- Kupferschmidt, “The General Muslim Congress of 1931 in Jerusalem,” 129.
- Ibid.
- For background discussion of the conference, see Gibb, “The Islamic Con-
gress at Jerusalem in December 1931”; and Kramer, Islam Assembled, 123– 141. - Kupferschmidt, “The General Muslim Congress of 1931 in Jerusalem,” 123.
- Similarly, the Congress Party commemorated August 26, 1938, as Palestine
Day and held meetings and rallies in diff erent parts of the country. Hep-
tulla, Indo- West Asian Relations, 153. - Jansen, Zionism, Israel, and Arab Nationalism, 169– 181; Shimoni, Satyagraha
and the Jews. - Jansen, Afro- Asia and Non- Alignment, 30.
- Shimoni, Satyagraha and the Jews, 27– 28.
- Nehru to Olsvanger (February 2, 1938; May 5, 1947; June 10, 1954; October
16, 1956; March 23, 1958), CZA, K 11– 81/3. - Weizmann to Nehru (June 27, 1938; September 13, 1938; November 15, 1947;
November 27, 1947). In Weizmann, Letters and Papers of Chaim Weizmann,
18:206, 18:458– 459, 23:31– 32, 23:42– 43. - She was a leading INC leader and a renowned poet.
- Once considered a rival to Jawaharlal Nehru, he served as India’s fi rst home
minister until his death in 1950. - Ambedkar was the leader of India’s oppressed “untouchables” or Dalit com-
munity and played a key role in the drafting of the Indian Constitution. - A se nior INC leader from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
- A close confi dant of Mahatma Gandhi.
- As early as in 1916, she addressed a Bene- Israel Mitra Mandal meeting in
Bombay. India and Israel (Bombay) 4, no. 4 (October 1951): 31. - The Jewish Advocate (Bombay) (October 1941): 9; The Jewish Advocate (Bom-
bay) (November 1941): 9. - Olsvanger to Tagore (October 7, 1936) and A. K. Chanda, secretary to
Tagore, to Olsvanger (October 23, 1936), CZA, S25/3583. - At the time of his death in 1940, Andrews was reportedly preparing to go to
Palestine. Olga Feinberg to Epstein (June 8, 1940), CZA, S25/3591. - Epstein to the Jewish Agency (April 4, 1946), CZA, S25/3158. The scholar-
philosopher was elected India’s second president in 1962. - For details of his activities in India, see CZA, S25/3583.
- For details, see CZA, S25/3586 and S25/3591.
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- Olsvanger to Iqbal (October 1, 1936) and Iqbal’s reply (October 14, 1936),
CZA, S25/3583. - Kallenbach to Weizmann (July 4, 1937), CZA, Z4/17342.
- Olsvanger to M. Irfan (October 3, 1936), CZA, S25/3583.
- Note of Richard Freund (December 20, 1937), CZA, S25/3586.
- Weizmann to Vera Weizmann (June 18, 1909), in Weizmann, Letters and
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