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Rani Bagai on "Kala Bagai Chandra and Mahesh Chandra"
Part of a video interview of Rani Bagai conducted on June 3, 2013. In this section, Rani Bagai describes her experiences with her grandmother Kala Bagai Chandra and provides information regarding her marriage to Mahesh Chandra. Rani describes how Mahesh Chandra was originally a close friend of Vaishno Das Bagai and his wife Kala in the U.S..
Photograph of Ram Bagai with Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi
Rani Bagai on "Vaishno Das Bagai's Naturalization Certificate"
Part of a video interview of Rani Bagai conducted on June 3, 2013. In this section, Bagai describes some of the items of her grandfather Vaishno Das Bagai left behind after his suicide in 1928, including several letters to his family he had written in addition to the political suicide letter which was published in newspapers in the U.S. and India.
Rani Bagai
Part of a video interview of Rani Bagai conducted on June 3, 2013. In this section, Bagai discusses her own life, growing up in Los Angeles with her immediate family. Rani Bagai is the granddaughter of Vaishno Das Bagai and Kala Bagai Chandra.
Rani Bagai on "Vaishno Das Bagai"
Part of a video interview of Rani Bagai conducted on June 3, 2013. In this section, Bagai discusses her grandparents Vaishno Das Bagai and Kala Bagai (later Kala Bagai Chandra), their marriage, children, and life in San Francisco after arriving in 1915. Rani Bagai explains that together the couple had three sons, the youngest of whom was her father.
Rani Bagai on "The Collection and SAADA"
Part of a video interview of Rani Bagai conducted on June 3, 2013. In this section, Rani Bagai explains the origins of the collection that was digitized for SAADA. Rani is the granddaughter of Kala Bagai, who arrived in the U.S. in 1918 with her husband Vaishno Das Bagai and three sons, Brij, Madan, and Ram (Rani's father).
Rani Bagai on "Ram Bagai"
Part of a video interview of Rani Bagai conducted on June 3, 2013. In this section, Bagai primarily discusses her mother, