dated April 23, 1951: ''Mahakavi'' Swaminatha Aiyar:

The Annual Day of the Mahamahopadhyaya Dr. V. Swaminatha Aiyar was celebrated at the Theosophical Society, Madras, on April 22 with Dr. T.S.S. Rajan, Minister for Public Health, in the chair. Srimathi Rukmani Devi extended a cordial welcome to the Minister and to others present. She said they had done what they could do to preserve the treasures of Tamil literature though more yet remained to be done. She appealed for public co-operation in this task.

Dr. Rajan paid a tribute to the greatness of Mahamahopadhyaya Swaminatha Aiyar, and said that he was a mahakavi. He was glad that the library named after such a great scholar was being made good use by the Tamils. It pleased him to note that the proceedings of the meeting were conducted in Tamil. The Minister promised to do what he could for the improvement of the library.

Tibetan delegation to Peking:

Tibetan Cabinet Minister Sawang Nagabo, leader of the Tibetan delegation to China, travelling overland from Tibet said in London that the first Tibetan autonomous region had been set up in Sikang.Nagabo and two other members of the Mission were welcomed in Chunking as they passed through on their way to Peking to negotiate with the Chinese Government on steps towards ``peaceful liberation'' of Tibet. The delegate said that he and those with him had seen with their own eyes ``this autonomous Government was a Government of the Tibetan people.''

Nagabo defined the Tibetan's delegation's object in the forthcoming talks as ``unity among all nationalities, the driving out of the enemy and the creation of our own happy life.'' He trusted that the Peking talks would be a success so that the ``imperialist influence'' would be ousted from Tibet and the Tibetan people would return to the great family of China.

Russian invitation to Indian scientists:

The Government of India had seen a press report that the Prime Minister had refused permission to Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar and other Indian scientists to go to Russia in response to Soviet Government's invitation. A Press note issued on April 21 stated that this was incorrect.

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