- the islamic prism 285
- Malviya to Olsvanger (October 17, 1936), CZA, S25/3583.
- Guha to Olsvanger (November 2, 1936), CZA, S25/3583.
- For a detailed account of the contacts established during this conference,
see CZA, S25/7485.
- F. H. Kisch to Ms. May (August 23, 1931), CZA, S25/5689. Similar contacts
were established with P. K. Dutt, the social secretary to the Indian Round
Table Conference in 1931. Note of December 3, 1931, CZA, S25/5689. See
also The Jewish Advocate, (Bombay) 9, no. 6 (July 1, 1938): 4.
- Shanmukham Chetty to Olsvanger (October 30, 1936), CZA, S25/3583.
- Revenue Minister of Bikaner to Moshe Shertok (January 29, 1938), and
Shertok’s reply (March 14, 1938), CZA, S25/7494.
- Olsvanger to Selig Brodetsky (December 2, 1937), CZA, S25/3588.
- Gershon Agronsky made this observation following his April 1930 visit to
Bombay. Shimoni, Satyagraha and the Jews, 27– 28.
- Olsvanger to Arthur Lourie (September 15, 1939), CZA, Z4/15623.
- K. M. Panikkar’s memorandum on Hindu- Zionist relations (April 8, 1947),
CZA, S25/9029.
- Report of the Inter- Asian Conference (April 17, 1947), CZA, S25/7485.
- Eytan’s note (March 3, 1948), CZA, S25/9029. Emphasis added.
- Brecher, Israel, the Korean War, and China, 39.
- According to Eytan, he and Golda Meir were planning to visit India in Sep-
tember 1947. Eytan’s note (March 3, 1948), CZA, S25/9029.
- Moreover, by that time, David Ben- Gurion had overshadowed the architect
of the Balfour Declaration.
- The Islamic Prism: The INC Versus the Muslim League
The epigraph to this chapter is taken from Panikkar, “A Memorandum on
Hindu- Zionist Relations” (April 8, 1947), CZA, S25/9029.
- See Neimeijer, The Khilafat Movement in India, 1919– 1924; and Minault, The
Khilafat Movement.
- Kumar, ed., The Background of India’s Foreign Policy, 6.
- Though the caliph is a Sunni institution, even Indian Shias took an active
part in the Khilafat struggle. Hasan, Nationalism and Communal Politics in
India, 1885– 1930, 138.
- Spurred by the British promise of an in de pen dent Arab kingdom, the Arabs
led a revolt against the Ottoman Empire under the leadership of Sharif Hus-
sein of Mecca.
- Even if Hindus were seen in India as “People of the Book,” or Dhimmi, they
still remain nonbelievers.
- For the complete text of Mohammed Ali’s presidential address to the Coca-
nada (now Kakinada) session, see Zaidi and Zaidi, eds., Encyclopedia INC,
8:184– 309.
