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OF CONTEMPORARY

Catalogue

Of

The Papers of

Captain

Plot # 2, Rajiv Gandhi Education City, P.O. Rai, Sonepat – 131029, Haryana (India) Captain Lakshmi Sahgal (1914-2012)

Freedom fighter, social activist and the first woman commander of , Lakshmi Sahgal nee Swaminadhan was born on 24 October 1914 in Madras (now ) to S. Swaminadhan, a criminal lawyer at , and Ammu Swaminadhan, a social worker and freedom fighter. Inspired by the progressive views of her mother, Lakshmi broke social convention and dogmas from a very early stage speaking out against the caste practices in . She joined the Queen Mary’s College, Madras in 1932. She was married at a young age to P.K.N Rao, a pilot. However, the marriage was not a success and she returned to her hometown to resume her studies. She completed her MBBS in 1938 from . She also obtained a diploma in gynaecology and obstetrics from the same college in 1940 and joined the Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital, Madras. Thereafter, she moved to and established a clinic for the poor and migrant workers from India. She also got closely associated with the India Independence League, founded in 1941 by Rash Behari . In 1942, during the Japanese occupation of Singapore Dr. Lakshmi provided medical aid to the prisoners of war. visited Singapore in July 1943 and took over the leadership of the League along with the Indian National Army. Dr. Lakshmi was inspired and fascinated by the charismatic leadership of Bose and expressed her desire to work with him. When Subhas Chandra Bose formed the All Women Infantry Regiment of INA, named after Rani Lakshmi of Jhansi, Dr. Lakshmi joined the regiment with great enthusiasm. Dr. Lakshmi became Captain Lakshmi. She was appointed the commanding officer of Regiment comprising 1200 women and later was the only woman minister in Netaji’s Council of Ministers of the Provisional Government of . In 1944, the regiment fought the guerrilla war against the British at the Burma front. Captain Lakshmi was arrested by the British armed forces in July 1945 and detained in Rangoon for over one year. She was repatriated to India in March 1946. On her return to India, she actively associated herself with raising funds for the destitute families of INA who returned to India. She also visited Madras and Kerala where huge camps were set up for the INA refugees. Captain Lakshmi married Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal, an officer of INA in and moved to in March 1947. Disheartened by the , she

i dedicated herself to the cause of refugees who came to Kanpur from in large numbers. During the Indo-Pak War of 1971, she joined the People’s Relief Committee of and organized relief camps and medical aid in for millions of refugees who came to India from East Bengal (now Bangladesh). In the same year, Sahgal joined the (Marxist) and represented the party in the . She remained an active member of the party till her death. Sahgal was one of the founding members of All India Democratic Women's Association in 1981 and led many of its campaigns. She worked towards restoring peace and harmony in Kanpur following the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. She also led a medical team to Bhopal after the gas tragedy in December 1984. A committed social activist, she participated in a campaign by AIDWA against the Miss World competition at Bangalore in 1996 and was also arrested. She dedicated her life to the country and its people. She continued to look after patients in Kanpur till the age of 92. Sahgal was awarded the in 1998 and bestowed with honorary doctorate by the University of Calicut in 2010. She contested as a joint candidate of the left for the presidential elections in 2002. She penned her life experiences in A Revolutionary Life: Memoirs of a Political Activist (1997). It was translated into , Mera Jeevan Sangharsh. Captain Lakshmi Sahgal passed away on 23 July 2012.

ii CATALOGUE OF THE PAPERS OF CAPTAIN LAKSHMI SAHGAL

INDEX

S. No. Description Period Page No.

I. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 1975-2010 1-9

II. SUBJECT FILES 1946-2008 10-19

A. Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal 1946-1992 10

B. Lakshmi Sahgal as a medical doctor 1962 10

C. Azad Hind Fauj Association /INA 1972-2006 10-12

D. Literary Activities 1976-2004 12-13

E. All India Democratic Women’s Association 1979-2001 13-14 (AIDWA)

F. Trade Unions 1979-2005 14

G. Netaji Research Bureau and other Organisations 1979-2007 15-16

H. Invitations /Celebrations/Greetings 1997-2005 16

I. Interviews/Documentaries 1998-2005 17

J. Subhas Chandra Bose 1999-2005 17

K. India-Burma Relationship 2003-2008 17

L. Awards and Honours 1964-2005 18

M. Miscellaneous Files 1998-2006 18-19

III. SPEECHES/WRITINGS BY HER 1988-2004 20-22

iii IV. ARTICLES BY OTHERS 1976-2005 22-24

V. PRESS CLIPPINGS 1999-2004 24

VI. PRINTED/PUBLISHED MATERIAL 1946-2006 25-26

VII. PHOTOGRAPHS 27-41

A. Album: Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 27-31

B. Album: Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal 31-33

C. Album: Subhas Chandra Bose and INA, 1942-1945 33-39

D. Album: Ammu Swaminadhan 39-40

E. Album: Achhru Ram 40

F. Album: 41

G. Album: 41

iv CATALOGUE OF THE PAPERS OF CAPTAIN LAKSHMI SAHGAL

I. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1975-2010

S. No Name of the Correspondent From/To Date No of Comments Pages

1. Ahmed, Humera From 2 March 1998 1+1 Xerox copy/ Enclosed a letter from I. P. Gupta, Lieutenant Governor Andaman and Nicobar Islands/ English

2. Avasthi, R. L. To 25 March 1998 1 Autograph/ English

From 3 June 2003 1 Holograph/ English

3. Basu, Jyoti From 18 March 1980 1 Autograph/ English

From 29 September 1 Autograph/ English 1980

4. Bhullar, B. S. From 10 May 1999 1 Autograph/ Hindi

To 7 June 1999 1 Autograph/ Hindi

5. Chanda, Samarender From 11 May 2005 2 Holograph/ English

Chatterjee, Aruna See Subject File No. 12

1 6. Chatterjee, Haraprasad From 15 February 1977 1 Autograph/ English (General Secretary, People’s Relief Committee (P.R.C.) West Bengal)

Chhabra, Sagari See Subject File No. 25

Choudhury, Bharati See Sahay, Asha

7. Daaga, Savitri From 10 August 2000 2 Holograph/ Hindi

From 14 August 2000 1 Holograph/ Hindi

To 18 August 2000 1 Holograph/ Hindi

From 31 August 2000 2 Holograph/ Hindi

From 20 October 2004 1 Holograph/ Hindi

8. Dasan, D. From 3 June 1998 1 Autograph/ English (Chairman, Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Memorial National Welfare Foundation)

To 25 July 1998 1 Autograph/ English

From 7 April 1999 2 Autograph/ English

To 26 April 1999 2 Autograph/ English

To 15 November 1 Autograph/ English 1999

From 7 December 1999 1 Autograph/ English

To 13 December 1 Autograph/ English 1999 Also enclosed a copy marked to S.S. Yadava

2 (Contd…) Dasan, D. From 2 February 2000 1 Autograph/ English (Chairman, Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Memorial National Welfare Foundation)

To 10 February 2000 1 Typed copy/ English

From 27 July 2000 1 Autograph/ English

To 31 July 2000 1 Autograph/ English

From 11 September 1 Autograph/ English 2000

To 22 September 1 Autograph/ English 2000

To 13 April 2001 1 Autograph/ English

From 21 April 2001 1 Autograph/ English

To 26 April 2001 1 Autograph/ English

From 2 May 2001 2 Autograph/ English

To 14 May 2001 2 Typed copy/ English

From 29 May 2001 3 Autograph/ English

To 8 June 2001 2 Typed copy/ English

To 21 July 2004 1 Typed copy/ English

From July 2004 2 Newsletter/ English

From 1 November 2004 2 Newsletter/ Duplicate copy also available/ English

From December 2004 2 Newsletter/ English

From January 2005 2 Newsletter/ English

From 16 August 2005 1 Autograph/ English

3 9. Dhillon, G. S. To 15 June 1998 1 Autograph/ English

To 28 August 1999 1 Typed copy/ English

10. George, T. J. S. From 8 July 1998 1 Autograph/ English (Editorial Adviser, Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.)

To 11 July 1998 1 Autograph/ English

From 11 November 1+4 Autograph/ Enclosed a 1998 list of proposals for the memorial of E.M.S. Namboodiripad/ English

11. Jayalalitha, J. To 6 April 2003 2 Xerox copy/ English (Chief-Minister of )

To 29 November 1+3 Typed copy/ Letters to 2004 Unni Panikkar, G. Susheela, and Unni dated November 2004 attached/ English

12. Kahle, John and Sigrid From [2001] 2 Autograph/ English

From Dec-January 2006 2 Autograph/ English

13. Khan, Maqbool Ahmed Khan From 20 May 11 Holograph/ English

14. Khandwal, Rama From 27 March 1999 2 Holograph/ English

From 31 January 2000 2 Holograph/ English

To 9 February 2000 1 Autograph/ English

From 27 March 2001 1 Holograph/ English

4 (Contd…) Khandwal, Rama To 5 April 2001 2 Typed copy/ English

From 21 October 2003 2 Holograph/ English

From 16 December 2 Holograph/ English 2004

From 25 August 2005 2 Holograph/ English

To Undated 1 Typed copy/ English

15. Karat, Prakash To 21 April 2004 2 Typed copy/ English

16. Kumar, M. From 7 December 1998 2 Typed copy/ English

To 18 December 1 Autograph/ English 1998

17. Kumar, Meira From 25 October 2004 1 Autograph/ Hindi

18. Kurian, M. From 10 March 1998 1 Holograph/ English

To 22 March 1998 Typed copy/ English

19. Kurup, C. G. R. From 20 June 2001 1 Autograph/ English

To 14 July 2001 1 Autograph/ English

20. Mahindra, K. C. To 14 May 1998 1 Autograph/ English (Director, Mahindra & Mahindra)

21. Malik, Amita From 17 July 2000 1 Holograph/ English

To 20 July 2000 1 Autograph/ English

22. Mariette From 26 March 2005 4 Holograph/ English

5 23. Matsubara, Tsuneo From 2 May 2000 2 Autograph/ English

To 1 July 2000 1+1 Typed copy/ Draft copy of the letter also enclosed/ English

24. Menon, Ram Krishna From 7 August 2001 1 Autograph/ English

To 10 August 2001 1 Autograph/ English

25. Namboodiripad, E. M. S. From 14 November 1 Autograph/ English 1975

From 10 August 1978 1 Autograph/ English

From 27 June 1981 1 Autograph/ English

26. Narayanan, K. R. From 18 October 1999 1 Autograph/ English

From 9 December 1999 1 Autograph/ English

27. Nayanar, E. K. To 21 September 1 Typed copy/ A letter to 1999 A.P. Varkay attached/ English

28. Paranjpye, Sai From 24 November 2 Autograph/ English 1979

29. Parashar, N. C. From 1 June 1999 1 Autograph/ English

To 10 June 1999 1 Autograph/ English

From 1 March 2000 1 Autograph/ English

To 13 March 2000 1 Autograph/ English

6 30. Rashtrapati Bhavan, New , From 2 February 2000 1+1 Autograph/ Invitation Officer Incharge of (Invitation card for a lunch given Section) in honour of Prof. Anita Pfaff attached/ English

31. Reddy To 1 September 2004 2 Autograph/ English

32. Rodrigues, Caren From 25 February 2010 3+3 Holograph/ Also includes a typed copy/ English

33. Sahay, Asha From [1998] 4 Holograph/ English

To 31 July 1998 2 Autograph/ English

From 25 August 1998 2 Holograph/ English

To 9 September 1998 1 Autograph/ English

From 20 August 1999 4 Holograph/ English

34. San, M. Hayashi From April 1983 2 Xerox copy/ English

From 14 November 1 Autograph/ English 1998

To 10 February 2001 2 Typed copy/ Draft copy also included/ English

35. Sahukar, ADI. K. From 25 August 1998 2 Autograph/ Format of (Retd. Brig.) letter of thanks enclosed/ English

To 9 September 1998 2 Autograph/ English

Sarabhai, Mallika See Subject File No. 25

7 36. Sarabhai, Mrinalini From 21 February 2008 1 Holograph/ English

Seth, Indra See Subject File No. 14

37. Stefan, J. Ravikumar From 4 April 2001 1 Autograph/ English

To 13 April 2004 2 Typed copy/ English

38. Suresh, Neotia From 14 December 1 Autograph/ English 1999

To 18 December 1 Autograph/ English 1999

From 13 January 2000 1 Autograph/ English

To 1 February 2000 1 Autograph/ English

39. Susheela, G. From 26 June 2005 2 Holograph/ English

40. Swaminadhan, Govind To 3 April 1998 1 Autograph/ English

41. Tewari, Sriram From 8 August 2000 1+1 Autograph/ Xerox copies of bonds of Bank of Independence and Azad Bank of India enclosed/ Hindi

To 16 August 2000 1 Autograph/ Hindi

42. (The) Times of India, Editor of To 27 January 1995 2 Typed copy/ English

43. Toye, Hugh From 24 January 2002 2 Holograph/ English

8 44. , Ex-Governor of To 13 November 1 Autograph/ English 2004

45. Vadakath House From 21 January 2004 1 Autograph/ English

46. Valu, Joseph A. From 8 July 2004 1+1 Autograph/ Xerox copy of photographs of Valu family enclosed/ English

To 21 July 2004 2 Typed copy/ English

47. Wright, Peter From 13 February 1993 1 Holograph/ English

9 II. SUBJECT FILES, 1946-2008

S. No. Description/ Years Comments/ No. of Pages

A. Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal, 1946-1992 (Husband of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal)

1. 1946

Letter from George R. Merell to the Secretary of State, Washington giving English details about Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal and his association with INA. Also includes ‘conversation with ex-Captain Prem Kumar Sahgal of Japanese sponsored Indian National Army’ (enclosure), details of meeting T. Eliot Weil with Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal and Ammu Swaminadhan at the residence of R. K. Nehru regarding Indian National Army, death of Subhas Chandra Bose, British treatment of INA prisoners and related papers

2. 1992

Condolence letters received on the death of Colonel Prem Kuamr Sahgal. English and Hindi Includes letters from I. K. Gujral, Girija Vyas, Murlidhar C. Bhandare, K. Venugopal, Rajesh Kumar Shukla, O. P. Nayyar, Biswanath Bose, M. S. Yadav and others

B. Lakshmi Sahgal as a medical doctor, 1962

3. 1962

Correspondence with District Magistrate, Kanpur, I. G. Shaw and others English regarding Training of Voluntary Nurses. Includes qualifications required for the Nurses, their stipend and syllabus for ‘First Aid to the injured’ and ‘Home Nursing’. Also includes a list of Women Medical Practitioners in Kanpur

C. Azad Hind Fauj Association /INA, 1972-2006

4. 1972

Papers relating to Azad Hind Fauj Association. Includes an article ‘Aren’t English INA Men Patriots’ published in The Sunday Standard. Also includes grant of pension to freedom fighters/martyrs/their families by the Central Government and details of Freedom Fighters Pension Scheme, 1972. Comprises details of INA Conference, a copy of memorandum presented to Indira Gandhi by a deputation led by , Sheel Bhadra Yajee, M. R. Vyas and others

