Selected Works of C. Rajagopalachari: Vol. IX, 1949–51
Ravi K. Mishra
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The present volume is the ninth in a series of ten volumes of the Selected Works of C. Rajagopalachari, being published in association with the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library.

This volume covers the period from January 1949 and December 1951. In his roles as the first—and subsequently the last—Indian Governor-General, a cabinet minister without portfolio, and finally as the Minister of Home Affairs, he played a key role in India’s transition to a sovereign Republic.

One of Rajaji’s main concerns was establishing relationships of trust between India and its immediate neighbours, including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Afghanistan.

Rajaji advised the provisional government on matters that ranged from municipal administration, industry, journalism, agriculture, to education and employment, science and religion, the establishment of central institutions, and the allocation of central funds. We also have tributes paid by him to great personalities such as Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Annie Besant, Kasturba Gandhi, Thakkar Bapa, and Sarojini Naidu.

Rajaji’s views on capital punishment in the wake of the Mahatma’s assassination, his call to cultivate millets to meet nutritional deficiency, his perspective on the medium of instruction in educational institutions and on vocational education, and his disapproval of the nuclear arms race are also carefully recorded.

Ravi K. Mishra is Joint Director, Prime Ministers Museum and Library.

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Preface

1. New Year Greetings to Governor-General of Pakistan                      1 January 1949
2. Advice on Upbringing of Children: Speech                       1 January 1949
3. Speech at Bombay                                                                  7 January 1949
4. Political Wisdom of Tilak: Tribute                                       8 January 1949
5. Advice on Localisation of Industry                                      8 January 1949
6. Advice to Journalists                                                              9 January 1949
7. Assurance to Muslims                                                            9 January 1949
8. Inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi: Speech                     10 January 1949
9. Letter to Navaratna Rama Rao                                            11 January 1949
10. Convocation Address: Delhi University                           15 January 1949
11. Letter to John Matthai                                                        19 January 1949
12. Message on Mahatma Gandhi’s Death Anniversary                                      29 January 1949
13. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                29 January 1949
14. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                30 January 1949
15. Doctrine of Unilateral Effort: Article                                30 January 1949
16. Views on Gandhiji’s Message                                            30 January 1949
17. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                1 February 1949
18. Speech on India’s Naval Tradition                                    9 February 1949
19. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                15 February 1949
20. Speech at Ajmer                                                                    20 February 1949
21. Speech on Gandhiji’s Ideals                                               22 February 1949
22. Tribute to Sarojini Naidu                                                     2 March 1949
23. Address at the Cremation of Sarojini Naidu                   2 March 1949
24. Letter to Padmaja Naidu                                                     3 March 1949
25. Letter to Padmaja Naidu                                                     5 March 1949
26. Letter to Lord Mountbatten                                              10 March 1949
27. Use of Spirituous Drinks in India: Message                    2 April 1949
28. Preface of the Book: University Addresses                     2 April 1949
29. Letter to Navaratna Rama Rao                                          23 April 1949
30. Letter to Maharaja Mohan Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana                   24 April 1949
31. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                25 April 1949
32. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                28 April 1949
33. Letter to Edwina Mountbatten                                         7 May 1949
34. Tribute to Lord Buddha                                                       12 May 1949
35. India’s Spiritual Heritage: Speech                                     14 May 1949
36. Address to the All-India Newspaper Editors’ Conference 16 May 1949
37. Letter to Sri Prakasa                                                             24 May 1949
38. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                                 24 May 1949
39. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                                 6 June 1949
40. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                7 June 1949
41. Letter to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad                                7 June 1949
42. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                8 June 1949
43. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                                 11 June 1949
44. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                11 June 1949
45. Letter to Ramdas Gandhi                                                    14 June 1949
46. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                                 15 June 1949
47. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                                 16 June 1949
48. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                16 June 1949
49. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                16 June 1949
50. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                19 June 1949
51. Letter to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad                                20 June 1949
52. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                20 June 1949
53. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                24 June 1949
54. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                                 24 June 1949
55. Views on Capital Punishment                                            28 June 1949
56. Letter to Kishorilal G. Mashruwalla                                  June 1949
57. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                1 July 1949
58. Letter to Kishorilal G. Mashruwalla                                  2 July 1949
59. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                3 July 1949
60. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                3 July 1949
61. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                5 July 1949
62. Appeal to Upper Classes: Broadcast to the Nation                           6 July 1949
63. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                20 July 1949
64. Letter to Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi                            20 July 1949
65. Value of Religious Festivals: Message on Eid 27 July 1949
66. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                                 4 August 1949
67. “Make India Great”: Exhortation to Students               7 August 1949
68. Suggestion on Educational Reform: Speech                  8 August 1949
69. Advice to the Middle Classes on Education and Employment                  10 August 1949
70. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                                 12 August 1949
71. Message on Pakistan’s National Day                               13 August 1949
72. Letter to Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit                                        14 August 1949
73. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                26 August 1949
74. Letter to Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi                            27 August 1949
75. Letter to Bhim Sen Sachar                                                  27 August 1949
76. Letter to Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit                                        6 September 1949
77. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                8 September 1949
78. Foreword to the book Thakkar Bapa, Eightieth Birthday Commemoration Volume            16 September 1949
79. Message for Dusshera                                                         22 September 1949
80. Condolence Message on the Death of                            24 September 1949
Major-General Atma Singh
81. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                24 September 1949
82. Appeal to Farmers and Wage-Earners                             1 October 1949
83. Message to the Government of Madras                         2 October 1949
84. Address to the Government House Staff                        2 October 1949
85. Birthday Wishes to Jawaharlal Nehru                              10 October 1949
86. Letter to Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi                            16 October 1949
87. United Nations should be Strengthened: Message                      23 October 1949
88. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                24 October 1949
89. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                24 October 1949
90. Letter to Lord Mountbatten                                              27 October 1949
91. Letter to P. S. Kumaraswami Raja                                     6 November 1949
92. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                8 November 1949
93. Letter to Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi                            14 November 1949
94. Letter to Edwina Mountbatten                                         16 November 1949
95. Speech at Gauhati                                                                26 November 1949
96. Advice to People of Assam                                                 27 November 1949
97. Speech at Cuttack                                                                 30 November 1949
98. Speech at Puri                                                                       1 December 1949
99. Message on Gita                                                                   4 December 1949
100. Letter to Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi                          7 December 1949
101. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             7 December 1949
102. Letter to B. Rama Rau                                                       8 December 1949
103. Address to Students                                                          16 December 1949
104. Advice on Value of Millets                                               17 December 1949
105. Convocation Address: Mysore University                    19 December 1949
106. Speech on the Integration of Hyderabad                     21 December 1949
107. Address at Osmania University                                       22 December 1949
108. Letter to Edwina Mountbatten                                       31 December 1949
109. Letter to H. P. Mody                                                          8 January 1950
110. Letter to P. N. Sampath                                                    12 January 1950
111. Letter to Mira Behn                                                           12 January 1950
112. Letter to P. Subbarayan                                                    13 January 1950
113. Follow Dharma and Eschew Adharma: Article            17 January 1950
114. People must Work Harder: Advice to the Refugees                            19 January 1950
115. Enriching Modern Medicine                                            19 January 1950
116. Advice on Scientists’ Role in India                                  21 January 1950
117. Advice to Government House Employees                    22 January 1950
118. Letter to Dalai Lama                                                          23 January 1950
119. Letter to Sri Prakasa                                                          23 January 1950
120. Speech on Value of Truth in Life                                     24 January 1950
121. Message to the Union Cabinet and the Prime Minister                       25 January 1950
122. Letter to Rajendra Prasad                                                27 January 1950
123. Letter to Navaratna Rama Rao                                        20 March 1950
124. Message on Prohibition                                                    5 April 1950
125. Nehru-Liaquat Pact Welcomed                                       8 April 1950
126. Nation Saved from Catastrophe: Comments to the Press                                   10 April 1950
127. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             11 April 1950
128. Letter to Syama Prasad Mookerjee                               17 April 1950
129. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             18 April 1950
130. Advice to Government on Indians in Ceylon               23 April 1950
131. Great Achievement of Friendship                                  27 April 1950
132. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             15 May 1950
133. Interview to the Press Trust of India                             22 May 1950
134. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             27 May 1950
135. Letter to Sri Prakasa                                                          4 June 1950
136. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             8 June 1950
137. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             24 June 1950
138. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             30 June 1950
139. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             11 August 1950
140. Letter to Loy W. Henderson                                            25 August 1950
141. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             27 August 1950
142. Letter to Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke                              29 August 1950
143. Letter to K. P. S. Menon                                                    29 August 1950
144. Letter to the Secretary, Reception Committee           9 September 1950
145. Letter to Joginder Nath Kumar                                       11 September 1950
146. Letter to Herbert Anderson                                             12 September 1950
147. Letter to the Secretary, Reception Committee:         12 September 1950
Annual Session of Indian National Congress,
1950
148. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              14 September 1950
149. Letter to K. R. K. Menon                                                   14 September 1950
150. Letter to F. W. Pollack                                                       22 September 1950
151. Review of Nasik Session of Congress                             22 September 1950
152. Letter to Ghanshyam Das Birla                                       23 September 1950
153. Letter to Mohanlal Saksena                                             25 September 1950
154. Letter to Bidhan Chandra Roy                                         28 September 1950
155. Letter to Purushottam Das Tandon                               28 September 1950
156. Tribute to Annie Besant                                                    1 October 1950
157. Tribute to Kasturba Gandhi                                             2 October 1950
158. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              3 October 1950
159. Letter to Surendra Nath Sen                                            3 October 1950
160. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              4 October 1950
161. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             5 October 1950
162. Letter to Chou Hsiang-Kuang                                          5 October 1950
163. Letter to P. S. Kumaraswami Raja                                  6 October 1950
164. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              11 October 1950
165. Letter to Purushottam Das Tandon                               12 October 1950
166. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              13 October 1950
167. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              13 October 1950
168. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             13 October 1950
169. Letter to Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke                              13 October 1950
170. Letter to Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar                                14 October 1950
171. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              15 October 1950
172. Letter to the Chairman, Reception Committee,         15 October 1950
All India Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Kotah
173. Letter to P. T. Rajan                                                           17 October 1950
174. Solving Food Problem: Speech                                        21 October 1950
175. Speech at Ramakrishna Mission Student’s Home      22 October 1950
176. Speech at Bangalore                                                          23 October 1950
177. Speech in Mysore Legislative Assembly                       23 October 1950
178. Tribute to K. P. Lakshamana Rao                                    24 October 1950
179. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             26 October 1950
180. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             29 October 1950
181. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             29 October 1950
182. Letter to Louis Fischer                                                       31 October 1950
183. Letter to Fathima Ismail                                                   2 November 1950
184. Letter to V. M. Obaidullah                                               2 November 1950
185. Note to V. P. Menon                                                          7 November 1950
186. Letter to Vallabhbhai Patel                                                             11 November 1950
187. Letter to William Bross Llyod Jr                                      15 November 1950
188. Speech on Science and Religion                                     17 November 1950
189. Speech on Origin of the Universe                                  18 November 1950
190. Letter to Raghu Vira                                                          18 November 1950
191. Address on Teachings of the Gita                                   20 November 1950
192. Letter to K. Madhava Menon                                          20 November 1950
193. Letter to V. K. Krishna Menon                                         30 November 1950
194. Letter to K. Venkataswami Naidu                                   5 December 1950
195. Letter to A. Seethapathy                                                  7 December 1950
196. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              10 December 1950
197. Letter to Harekrushna Mahatab                                     13 December 1950
198. Letter to P. Govinda Menon                                            13 December 1950
199. Tribute to Vallabhbhai Patel                                            15 December 1950
200. Letter to Francis Robert Roy Bucher                             16 December 1950
201. Letter to Dame Isobel Cripps                                           17 December 1950
202. Letter to H. C. Dasappa                                                     18 December 1950
203. Letter to K. Balasubramania Ayyar                                 18 December 1950
204. Letter to K. C. Reddy                                                          19 December 1950
205. Convocation Address: Lucknow University   20 December 1950
206. Letter to K. C. Reddy                                                          22 December 1950
207. Letter to K. C. Reddy                                                          23 December 1950
208. Appeal for Eradication of Drink Evil                               26 December 1950
209. Propagation of Hindi: Message                                       27 December 1950
210. Letter to Navaratna Rama Rao                                        29 December 1950
211. Appeal for Strengthening the Authority                       29 December 1950
of Parliament
212. Letter to P. S. Kumaraswami Raja                                  30 December 1950
213. Letter to Harekrushna Mahatab                                     30 December 1950
214. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              1 January 1951
