Himalayan Times (1962)

November 11, 1962

Himalayan Times

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BORDER PEOPLE RALLY
ROUND WAR EFFORTS

Kaliinpong. Nov. 8
Tbe acute hunger for
correct information regard-
ing different aspects of
tbe recent Chinese aggres-
sion on India was to
some extent allayed when
Sri S. Chaudhuri, the
Chief Rural Publicity Offi.
oar, West Bengal, accrm
panied by the District
Publicity Officer, Dar-
jeeling made extensive
tours in the border areas
right upto Gangtob and
explained things to the
people in numerous group
talks reading out from
the text of the Prime
Ministers Broadcast to the
Nation and the West
Bengal's Chief Minister
exhortation to rally round
war efforts in all possible
manner.

The villagers expressed
their whol»-heartedsupport
for national cause and in
some places DOtably in
Rhenook, Liogsay and
Rongli started collecting
money for tbe National
Defence Fund They felt
assured about tbe outcome
of the struggle and it was
really heartening to see
that after the talks in
some placee, taking the
Publicity Officers to be the
recruiting officers, people
offerred in numbers for
recruitment into the Army.
Id a meeting at Lingsay
school, when asked about
tha duties of the small

DESTROY CHINESE BASES
IN TIBET REGION

Delhi, Nov. 6

At a public meeting
in Delhi today top leaders
of the Swatantra Party
asked for the liberation
of Tibet. They said the
Indian Army should take
the initiative to attack
Chinese bases in Tibet.

Mr. Rajagopalohari
advised the Communists
Party of India to retire
from public life while the
orisis lasted. It would bs
the most patriotic thing
they could do in this hour
of orisis "when they find
the people do not trust
them," be said.

The General Seoretary
of the 8watantra Party,
Mr. Masani demanded that
the Dalai Lama should
be made the Head of a
Free Government of Tibet
and that India should
fight for the liberation of
Tibet. The mistake that
bad been committed in
allowing China to swallow
up the mountainous buffer
State must be rectified if
India's borders were to
be secured.

boys and girls during
emergency, a boy of ten
Mehermau Chhetri came
forward aud said that he
would oarry the luggages
of the soldiers and asked
his sister who was also
standing by bis Bid? to
knit woollen garments for
the jawaue.

RIFLE TRAINING IN
NORTHERN DISTRICTS
CalouttE., Nov. 8
It was explained offi-
cially in Calcutta on Tues-
day that the Government's
compulsory rifle training
for all able bodied persons
in West Bengal will coves-
people in the State's three
northern dislriots—Dar-
jneling, Ja'paiguri, and
Cooch Bshar. A beginning
with the scheme is ex-
pected to be made as
early aa possible, and tha
Government thinks that
no compulsion will bo
necessary.

This training eohanoa
will form part of civil
defence efforts in West
Bengal Simultaneously,
about 6,000 of 70,000 men
of the National Volunteer
Force are being called up
to assist the police,

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
SILIGURI
Siliguri, Kov. 8
Addressing a public
meeting at Siliguri on
Monday Miss Maya Baner-
jee Deputy Minister, West
Bengal, appealed to the
women of Siliguri to do-
nate their gold ornaments
for the oountry's defence.
Her appeal brought forth
an on-the-spot contribu-
tions of 46 tolas of gold
ornaments Othor epot con-
tributions included Rs.
1312 in oasb, 12 fountain
pens, a wrist watch and
some woollen garments
and silver rings.