10 5. 1976-2005

Papers relating to All India INA Committee. Includes correspondence with English S.S. Yadava, General Secretary of the Committee, I. K. Gujral, S. R. Bommai and others regarding issuing of INA Certificates by Lakshmi Sahgal for sanctioning Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension to ex-INA and IIL Personnel such as Mary Rajammal, Kunjaram, Mary Sylvia, Savitiri, R. Veerammalia, R. Meenakshi, Theresa, Anthony Maria Selvan, M. Periyakaruppan, Dropadi Devi and others. Contains an invitation to attend Golden Jubilee Celebration of Freedom of and honouring of Colonel Dhillon and Lakshmi Sahgal. Also comprises meeting of S. S. Yadava with Japanese Ambassador for Memorial, Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Provisional Government Azad Hind and also an appeal by D. Dasan on this occasion. Also includes papers pertaining to a function organized by the Veterans Association of to meet the members of INA Committee and pay tributes to Netaji, release of the book containing list of ex INA and IIL members compiled by Col. R. S. Raturi and other papers

6. 1998-2004

Papers relating to grant of Dearness Relief to the freedom fighters and their English and Hindi eligible dependents under the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme. Includes correspondence with Government officials of Centre and States such as S. Venugopalan, Deputy Secretary to the , Chief Controller of Accounts and R. S. Rawat, V. Malathi, V. Seeni, and Hardeep Singh, Under Secretaries to the Government of India. Also includes correspondence with ex-INA and IIL members such as K.V. Chandran, General Secretary Tamil Nadu INA Forum, R. Devarajan, N. V. Naidu, Ramu Pillai, Karuppiah Thevar, P. Saradha, Manickavasagi, A. Sina Ramu, P. Govindswamy, M. Ramanathan, N. A. M. Govindammal, A. Abdul Salam, K. K. Rethinavelu, M. Ramalingam, R. Bhaskaran, R. Thiyagarajan, Seva Singh Undi, G. Gopala Pillai, V. Chinthayee, M. Mangogeri, C. Vijayalakshmi, N. Velu Naidu, S. Saradambal, S. Sadasivam and others

7. 1998-2004

Grant of Tamil Nadu State Freedom Fighters Pension and Central Revenues English pension to ex-INA and IIL members. Includes correspondence with distinguished personalities such as , Minister of Defence, E. K. Nayanar, Chief Minister of Kerala, M. Shantham and Hardeep Singh, Deputy Secretaries to Government of India and P. S. Naganathan, Under Secretary to Government of India. Also includes correspondence with (Contd…)

11 (Contd…) officers of Political Pension Department and Tamil Nadu INA League such as A. Soundararajan, Additional Secretary to Government, Political Pension Department, N. Ramalingam, Under Secretary, Pension Division, Madras, V. Vaithilingam, General Secretary, Tamil Nadu INA League and others. Also includes certificates and recommendations from Lakshmi Sahgal to avail political pension to Labanya Chatterjee, Parvathi Ammal, R. Kalidas, Thiru Sonamuthu, R. P. Guruswamy, A. Katija Amma, R. Thiyappan, K. Ayyathurai Pillai, Alagammai, Anthony Maria Selvam, A. Kasinathan, G. P. Thaivanai, V. A. Swaminathan, R. Meenakshi, R. Rukmani and others

8. 2005-2006

Requests to issue certificates to ex- INA and IIL Personnel and members of English Rani of Jhansi Regiment to avail benefits of political pension at the Centre and State Political Pension Schemes. Includes letter from S. Kasinathan, Thiru G. Sugumaran, S. Divyanathan, S. Muniyadi, Col. Chibbar, M. Periyasamy, M. Susaimalar, N. Padmanabhan, Smt. Bakkiam, V. Guruswamy, S. Kaliappan, Thiru P. Sathiya Singh, Parvathi, Udayar, K. Gopal, Athilakshmi, Mrs. Mariammal, Thiru Kumar Jayant, S. Ramaswamy, V. Kandaswamy, M. Manthaiyan and others. Also includes correspondence with Government officers and recommendations of Lakshmi Sahgal for issuing certificates to the freedom fighters

D. Literary Activities, 1976-2004

9. 1976-2004

Correspondence with the editor of Weekly regarding English and Autobiography of Lakshmi Sahgal to be published in Malayalam. Also Malayalam includes manuscript of the first chapter of it translated in Malayalam to be published in Women’s Imprint. Includes correspondence with Sadanand Kadam for translating the autobiography in Marathi, etc.

10. 1995-2004

Correspondence with Ritu Menon, Urvashi Butalia and Jaya Banerjee English regarding the royalty of Lakshmi Sahgal’s book entitled A Revolutionary Life: Memoirs of a Political Activist published by Kali for Women and translation of the book in Bengali and Tamil. Also includes letters from D. K. Agencies (P) Ltd. to prepare a bibliography of the book and related papers

12 11. 1998-2001

Correspondence with Suja Sugathan relating to her research and queries on English INA and its role in Freedom Movement. Includes queries received from Ratna Ghosh, H. S. Narang, G. H. Fernandes, Chitralekha Kadam, editor of Kusumanjali (Women Weekly), Piyush Kanti Roy, Tapas Kumar Rey, Sumit Mukherji and others seeking information on Subhas Chandra Bose, INA and Rani of Jhansi Regiment, ‘Diary of a Rebel Daughter’, etc. Also includes correspondence with Kallol Choudhury regarding her research/queries for her book on Captain Manmatha Choudhury of INA and a brief note on him and other papers

12. 1998-2001

Correspondence with Rohini Gawankar regarding her book Women’s English Regiment and Captain Lakshmi Sahgal of INA in Marathi, release of the English version of the book by Netaji Research Bureau, Calcutta on Netaji’s birthday on 23 January 2001. Comprises papers relating to the translation of the book in Hindi, Bengali and Gujarati and a message from Lakshmi Sahgal for the book. Also includes correspondence with Aruna Chatterjee regarding her book ‘Two and half years with Netaji and Rani of Jhansi Regiment' in Bengali. A story entitled ‘Adventure Bandar Toli’ by Aruna Chatterjee and Lakshmi Sahgal’s reminiscences of her as a member of INA are also available

E. All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), 1979-2001

13. 1979- 2001

Papers relating to All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA). English and Hindi Includes notes on ‘Women & Hindu Scriptures’, minutes of the Central Executive Committee Meetings, ‘ Draft Resolution - Bihar Press Bill’, ‘Hindu Marriage Act (Amendment) Bill 1981’, campaign against nuclearization, increase in price of the essential commodities, organising sectional struggles of women, minority women’s rights, anti-touchability struggle etc. Includes AIDWA reports from centre and different states, ‘Report of the Alternative Summit, Geneva’, ‘The Government's Population Policy’ and a report submitted by Susheela Gopalan. Also contains papers on ‘State Conference of West Bengal’, letters from and Comrade Devi, speech of Bibha Ghosh Goswami and an article ‘The Freedom Struggle and Women’ by Lakshmi Sahgal. A list of the members of AIDWA statewise, ‘Mobilization Strategies adopted by AIDWA’, ‘National Convention of Working Women’, etc. are also available

13 14. 1979- 2001

Papers relating to All India Democratic Women’s Association. Includes English and Hindi correspondence with Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, L. Sridhar, K. C. Nariyal, A. R. Sindhu, Indra Seth, Pramila Pandhe, Daulat Ram and others. Also includes minutes of the meeting of All India Democratic Women’s Association, welcome address by K. R. Gowri Amma in Trivandrum, Report of the Women’s Delegation to Bhopal, Ahmedabad and Surat, Central Work Report for Central Executive Committee, note on some aspects of the women’s movement and Delhi report of CEC. Also contains ‘Notes of Introduction on the Proposed Law on Sexual Assault’, ‘On the increasing portrayal of obscenity in Indian Cinema’, ‘On Comrade Pankaj Acharya’, ‘Communal and Decisive Forces’, a questionnaire on pre-natal diagnosis technique, ‘Critique of the Bill to Constitute a National Commission on Women’, draft resolution on selling of children, etc.