215. Speech at World Power Conference, Delhi                  11 January 1951
216. Speech at Olive Sapling Planting Ceremony,               15 January 1951
Delhi
217. Welcome Speech for the Prime Minister                     16 January 1951
of Afghanistan
218. Letter to P. Govinda Menon                                            17 January 1951
219. Message to the Census Enumerators                            17 January 1951
220. Letter to B. G. Kher                                                            19 January 1951
221. Letter to M. K. Vellodi                                                       20 January 1951
222. Tribute to Thyagaraja                                                        26 January 1951
223. Recalling First Visit to Sabarmati                                    31 January 1951
224. Speech on Extension of the Preventive Detention Act                        9 February 1951
225. Speech on Preventive Detention Act                            15 February 1951
226. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              24 February 1951
227. Government’s Policy towards Communists and Hindu Mahasabha: Statement               10 March 1951
228. Letter to K. M. Panikkar                                                    19 March 1951
229. Letter to Purushottam Das Tandon                               24 March 1951
230. Notes on Middle Class                                                      27 March 1951
231. Letter to Sri Prakasa                                                          1 April 1951
232. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              4 April 1951
233. Speech in Parliament                                                        5 April 1951
234. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              7 April 1951
235. Letter to P. S. Kumaraswami Raja                                  14 April 1951
236. Letter to Ranganath Ramachandra Diwakar                17 April 1951
237. Letter to Bidhan Chandra Roy                                         20 April 1951
238. Letter to B. R. Ambedkar                                                  21 April 1951
239. Speech at the Intelligence Bureau Conference, Delhi         26 April 1951
240. Letter to P. S. Kumaraswami Raja                                  28 April 1951
241. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              19 May 1951
242. Government and the Press: Speech on the Constitution Bill                31 May 1951
243. Hindi in Various Competitive Examinations: Government’s Decision Explained               8 June 1951
244. Letter to Gulzarilal Nanda                                                9 June 1951
245. Letter to Devadas Gandhi                                                10 June 1951
246. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              10 June 1951
247. Letter to Frank Moraes                                                     12 June 1951
248. Letter to K. Ramunni Menon                                           29 June 1951
249. Note on Communist Party                                               1 July 1951
250. Inaugural Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the New College by the Muslim Educational Association of South India             2 July 1951
251. Speech on the Opening of the Jamal Mahomed College             11 July 1951
252. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              16 July 1951
253. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              26 July 1951
254. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              26 July 1951
255. Letter to V. Natarajan                                                       27 July 1951
256. Speech at the Inauguration of the Special Police Establishment Conference, Delhi                  30 July 1951
257. Letter to Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah                         1 August 1951
258. President Rule in Punjab: Speech in Parliament         9 August 1951
259. Letter to C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar                                    13 August 1951
260. Letter to K. Kamaraj                                                           23 August 1951
261. Letter to C. R. Narasimhan                                               23 August 1951
262. Note on the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Bill 1951                   25 August 1951
263. No pre-censorship will be imposed: Speech at Parliament               31 August 1951
264. Convocation Address: University of Jammu and Kashmir 1 September 1951
265. Letter to Gopichand Bhargava                                        2 September 1951
266. Letter to C.R. Narasimhan                                                6 September 1951
267. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              15 September 1951
268. Speech on Press Bill                                                           15 September 1951
269. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                              22 September 1951
270. Letter to J. Natarajan                                                         23 September 1951
271. Letter to M. S. Krishnaswamy                                         6 October 1951
272. The Press Bill: Speech in Parliament                              7 October 1951
273. Letter to Lord Mountbatten                                            8 October 1951
274. Deplores Press Reports                                                     11 October 1951
275. Letter to Ghulam Mohammed Sahib                             24 October 1951
276. Indo-America Friendship: Article                                    15 November 1951

Appendices

Appendix I
1. First President of Indian Republic: Rajaji Racing Rajendra                                     4 June 1949
2. Rajaji’s Sad Moments                                                             4 June 1949
3. Letter to C. Rajagopalachari                                                 30 May 1949
4. Enclosure                                                                                  7 June 1949
5. Extract from Fortnightly Letter dated the                        29 May 1949
29th May 1949 from the Hon’ble Premier of
Assam to the Hon’ble the Prime Minister of India
6. Extract from G.V. Mavalankar’s letter                27 June 1949
dated 27 June 1949 to C. Rajagopalachari
7. Prisoners after Freedom                                                       3 July 1949
8. Letter to Jawaharlal Nehru                                                   26/29 June 1949
9. Note by the University Education Commission               1949
10. Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
11. Copy of Daily Report from the Central                            3 November 1950 431
Intelligence Officer, Madhya Pradesh, Nagpur,
dated 3 November 1950, to the Director,
Intelligence Bureau, New Delhi

Appendix II: Miscellaneous Items
1. An Extract from The Gazette of India                                 28 January 1949
(Extraordinary)

Chronology (1949–51)
Index