dated October 2, 1951: India gets Burma rice

(there being no issue on the 1st)

On the 29th in Rangoon an agreement was signed for Burma to supply India 3,50,000 tonnes of rice per annum, commencing from January 1952 till 1955 end. An agreement signed in May 1951 had provided for a supply of 2,40,000 tonnes before the end of 1951. That accord was signed during the visit of a Trade Delegation led by India's Minister for Food, Mr. K. M. Munshi. From Burma, India was also to import teak, seed potato and millets. India would supply to Burma in its turn groundnut oil, jute gunny bags, cotton yarn, and iron and steel material.

Demand for separate Karnataka too

The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), meeting in Hubli on the 30th of September warned that forming an Andhra Province without a Karnataka Province simultaneously, would result in great resentment and frustration, leading to serious repercussions. The KPCC's resolution stated chiefly: Being subject to several administrations, the Kannadiga areas and their people have not progressed in any direction. The voice of the Kannadigas is not heard in the administrations run by Madras, Hyderabad and Bombay. Forming a United Karnataka is not difficult, since Kannadigas in all areas outside Mysore State have agreed to join Mysore with the Rajpramukh of the State as their constitutional head. With the KPCC as the representative body of all Kannadigas having accepted the proposition, United Karnataka should be set up forthwith by adding six districts of the Indian Union and Coorg to Mysore State, and designating the new entity suitably.

Inauguration Day of Madras Corporation

On the 29th of September, tributes were paid to the Madras Corporation celebrating its Inauguration Day. Mayor R. Ramanathan Chettiar said the city with its fine and magnificent buildings, broad and clean roads, and beautiful gardens and parks, had started as a small fishing village. When it became a city, the Corporation was inaugurated on September 29, 1688. Great strides in civic administration had been made since, though water supply was still unsatisfactory. Sir Mahomed Usman, a former president, who presided over the function, complimented the citizens on their fine sense of communal harmony as seen in several Muslims being returned as Councillors.

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