F. Trade Unions, 1979-2005

15. 1979-1992

Papers relating to All India Jute Workers’ Federation and Bengal Chatkal English and Hindi Mazdoor Union. Includes correspondence with Niren Ghosh, Guha, Kamal Sarkar, Biren Dutta, Daulat Ram and others regarding the formation of the Federation of Workers and Employees of Bengal Chemical & Pharmaceuticals of India and State Conference in West Bengal. Also includes papers of the annual conference of the Bengal Chatkal Mazdoor Union, minutes of meeting of the Organising Committee of the All India Jute Workers Conference. Comprises ‘Resolution of one day token strike in the Jute Industry’, ‘Observance of All India Demand Day by Jute Workers’, First All India Jute Workers Conference, draft speech to be delivered by Lakshmi Sahgal at All India Jute Workers Conference, etc. Also consists of nomination of Lakshmi Sahgal as the President of the All India Jute Workers Federation at the Trade Union International Conference of Textiles, Clothing, Leather and Fur Workers at Berlin and a report by Niren Ghosh of the All India Jute Workers’ Federation Working Committee Meeting. Also contains papers relating to grade and scale of Jute Workers, ‘A Step Forward’- a note by Kamal Sarkar, a copy of reply by Zail Singh on the question of victimising jute workers and their leaders in Assam, and related papers

16. 1980-2005

Papers relating to All India Co-ordination Committee of Working Women English and Hindi and Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU). Includes letters and reports from Vimala Ranadive, Charter of Demands for Working Women in India, draft report on the application of Maternity Protection Convention, 1952, a short report on the activities of All India Co-ordination Committee and other papers

14 G. Netaji Research Bureau and other Organisations, 1979-2007

17. 1979-2004

Correspondence with and regarding the English meetings of the Council of Netaji Research Bureau, International Conference on Political and Economic Cooperation in , 80th Sisir Kumar Bose lecture and photographs of Subhas Chandra Bose during INA days. Contains papers on Sisir Kumar Bose being elected as a member of council, convention of Rani of Jhansi Regiment under the chairmanship of Lakshmi Sahgal and All India History Seminar on Indian Liberation Movement, 1857-1947. Also includes release of the book by Rohini Gawankar at and translation of the book on Rani of Jhansi Regiment into Bengali. Also comprises correspondence with S. R. Chakravarty, Secretary Netaji Academy of Sub-Continental Studies and related papers

18. 1983-1998

Formation of Netaji Subhas Trust with Lakshmi Sahgal as its President. English Includes a deed of declaration of the Trust. Also includes letters from R. Chowdhury, Deputy Secretary to the Government of West Bengal and proceedings of the meeting regarding publication of the speeches and writings of Subhas Chandra Bose and also ‘Extracts from Quotations and Messages of Netaji’. Contains papers relating to the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Commemoration Volume published by Scottish Church College, Calcutta

19. 1998-2000

Papers relating to the formation of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Mahila English and Hindi Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Includes correspondence with B. S. Yadav, G. S. Dhillon, S. K. Bardhan, Subhash Ranjan Kar and Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat regarding the management of the institute, donations received and offering free seats to needy students in any discipline. Also includes papers on first anniversary celebration of the Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Mahila Institute of Technology and training of nurses in U.P. Nursing Council, etc

20. 1998-2000

Correspondence with Rajiv Mehrotra Foundation for Universal English Responsibility regarding ‘Creeds of Our Times’- first volume. Also includes invitation to attend symposium on ‘Human Security in New Millennium’ and deliver a lecture at India Habitat Centre organized by the Foundation

15 21. 1999-2000

Correspondence with members of NGOs such as ‘Guild of Service’ English ‘Childline India Foundation, Guild’, ‘Speech and Hearing Action Society, Durgapur,’ etc. Comprises ‘The Unsung Brave’ - a press conference on rehabilitation measures for Kargil bereaved families, a chronology of events of Kargil and correspondence with Mohini Giri, etc.

22. 2000-2007

Papers relating to All India Freedom Fighter’s Successor’s Organisation, English and Hindi Netaji-Azad Hind Fauj Smarak Nyas, Freedom Fighters (INA-IIL) Weaker Section Welfare Association and All India Azad Hind Fauz (IIL-INA-RJ) Association. Includes xerox copies of press clippings relating to the ashes of Subhas Chandra Bose being brought to India, death of Subhas Chandra Bose, xerox copies of correspondence with S. S. Yadava and Mohd. Samiullah. Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Trustees of Netaji-Azad Hind Fauj Smarak Nyas and Azad Hind Fauz, a letter to Sonia Gandhi appealing to increase the pension from Rs. 6000/- to Rs. 10,000/- and other papers are also available

H. Invitations /Celebrations/Greetings, 1997-2005

23. 1997-2004

Birth anniversary celebrations of Subhas Chandra Bose in different parts of English and Hindi the country. Includes invitations from Dakshin Kalikata Sevasram, Tamil Nadu, INA Forum, National Martyr’s Memorial Committee, Jalandhar and State Council of Sports, Government of West Bengal. Also comprises papers on celebration of Netaji’s Birth Centenary, and 102nd, 107th and 108th birthday celebrations, etc.

24. 1998-2005

Invitations for attending the functions/to deliver addresses received by English and Hindi Lakshmi Sahgal from various institutions. Includes invitations from Baliapal Jana Andolan Smaraki Manch, All India Freedom Fighters Organisation, International Association of Lion’s Club, State Conference of Democratic Youth Federation of India, Youth Hostels Association and International Society for Intercultural Studies. Also includes invitations from Netaji Academy of Sub-Continental Studies, The Old Students’ Association, Queen Mary College, Chennai, Pherozeshah Mehta 150th Birth Anniversary Celebrations, National Martyrs’ Memorial Committee, Sardar Shaheed Smarak Samiti, Agra, Indo-Thai Friendship Association, Bar Association, Kanpur, 125th Birth Anniversary Celebrations, National Convention on Women Writers, Indian Association of Women’s Studies, etc.

16 I. Interviews/Documentaries, 1998-2005

25. 1998-2005

Papers regarding interviews and documentaries on Lakshmi Sahgal. Includes English correspondence with Mallika Sarabhai, (CEO, Tara Gujarati), Sagari Chhabra, (National Co-ordinator and Film Director Hamara Itihaas) requesting Lakshmi Sahgal for her photographs and other material for an episode of ‘’Living Legends’’ and documentary ‘Asli Azadi’. Also includes invitations from Archana, Asst. (Producer, Agni TV), Shashi Ghosh, (Kiran Chitra Enterprises), H. R. Kidwai, (Mass Communications Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia) and others for the Kiran Joneja Show, television series ‘ Mapping the Decades’, Music Videos, etc.

J. Subhas Chandra Bose, 1999-2005

26. 1999-2005

Controversy on the death/ disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. English Includes correspondence inviting Lakshmi Sahgal to participate in the debate/ discussion on the subject. Also includes Justice Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry papers including its report and correspondence/ statement of B. K. Sarkarand, P. K. Sengupta. Also contains letter from Sangita Gairola, a copy of writ petition to launch a vigorous enquiry into the disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, authencity of his ashes kept in Renkoji Temple in and related papers

K. India-Burma Relationship, 2003-2008

27. 2003-2008

Papers and articles relating to a case against Soe-Myint, Editor-in-Chief of English Mizzima News. Also comprises papers pertaining to Conference on India- (Burma) Relationship organised by the Other Media in collaboration with Mizzima News. Includes papers relating to Solidarity Committee for Burma's Freedom Fighters and an appeal by Lakshmi Sahgal. An album and papers relating to Bengali-Burmese Friendship Football Match in support of 34 Burmese Freedom Fighters are also available

17 L. Awards and Honours, 1964-2005

28. 1964

Lakshmi Sahgal’s Life Member Certificate of the Indian Red Cross Society. English Includes a letter from B. M. Gupta, Honorary Secretary, U. P. State Branch, Indian Red Cross Society, Lucknow

29. 1976

Papers relating to UP Chapter of the Red & White Bravery Awards and Veer A press clipping is Mahila Paritoshik Award of Rs 500 awarded to Lakshmi Sahgal by Veer also attached/ Mahila Paritoshik Samiti of Poona English

