 3
The National Cleanli-
ness Day was observed
at Kurseong on October
2, 1962 in a befitting
manner. In the morning,
Scouts, A.C.C and the
students of different
schools paraded the main
streets of the Town shout-
ing slogans on cleanliness.

A public meeting was
held at the Cbowk Bazar
under the Presidentship
of Shri P. T. Lania, Chair-
man, Kurseong Municipa-
lity. Shri D B. Chhetri,
Shri L. B. Bhandari and
Shri Prem Thrpa, Bpoke
on the life and teachings
of Mahatma Gandhi, ob-
jective of observing the
National Cleanliness Day
and the people's co-ope.
ration in keeping the
Municipal area neat and
clean. Shri P. T. Lama
in his Presidential address
stressed the need c<f arous-
ing consciousness in pub*
lie about environmantal
situation.

training undergon by 525
trainees drawn from diffe-
rent parts of Kurseong
frub division.

In bis address, the
Minister dwelt on the
utility of the training
imported to the youths
and urged them to intro-
duce the same among
their brethern in the ru-
ral areas.

SIKKlM CONGRESS PLANS
SATYAGRAHA

Gungtok, Oct 2
The Sikkim Stat9
Congress will launch a
State-wide satyograha in
pursuance of its earlier
decision to boycott the
ensuing general election in
this Himalayan kingdom
"if the election is held
on the lines of those of
1952 and 1358, and no
reform on non-ccmmunhl
lilies is affected."

The gene a! council of
the citate Congress, which
met at tiingtani on Fri-
day in a resolution also
demanded that one-third
of the seats in the btate
Council be made general,
and urged the setting up
of a popular und fully
responsible Ministry in
place of the preset.i- Exe-
cutive Council. The «*a~
haraja, the resolution sta.
ted, should be a consti-
tutional Head of the State.

The resolution charged
the authorities with creat-
ing divisions ura.iij' the
communities of iSikkim
and expressed confidence
that "the Muliarejti mould
maintain his r-on-commu-
aal attitude , m the- poli-
tical nliillf' Nearly 2'H)
delegates attenuid the
meeting.

A action eomrairtee
to work out the program-
me for the prupL.se.-; satya-
giaba waB set up.