Title | Swaraj in one year |
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Publisher | Ganesh |
Place of Creation (TGN) |
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Date | 1921 |
Subject.Topical (Local) |
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Language | English |
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Original Item Extent | 121 pages; 19 cm |
Original Item Location | DS448.G35 1921 |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b8304490~S11 |
Original Collection | Socialist and Communist Pamphlets |
Digital Collection | Socialist and Communist Pamphlets |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections |
Use and Reproduction | Public Domain: This item is in the public domain and may be used freely. |
File Name | index.cpd |
Title | Image 87 |
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File Name | uhlib_6409088_086.jpg |
Transcript | POST-GRADUATE & LAW STUDENTS 81 heartily entirely with a complete boycott of his visit ? It was not a pleasure to me. At the same time I feel it to be my duty not only not to associate myself with it but to propagate the idea that to extend any welcome to any representative of the Sovereign would be mistake, would be a crime, would be inconsistent with our self-respect and that is the view I hold even up to the present moment- The Duke of Connaught baa come, not to wipe your and my tears. He has come not to wipe away the insult that has been hurled against islam, and the seven crores of Mohamedans of India. He has come not to heal the wounds of the Punjab but he has come to sustain the powers which has been so horribly abused. He has come to add prestige to an institution which we consider to be corrupt at its very source and therefore it became our duty to boycott that visit, and our duty not to receive any instructions under the influence of that Government. And I, therefore, suggest to you, post-graduate students of Calcutta, that you would far rather postpone your further literary progress and throw in your lot with the millions of your countrymen and gain 'Swaraj' inside of one year. If you feel that by con- |