30. 1998-2004

A certificate conferring Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters on Lakshmi English Sahgal by Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women’s University, . Includes a letter from Syed Iqbal Hasnain, Vice-Chancellor, University of Calicut conferring the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature on Lakshmi Sahgal and an invitation to attend the Annual Convocation of the University

31. 1998-2005

Correspondence with R. D. Kapur, P. K. Mishra and C. B. Singh with English and Hindi Lakshmi Sahgal on her nomination for Padma Vibhushan Award and also for attending the rehearsal of function and recommending the name of Janaki Adinahappan for Award. Includes congratulatory messages from R. L. Avasthi, C. G. R. Kurup, Madusudan Sharma, Jagtar Singh, K. L. Johar and others on receiving the award from President, K. R. Narayanan

M. Miscellaneous Files, 1998-2006

32. 1998-2000

Correspondence with S. Varma, principal of Welham Girls’ School English regarding the admission of the granddaughter of Lieutenant General Shah Nawaz Khan and invitation to attend the Founder’s Day celebrations and the annual functions of the school. Also contains minutes of the Annual General Meetings of Welham Girls’ High School Society and contributing and raising a corpus fund for offering two freeships to the families of Kargil martyrs and related papers

18 33. 1998-2004

Books sent to Lakshmi Sahgal for review and invitations to attend book English and Hindi release functions. Includes correspondence with P. S. Ramu, K. Gopinathan, Kanok Mukherjee, P. Sundara Rami Reddy, T. Stalin Gunasekaran, Reeta Pathak, S. Parmanand, Nawaz B. Mody, B. M. Rahman, M. Shankar, Agamani Lahiri, Cherian Thomas, S. K. Bardhan, Shirish S. Shanbhag, Karuppiah, P. Sunil Das, A. R. Anthony, Pradip Bose, R. M. Jambhekar, C. P. Krishnan Nair, A. P. Gupta, and others. Also includes requests for articles for souvenirs, donations for their organisations, etc.

34. 1998-2006

Messages appreciating Lakshmi Sahgal’s contribution and association with English and Hindi INA and Subhas Chandra Bose. Includes greetings for Diwali, Christmas and New Year. Also includes requests for an audience with her and copy of her autographed photographs and biography and invitations to attend family weddings, etc. Contains correspondence with Nilanjana Kishore, K. Gurumuruthy, Manubhai N. Patel, Pradeep Dubey, Karuppiah, S. K. Sengupta, Ranjit Singh, Deepa Nariyal, S. Sanyal, Satish Nambiar, M. Kurian, Manohar, Jitendra Kumar Singh, Das, Rajani Ashok, Talib Mansoor, Ashok Singh, N. Panduranga Rao, Nivedidita Sen Gupta, Gopal Krishan, Shaili Sathyu, K. A. Kabeer, A. N. Singh, R. N. Ray, and others

35. 1999-2006

Miscellaneous correspondence with Sasmeeta Srivastava, Vijay Tandon, English and Hindi Devsena, Durga Tewari, Brijlal Verma, V. C. Srivastava and others. Includes a brief note on Gursharan Kaur, visit of All India President of FPAI to Kanpur, etc.

36. 2003-2004

Papers relating to the Uttar Pradesh Committee of Communist Party of India Hindi (Marxists). Includes a letter from Vijay Shant on behalf of Ramsumer Yadav giving details of the Uttar Pradesh Charter meeting under the presidentship of Ambika Prasad Mishra. Also contains papers relating to party funds received in 2003, their aim for fund collection for the year 2004 and related papers

37. 2004

Papers relating to D.S. Raju (personal doctor of Subhas Chandra Bose) English Centenary Celebration Committee. Includes a note on him by Lakshmi Sahgal

19 III. SPEECHES/WRITINGS BY HER, 1988-2004

Description/ Years Comments/ No. of Pages

1. 1988-1995

Notes on the Communist Party of India, party reports from Bareilly, English Mathura, Garhwal, Kanpur, Allahabad, etc. Also includes report of the Communist Party by

2. 15 October 1998

Subhas Chandra and the Provisional Government of Azad Hind - an Typed copy/ English/ 2 article pp.

3. 2001

‘What Swarajya means to me’ - an article Also includes a letter from S. Ramakrishnan and a draft copy also available/ English/ 6 pp.

4. 6 July 2004

Notes on Subhas Chandra Bose

5. 2004

Foreword to the book Subhas Chandra Bose – the Making of a Warrior Also includes a Philosopher, 1921-1941 covering letter by Lakshmi Sahgal to Dr. Mukherji dated 5 August 2004/ English/ 3 pp.

6. Undated

Death of Subhas Chandra Bose Typed copy/ English/ 3 pp.

20 7. Undated

‘Reminiscences of INA’ - an article Handwritten/ English/ 8 pp.

8. Undated

Notebook containing a chronology of important life events of Captain English Lakshmi Sahgal. Includes reminiscences of her childhood, school and family, INA, Rani of Jhansi Regiment etc.

9. Undated

‘The INA and Myself’ - an article Typed copy/ English/ 4 pp.

10. Undated

‘The Rani of Jhansi Regiment’ - an article English, Typed copy/ English/ 8 pp.

11. Undated

‘Subhas Chandra Bose’ - an article Typed copy/8 pp.

12. Undated

‘Role of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment in the Freedom Struggle’ Typed copy/ English/ Incomplete/ 7 pp.

13. Undated

‘Azad Hind Fauj enters India and hoists the National Flag in Moiranj Typed copy/ Draft copy (Manipur) on 18 and 19 March 1944’ - an article also there/ English/ 6 pp.

14. Undated

‘Childhood and Student Days’ - an article Typed/ English/ 8 pp.

21 15. Undated

‘Netaji - Memories of Subhas Chandra Bose - Valiant Soldier of Indian Typed/ Unpublished/ Independence Struggle’ co-authored with Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal Also includes some rough drafts/ English/ 74+11 pp.

16. Undated

Miscellaneous notes Handwritten/ English/ 34 pp.

IV. WRITINGS BY OTHERS, 1976-2005

1. 1976

Message from Chintamani Deshmukh to Captain Lakshmi Sahgal on Handwritten/ Marathi/ Diwali 1 p.

2. 1979

The Third International Netaji Seminar: Abstracts and list of papers Published by Netaji Research Bureau, Calcutta/ English/ 17 pp.

3. 27 September 1993

‘Ashes in Renkoji – No Proof of Netaji’s Death’ - an article by Samar Press clipping/ English/ Guha 1 p.

4. 10 August 1999

A concept paper presented by V. Mohini Giri at National Preparatory English/ 6 pp. Conference ‘Women’s Vision: A Culture of Peace’

5. 31 August 2004

‘Did you Know…?’ - an article by Joseph A. Valu Also includes a letter from Joseph A. Valu/ English/ 2 pp.

22 An appeal by Captain D. Dasan, Chairman of the Netaji Subhas See Subject File Chandra Bose Memorial National Welfare Foundation on the Diamond No. 5 Jubilee celebration of the Declaration of the Provisional Government of Azad Hind by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on 21 October 1943 in Singapore

6. May 2005

‘Featuring a Chequered Life’ - Bhavani Cheerath’s review of the book Published by Women’s Ormakkurippukal, Malayalam translation of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal’s Imprint, book Thiruvananthapuram/ Clipping from also attached/ English/ 1+1 pp.

7. Undated

‘Kargil: Northwards to the Glacier’ - a poem by Syeda Saiyidain English/ 1 p. Hameed

8. Undated

‘Women’s Vision - A Culture of Peace’ - an article by Nirmala A draft copy also there/ Deshpande English/ pp. 2+4 pp.

9. Undated

‘Garhwalis of the Azad Hind Fauj’- an article by Lt. Colonel N.C. Guha Typed copy/ English/ Letters from N. C. Guha also attached/ 13+ 5 pp.

