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Office of Cabinet Delegation, The Viceroy’s House, New Delhi.—They are busy with interviews. Yesterday’s visitors included the ruler of Bhopal, and they are meeting Azad, Gandhi, and Jinnah today and tomorrow. Is dining with Jinnah tonight. He and Alexander may fly to Agra on Sunday to see the Taj.
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Office of Cabinet Delegation, The Viceroy’s House, New Delhi
April 3. 46
My dear.
We are in the thick of it. Yesterday we started interviews at 10 AM & finishing @ 5 went on to a social gathering of the Press (off the record) which lasted 1¾ hours of which for one hour I answered questions. This was followed by a dinner in our house for 3 prominent Moslem league supporters. The conversations lasted till 11.30 PM during which I had to break off to have ¾ hr talk with an emissary from Gandhi.
Today is not quite so busy, but I am to have Jinnah to dine tonight.
I am exceptionally well.
Among our visitors yesterday was the ruler of Bhopal {1}[,] who is the “Chancellor” of the Princes[,] who seemed to me a particularly efficient man. Today we are seeing Azad & Gandhi separately & tomorrow Jinnah.
Sunday {2} Alexander & I are thinking of flying over to Agra to see The Taj.
I have been so pleased to get your second letter written I think last Monday {3}. They take about a week to come. The other way viz the India Office takes about 4 days.
All my love to you & all
Boy
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{1} Nawab Sir Hamidullah Khan.
{2} 7 April.
{3} 25 March. The letter is not extant.
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- Lawrence, Emmeline Pethick- (1867-1954), suffragette, wife of the 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence (Subject)
- Muslim League (Subject)
- Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948), Indian political leader and religious and social reformer (Subject)
- Jinnah, Mohamed Ali (1876-1948), creator of Pakistan (Subject)
- Khan, Sir Muhammad Hamidullah (1894-1960), knight, Nawab of Bhopal (Subject)
- Azad, Abul Kalam (1888-1958), politician and author (Subject)
- Alexander, Albert Victor (1885-1965), 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, politician and co-operator (Subject)
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This description was created by A. C. Green in 2020.