- the congress party and the yishuv 281
withdrawal from the League of Nations, its rationale was diff erent. Only
Qaiyum, a sponsor, referred to the British role in Palestine. Referring to the
ambiguous situation, Sir Abdur Rahim, the president of the Assembly, re-
marked: “The question has arisen whether the Chair can put the amend-
ment to vote. There is no pre ce dent that the Chair can fi nd and the Chair
does not know whether any question like this has arisen before.” Ibid., 200. - Similarly, there was no direct reference to the Mandate being granted to the
British. - Ram Manohar Lohia, in his capacity as the secretary of the Foreign Depart-
ment, wrote in October 1936: “The battles of the persecuted Jews have to be
fought out in the diff erent countries where such persecution is practiced
in common with other freedom loving colonial and progress forces.” Lohia to
Olsvanger (October 13, 1936), CZA, S25/3583. While it took a keen interest in
the welfare of the Arabs, the INC was silent on the Jewish problem. - Bandyopadhyaya, The Making of India’s Foreign Policy, 286.
- Nehru, Glimpses of World History, 762– 763.
- Ibid., 764.
- There is no evidence to suggest that Arabs sought Zionist cooperation in
their fi ght against the British in Palestine. On the contrary, until the Arab
revolt of 1936, the Arab leadership, especially the mufti of Jerusalem, was
also cooperating and benefi ting from the British. - Nehru, Glimpses of World History, 764– 765.
- Nehru, Eigh teen Months in India, 1936– 1937, 129.
- Ibid., 130.
- Ibid., 136– 137.
- Nehru to A. E. Shohet (August 26, 1937), in Nehru, Selected Works of Jawa-
harlal Nehru, Series I, 8:714. - Nehru to Husseini (September 4, 1937), in Nehru, Selected Works of Jawaha-
rlal Nehru, Series I, 8:723. - Nehru, Glimpses of World History, 767.
- Nehru, Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Series II, 2:511.
- Nehru, Eigh teen Months in India, 1936– 1937, 136– 137.
- Jawaharlal Nehru to Immanuel Olsvanger (September 25, 1936), CZA,
S25/3583. - Zaidi and Zaidi, eds., Encyclopedia INC, 11:497.
- Ibid., 12:160.
- Quoted in Sareen, “Indian Responses to the Holocaust,” 56.
- Ibid.
- Ibid., 57.
- Ibid., 58.
- Nehru, Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Series I, 9:224ff.
- Sareen, “Indian Responses to the Holocaust,” 59.
- Bergmann and Shimoni, “Report on the Inter- Asian Conference” (April 17,
1947). After the war, India served as a transit point for a number of Iraqi
and Afghan Jews prior to their emigration to newly formed state of Israel.
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