10. Undated

‘Some Observations of Female Participation Rate in the Industrial Typed copy/ English Metropolis of Kanpur’ - an article by Rekha K. Rohatgi 8 pp.

11. Undated

‘A Presumptuous Judgment: A New Concept of Democracy’ - an article Typed copy/ English/ by Nandita Haksar 11 pp.

23 12. Undated

‘The forgotten freedom fighters of INA’ - an article by S. Chitra Photocopy/ English/ 1 p.

13. Undated

‘Country must know what happened to Netaji’ - an article by Samar Printed by P.M. Bagchi Guha and Co, Calcutta/ English/ 21 pp.

14. Undated

‘The Bengal Renaissance and its Eclipse’ - an article by Safiuddin Typed copy/ English/ Joarder 27 pp.

15. Undated

Typed script of the book The Springing Tiger by Hugh Toye A letter from Hugh Toye dated 8 January 1985 is also attached/ English

16. Undated

‘Joint Dilemma’ - a research paper by Susan Whiteman English/ 7 pp.

V. PRESS CLIPPINGS, 1999-2004

1. 1999-2004

Miscellaneous press clippings on how to prepare for various Cuttings from competitive exams such as IIT, IAS, etc. Also includes press clippings Hindustan Times and on HIV and Hepatitis in Kanpur Dainik Jagran/ Copies/ English and Hindi

24 VI. PRINTED/ PUBLISHED MATERIAL, 1946-2006

1. 11 August 1946

Back issue of Sunday Herald INA Special Number. Contains articles English/ 58 pp. entitled ‘The Story of INA’ by Lakshmi Sahgal, ‘Voyage’ by , ‘In the land of ’ by R. Venkataraman, etc.

2. 1995-2006

Back issues of Seminar Journal English, 82 issues

3. 1998

‘Who was responsible for Bombay Riots (Dec-92-Jan-93)?’ - Report of Published by Hari the Srikrishna Commission, Vol - I Singh Kang on behalf of Communist Party of India/ English/ 50 pp.

4. 1998

Women’s Equality Quarterly Bulletin of AIDWA, Special Issue: Fifth Published by Brinda All India Conference of AIDWA Karat, printed at Letter Setter, Brindaban Bose Lane, Calcutta/ English/ 28 pp.

5. 1998

Souvenir of 16th of Communist Party of India (Marxist), Published by Reception Calcutta Committee, 16th Congress, printed by S.P. Communications Pvt. Limited, Calcutta/ English/ 110 pp.

6. 1999

Indian Skeptic, Vol. 4, No. 5 Published by Indian CSICOP, Tamil Nadu/ English/ 25 pp.

25 7. 2004

Liberation - central organ of CPI (ML), Vol. 10, No. 8 Published by Dipankar Bhattacharya for the Central Committee, CPI (ML)/ English/ 36 pp.

2005

Justice Mukherjee Commission of Enquiry (Alleged disappearance of See Subject File Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose) - Volume II A No. 32

8. 2005

International Seminar on ‘Re-Reading Godan’, organised by Published by Premchand Sahitya Academy, BHU, Varanasi Premchand Sahitya Academy, Varanasi/ Hindi/ 48 pp.

9. 2006

Humanism - International journal on Gandhian Objectives, Vol. 6, Issue Published by Dr. Linge 3 Gowda, Bangalore/ 2 copies/ English/ 16 pp.

10. 2006

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (NREGA) Booklet/ published by Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, / English/ 115 pp.

11. 2006

Law animated World Fortnightly Journal of An International Law/ Published from Hyderabad/ English/ 40 pp.

12. 2006

Women’s Voice Bulletin of the All India Progressive Women’s Association/ English/ 18 pp.

26 VII. PHOTOGRAPHS

S. No. Image No. Description Remarks A. Album: Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 1. 1549 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her daughter Subhashini Ali 2. 1554 Swatantrata ke Pachaas Varsh: A Plate

3. 1566 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her daughter Subhashini Ali 4. 1569 Bronze statue of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

5. 1570 Statue of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

6. 1573 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

7. 1574 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

8. 1577 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her mother Ammu Swaminadhan, sister Mrinalini Sarabhai and brothers Govind Swaminadhan and Subram Swaminadhan 9. 1578 Marriage of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal’s brother Govind Swaminadhan with Sulochana 10. 1581 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her brother Govind Swaminadhan, Subhashini Ali (daughter), Govind Junior (nephew) and (grandson) 11. 1590 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her husband Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal and daughters Subhashini Ali and Anisa Puri 12. 1596 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal at a Communist Party of India Congress meeting with Harkishan Singh Surjit (6-11 April 2005) 13. 1606 S. Swaminadhan, father of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

14. 1608 Marriage of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal and Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal 15. 1609 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal saluting

27 16. 1614 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

17. 1616 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal & Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal 18. 1623 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

19. 1632 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

20. 1636 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her sister Mrinalini Sarabhai 21. 1642 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her sister Mrinalini Sarabhai and daughter Subhashini Ali 22. 1646 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her daughter Subhashini Ali 23. 1664 Inauguration of Sahgal Park in Kanpur by Motilal Vohra, Governor of Uttar Pradesh on 27 January 1996 24. 1665 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with Sunil Dutt and others at During Azad Hind a shrine Expedition of the INA Veterans organised by Akhil Bakshi-1995-96 25. 1668 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with Subhashini Ali, During Azad Hind Colonel , Captain S.S. Expedition of the INA Yadava, son of Lieutenant Colonel Shah Nawaz Khan Veterans organised by (ex-INA) and son of Mahmood Ahmad (ex-INA) Akhil Bakshi-1995-96 26. 1672 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal and Colonel Prem Kumar Ashes of Subhas Sahgal at Renkoji Temple, Tokyo Chandra Bose are kept here 27. 1677 Vadakath-Maternal House of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal in Anakara Village, Kerala 28. 1681 Gilchrist Garden, Madras, birthplace of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 29. 1687 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

30. 1683 Subhashini Ali at a hotel inauguration on birthday of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 31. 1687 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal addressing a meeting

28 32. 1691, 1693 Press clippings on the death of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal (2012) 33. 1698 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal on her last birthday (24 October 2011) 34. 1712 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal at the opening of Indian Women’s Press Club with Mrinal Pandey and Amita Malik 35. 1718 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her husband Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal and daughters Subhashini Ali and Anisa Puri 36. 1721 Campaign against Miss World Competition in Bangalore (1996) 37. 1943 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with Colonel Gurbaksh During Azad Hind Singh Dhillon, Sunil Dutt and others Expedition of the INA Veterans organised by Akhil Bakshi-1995-96 38. 1960 Sunil Dutt and others During Azad Hind Expedition of the INA Veterans organised by Akhil Bakshi-1995-96 39. 1989 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal appealing to contribute for INA Relief Fund

40. 1992 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

41. 2019 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with Vasundhara Das

42. 2032 Group photograph

43. 2034 Lakshmi Swaminadhan in a group photograph ‘Rasa-Kreeda’ of Presidency Training School, Old Girls’ Association (18 November 1933) 44. 2039 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her mother Ammu Swaminadhan and sister Mrinalini 45. 2041-2043 Group photograph of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

46. 2049 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

47. 2058 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her brother Govind Swaminadhan

29 48. 2066 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

49. 2067 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her husband Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal 50. 2069 Founder’s Day Programme Working Women Hostel, Shastri Bhawan (29 July 2004) 51. 2071 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal examining a patient

52. 2072 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

53. 2769-2772 SNDT Women’s University Mumbai Convocation (19 March 1998) 54. 2773 All India Women’s Conference, Kanpur with Mrs. Santosh Mahendrajit Singh Dr. Chandrakant Rohatgi (lady doctor) and Subhashini Ali 55. 2774 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

56. 2776 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her father-in-law Achhru Ram and daughters Subhashini Ali and Anisa 57. 2778 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

