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The Chairman of the Reception Committee, the Hon'blc Mr. Harcbandrai Vishindas,welcomed the delegate. in an appropriate .peecb, in the cou~ of which, refening to the Hindu. Moslem question, be lBid:~ Bd'Oft prOCftdiog further r paUIM! to

take note or .. happy change thAt bas 01 t.u come O'fcr and which augu" well ror t he tulaI"C or the country. I menn the ill1pt'onmc:nt in the mlllioal bl:t""~n Hindus and Mabomedanl, the twO gTCllt communitia of d,e countr,. The prophetic vision, whi~h ,t he lut year', Rtception ComllU ttc ChaLrman held forth to our m;nd"Clc of "three hund~ and fiftetn million human being. marching on the toad of peaceful progresl wi~b I!uc ideal, one aim. futi of- dctcrmUlatlon and cnthuli..rn," .appcan. I am happy W o,*nt, within ~•• urablc d~taDCc of lI.CC.ompli lhmcat. . It q a aoutce of no litlk gratifica_

tion tbat th. new ....... akening hu come to our MaholUcd'an brethren th .. t the "progr'tM of our common fIlotbttlaDd mUlt dcpcnd upon a bearty CG-opcrarion among all her .,01 and th .. t the Mahomedanl mult fOrm COocceptiODI of broader obligntiont and witkT rHpolllibilitiea to the countr" .. a whole towardl nation building. ' alJoption b,. a COUDeil of the mU..,.e, the accr~ited ofthe le Mo.lelJ1 coml!!unit,. in IndlllJ l11st ' ar under the PrHldencT of H. H. The A,kh .. Khan of the idelll 01K If-go·erDme.nt euitable to Indi.. under the aegis o( the Britilh Crown was'a meuage to nl that oar ~bbomedDn brethren were {ruling RAO BAHADUR DEWAN TARACHAD iMo line: with the cretd of the Congresl. 1'k ..ble Secretary of the League in the SHOWIURAV . addl"CM he delh'ct'Cd ~ntly at a meeting Chairman o{ the Receptio n Committee of the AII·Jndia of lite London lndi.. n Allociatio n hela Thei.tic Conrc~nte, Karachi. at. the Call:on Hall uplained that "The stady of the poe~ a nd phiiOlOphcl'1 wbicb hiAd brougbt about a IIC'" poli ti. cal conlCio umc:" to the Hindu. t .....Cnt,. ycan ago mODey earns o nly 2'n per <:tnt intcrnt in Londinl brouKbt .. bout the ...me conlciouineu to thc MOIlem whereas in India it could be lent on (i pcr <:ftIt. la twen ty later." He further Kid "It would the 1CC0nd place being in India it would on the one ROt do to miRAite tbne lignS (0.- an ebullition of band largely aqiu Indian Trade, BA Orlc of 1be MMkOI kDlp=! whicb would l ublidc ... lOOn at it erying Dc-t<I, of India no ....· i. more capital .,ith wh~ had an.n.. Bat tbcet were symptoms of the t o ikvelop her natural resourtfti aDd on the other it diEt that edocation (pO "milar Unes had produced wo uld greatly ease the money market alld thai M"ft 011 two coanalfllitin Ii-mag ,ide by and ~iziDg as a cDeck upon mOlK'tary cri.tea li b the appaDiag .. ClOaDIOII deldn,. aboft the eJ:"tcoce o( Iq)arate ooe we haft 10 ~ntl,. witllH&Cd. Under the pn!Amt cct1tW. . . tM "Dio" 01 eonua....al clai_!' arra.olemcnt not a pie o{ tbOle stupendou miDioftl He abo made the followiog outspoken. 10I:a to the beadit of lodia. Is oar mone,. to be Glade a (ootban for n ell:ploita'l to pia,. with? .ue ft1D&rb 00 the CUtftDCy Iyatem :the intunh or tbf, DUlliont of popc&latloll froID whom tbe 1D:>oty is t.lr.ea~and whom the ct111'nnC1 ~ti It Rajasekhar1961 (talk)c!;; diel:t to be eoaai~ .. ncglilible quaobt7, wbile thOlit 01. mi«oaeopic bat d&lDOl'OCM &Del InheotiaJ miaority to be pandered to? Shotdd fordca trade be fiauoed at tbC ell:peut of the IDdiu tupa7KA 1 ~, the aooner the .:andal 01 tIMie ~ ~ " ' . _ ia doae awar ~ tile bettd."" 'nail eaIh bUantoe from • mJIIioD odd poaadI m 11107

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