58. 8678, 8679 Students for Secularism Function

59. 2066 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

60. 8683, 8684 Akhil Bharitya Janwadi Mahila Samiti, Kanpur

61. 8688 J.K. Jute Mill Sanyukta Morcha, Kanpur

62. 8689 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with Ahilya Rangnekar and Amirtham (Tamil Nadu Leader of AIDWA) 63. 8691, 8692, Environment and population program 8694, 8696, 8798, 8700, 8702, 8704 8706, 8709, 8711, 8712 64. 8714-8715 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her clinic staff Dr. Shobha, Dr. Firoza, Mrs. Paul (Nurse) and others 65. 8717 At Nainital Land Finance Cooperative Society

30 66. 8719 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

67. 8723 All India Jute Workers’ Federation, Calcutta

68. 8726 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

69. 8727, 8730 A photo frame in uniform presented to Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 70. 2749-2772 Album: Captain Lakshmi Sahgal receiving Padma Vibhushan from President K.R. Narayanan and other recipients of Padma Vibhushan Award 71. 8535-8676 Album: Ex-INA officers

72. 8734, 8740, Captain Lakshmi Sahgal’s house in Kanpur 8745, 8747, 8750, 8753, 8755, 8759, 8764, 8766, 8768, 8770, 8772, 8775, 8777, 8784, 8790, 8792, 8796, 8802, 8806, 8809, 8811, 8813, 8817, 8819, 8820

B. Album: Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal

1. 1544 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal with , 2. 1557 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal

3. 1703 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal with INA cap

4. 1740 , Dehradun

5. 1741, 1744, Group photograph of Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal 1748 6. 1746 Indian Military Academy, Dehradun Mess Winter Half (1936)

31 7. 1750 No. 1 Platoon ‘D’ Coy Championship Winter Half (1936) 8. 1752 Commander in Chief’s Inspection Winter Half, 1936, Staff, Under Officers and Orderlies 9. 1755 ‘D’ Company Winter Half (1936)

10. 1758, 1760, Marching in Columns (1936) 1858 11. 1766 Inspection

12. 1767 From the Album Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal

13. 1830, 1867, Indian Military Academy (A.D.S.) Winter- Half 1871, 1885 (1936) (Play) 14. 1843, 1844, March-past 1874, 1901 15. 1881 A-Coy Winners Inter Coy League (1939)

16. 1892 British officials

17. 1893 Swearing in ceremony

18. 1899 Sword Drill Term 4

19. 1948, 1955 March-past ‘D’ Coy

20. 1977, 1986, Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal with Ammu 1987 Swaminadhan and Achhru Ram 21. 1988 Lieutenant Colonel Shah Nawaz Khan, Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal and Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon being felicitated 22. 1993 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal with Captain Lakshmi Sahgal, sister Pushpa Sahgal and her husband Amrik Badwal and son Deepak 23. 1994 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal with Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 24. 1995 Raj, sister of Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal

25. 1996 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal with Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

32 26. 1998 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal with , Sardar Patel, Frontier Gandhi and others at Parliament House, New Delhi 27. 1999-2001 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal with Captain Lakshmi Sahgal and others 28. 2020 From the Album of Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal

29. 2021-2023 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal in

30. 2047 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal

31. 2053C Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal

32. 2065A Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal with Ammu Swaminadhan and Sulochana

C. Album: Subhas Chandra Bose and INA 1942-1945

1. 1564 Subhas Chandra Bose at Andaman

2. 1592 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with Subhas Chandra Bose 3. 1600 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with Subhas Chandra Bose - a collage 4. 1627 Subhas Chandra Bose 5. 1638 A collage 6. 1639, 1882 Enactment of INA Trial 7. 1645 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal, Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon and Lieutenant Colonel Shah Nawaz Khan 8. 1655 Mount Popa - where a battle was fought commanded by Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal 9. 1653 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal 10. 1656 Lieutenant Colonel Shah Nawaz Khan 11. 1676 Subhas Chandra Bose 12. 1702 Subhas Chandra Bose, Captain Lakshmi Sahgal and Leela Rai

33 13. 1733 Subhas Chandra with J.K. Bhonsle 14. 1734 Subhas Chandra Bose hoisting the flag 15. 1735 Subhas Chandra being introduced by Anand Mohan Sahay to members of INA 16. 1736 Subhas Chandra Bose 17. 1737 Subhas Chandra Bose at Cellular Jail, Andaman 18. 1738 Subhas Chandra Bose

19. 1762 Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian National Army 20. 1774 The Indian National Army War Memorial in Singapore 21. 1779 Subhas Chandra Bose 22. 1781 INA troops 23. 1782 Subhas Chandra Bose 24. 1783 Subhas Chandra Bose with Anand Mohan Sahay at the Wreath Laying Ceremony for the Indian National Army Memorial at Esplanade 25. 1784 Subhas Chandra Bose received at Singapore Airport by Anand Mohan Sahay 26. 1787 Subhas Chandra Bose 27. 1788 Subhas Chandra Bose inspecting Guard of Honour with J. K. Bhonsle 28. 1789 Subhas Chandra Bose received at Singapore Airport 29. 1790 Subhas Chandra Bose 30. 1791 Subhas Chandra Bose at City Hall in Singapore 31. 1794 Subhas Chandra Bose inspecting artillary weapons 32. 1795 Crowd on arrival of Subhas Chandra Bose at Singapore 33. 1796 Subhas Chandra Bose 34. 1797 Subhas Chandra Bose 35. 1799 Subhas Chandra Bose at Andaman

34 36. 1801, 1832, Subhas Chandra Bose addressing INA troops 2074 37. 1803, 1826 March-past of INA troops 38. 1804 Inspecting artillery gun 39. 1805 Subhas Chandra Bose greeted by INA officers 40. 1806 Subhas Chandra Bose in Germany 41. 1807 Subhas Chandra Bose with INA Officials 42. 1808 INA troops 43. 1812 Subhas Chandra Bose laying the foundation stone of the Indian National Army (INA) War Memorial at Esplanade Park, Singapore on 8 July 1945 44. 1813 Received at Singapore Airport 45. 1816 Subhas Chandra Bose receiving Guard of Honor from INA troops 46. 1818 Subhas Chandra Bose 47. 1819 Subhas Chandra Bose with Japanese officers 48. 1821 Subhas Chandra Bose 49. 1827 Subhas Chandra Bose reviewing Azad Hind Fauj 50. 1828 Subhas Chandra Bose received at Singapore Airport by J.K. Bhonsle 51. 1831 Subhas Chandra Bose 52. 1835 Subhas Chandra Bose with commanders of Indian National Army 53. 1836, 1839 Subhas Chandra Bose reviews INA with J.K. Bhonsle and others

54. 1837 Subhas Chandra Bose with Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel and others at Maharashtra Provincial Congress (1928) 55. 1838, 1916, Subhas Chandra Bose inspecting Rani of Jhansi 1951 Regiment 56. 1845 Subhas Chandra Bose

35 57. 1846 Subhas Chandra Bose hoisting the Indian flag 58. 1847 Subhas Chandra Bose 59. 1850 Japanese Officer

60. 1853 Subhas Chandra Bose and others

61. 1854 Subhas Chandra Bose addressing Azad Hind Fauj 62. 1855 Subhas Chandra Bose receiving Guard of Honour from the INA troops 63. 1856 Subhas Chandra Bose with Lieutenant Colonel M.Z. Kiani, J. K. Bhonsle reviewing INA troops 64. 1860 Subhas Chandra Bose addressing INA at Padang, Singapore 65. 1861 Subhas Chandra Bose saluting Indian flag 66. 1862 Subhas Chandra Bose 67. 1863, 1890 Japanese Premier-General & Subhas Chandra Bose take salute at the Parade by the Indian National Army at the Padang, Singapore 68. 1866 Subhas Chandra Bose 69. 1868 Subhas Chandra Bose and INA - a collage

70. 1869, 1967, Lieutenant Colonel Shah Nawaz Khan and Colonel 1969, 1970, Prem Kumar Sahgal at a reception to felicitate them 1984 71. 1870 Subhas Chandra Bose, Captain Lakshmi Sahgal and others at a meeting 72. 1875 Subhas Chandra Bose 73. 876, 2073 Subhas Chandra Bose with other cadets and staff of INA 74. 1877 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal on Japanese television

75. 1878 Subhas Chandra Bose 76. 1879 From the Album: Subhas Chandra Bose and INA 77. 1887, 1889 Subhas Chandra Bose taking salute at the Parade by the Indian National Army at the Padang, Singapore

36 78. 1894 From the Album: Subhas Chandra Bose and INA 79. 1896 Subhas Chandra Bose addressing a mass rally at in Singapore

80. 1733 Subhas Chandra Bose being welcomed on his arrival in Singapore 81. 1734 Subhas Chandra Bose hoisting the flag with Rani of Jhansi Regiment 82. 1900 Proclamation of Provisional Government of Azad Hind (Free India) by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at Cathay Building, Singapore 83. 1902 The Indian National Army War Memorial in Singapore 84. 1903 March-past of the Mechanized Troops 85. 1904 Album: Subhas Chandra Bose and INA

86. 1907, 1912, Japanese Currency Note 1926 87. 1908 Subhas Chandra Bose with members of the Provisional Government of Azad Hind. 1st Row: Lieutenant Colonel Chatterjee, Lieutenant Colonel J.K. Bhonsle, Captain Lakshmi Sahgal, Subhas Chandra Bose, Anand Mohan Sahay and S.A. Ayer. 2nd Row: Lieutenant Colonel Gulzara Singh, Lieutenant Colonel Shah Nawaz Khan, Lieutenant Colonel Aziz Ahmed, Lieutenant Colonel M.Z. Kiani, Lieutenant Colonel N.S. Bhagat, Lieutenant Colonel Ehsan Qadir, Lieutenant Colonel Loganathan 88. 1909, 1911 Subhas Chandra Bose reviews the INA troops 89. 1910 Subhas Chandra Bose 90. 1914, 1923 Members from the Rani of Jhansi Regiment 91. 1915 Subhas Chandra receiving Guard of Honor from Rani of Jhansi Regiment

92. 1917 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 93. 1919 Subhas Chandra Bose, Captain Lakshmi Sahgal and A Collage others

37 94. 1920 Subhas Chandra Bose inspecting troops 95. 1924 Rani of Jhansi Regiment 96. 1925 Janaki Thevar, Second-in-Command of Rani of Jhansi Regiment, Indian National Army 97. 1927 Subhas Chandra Bose 98. 1929 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 99. 1931 Subhas Chandra Bose 100. 1933, 1935 Rani of Jhansi Regiment 101. 1936 Subhas Chandra Bose with Lieutenant Colonel M.Z. Kiani 102. 1938 Subhas Chandra Bose with Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 103. 1941 Subhas Chandra Bose inspecting the INA 104. 1942 Subhas Chandra Bose declaring the formation of the Provisional Government of Azad Hind at Building, Singapore 105. 1946 Subhas Chandra Bose addressing INA at Padang, Singapore 106. 1950 Subhas Chandra Bose 107. 1952 Proclamation of Provisional Government of Azad Hind (Free India) by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose with his Council of Ministers at Cathay Building, Singapore 108. 1953, 1956 Album: Subhas Chandra Bose and INA

109. 1959 INA troops marching with Indian flag 110. 1963 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal, Lieutenant Colonel Shah Nawaz Khan and others on Japanese television 111. 1964 Subhas Chandra Bose at the Indian National Army War Memorial in Singapore 112. 1965 Subhas Chandra Bose 113. 1971 Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 114. 1972, Captain Rashid, one of the interrogators of Captain 1982-1983 Lakshmi Sahgal

38 115. 1973 From the Album Subhas Chandra Bose and INA 116. 1849A, Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal with band of Captain 1978, 1981 Ram Singh Thakuri 117. 1979, 1980 Lieutenant Colonel Shah Nawaz Khan, Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal and Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon being felicitated 118. 1998 Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal with Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Frontier Gandhi and others at Parliament House, New Delhi 119. 2010 The Liberation Monument 120. 2026, 2028 Subhas Chandra Bose with Council of Ministers 121. 2027, 2068 Subhas Chandra Bose presented Guard of Honor by Rani of Jhansi Regiment 122. 2038 Hamid Ali and his wife 123. 2075 Units of INA being addressed by Netaji at the Padang, Singapore 124. 2076 Last photograph of Netaji 125. 2077 Netaji addressing an audience 126. 2078 Netaji in Cambridge

D. Album: Ammu Swaminadhan 1. 1562 Ammu Swaminadhan, mother of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 2. 1586 Ammu Swaminadhan, President of Bharat Scouts & Guides escorting Queen Elizabeth 3. 1606 S. Swaminadhan, father of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 4. 2030 S. Swaminadhan, father of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal 5. 2031 Ammu Swaminadhan 6. 2035 Govind Swaminadhan, elder son of Ammu Swaminadhan 7. 2037 Malati Paranjape, friend of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal

39 8. 2048 Subram Swaminadhan, youngest son of Ammu Swaminadhan 9. 2053A Sulochana Swaminadhan, wife of Govind Swaminadhan 10. 2053B Ammu Swaminadhan with Sulochana Swaminadhan 11. 2054 Govind Swaminadhan, son of Ammu Swaminadhan with his family, wife Sulochana, daughters, Sreelatha & Revathi and sons Vijay & Govind Junior 12. 2057 Ammu Swaminadhan with Narayan Menon (Former DG of AIR), his wife Rekha and daughter Mala and Gopal Menon (nephew of Ammu Swaminadhan) 13. 2062 Ammu Swaminadhan with Vinodini (cousin), Vijay (son of Govind Swaminadhan) and Sreelatha (niece)

E. Album: Achhru Ram

1. 1547 Achhru Ram, father of Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal 2. 1714 Certificate of appointment of Achhru Ram, father of Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal as Judge of High Court in Lahore 3. 1723 Envelope on his Majesty Service High Court Lahore 4. 1725 Certificate of Achhru Ram’s enrolment as Advocate, Supreme Court 5. 1728 Certificate of appointment of Achhru Ram as Judge, High Court in East 6. 2011 Achhru Ram’s, Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of Panjab

7. 1584 Squadron Leader Vinod Sahgal brother of Colonel He laid down his life to Prem Kumar Sahgal the nation in 1962 China War 8. 1588 Squadron Leader Vinod Sahgal

40 F. Album: Subhashini Ali

1. 1560 Subhashini Ali

2. 1603 Subhashini Ali on her 50th birthday at her Vadakath House (Maternal) in Anakara village, Kerala 3. 1625 Subhashini Ali with Dr. Maren Belwinkel, German Scholar working on Dalits 4. 1630 Subhashini Ali in group photograph (Welham Girls’ High School S.C. Class 1962) 5. 1634 Subhashini Ali in group photo (Welham Girls’ High School) 6. 1696 Subhashini Ali 7. 2013 Subhashini Ali at AIDWA, Central Executive Committee Meeting, Trivandrum 8. 2015 Subhashini Ali at AIDWA, Central Executive Committee Meeting, Trivandrum 9. 2017 Subhashini Ali addressing a meeting 10. 2018 Subhashini Ali with Shabana Azmi and Teesta Setalvad 11. 2047 A Subhashini Ali 12. 2780 Subhashini Ali at CPI(M) office with Geeta Mittal

G. Album: Mrinalini Sarabhai

1. 1618 Mrinalini, sister of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her husband

2. 2025 Mrinalini Sarabhai

3. 2046 Mrinalini Sarabhai

4. 2063 Mrinalini, Sister of Captain Lakshmi Sahgal with her husband Vikram Sarabhai and son Kartikeya

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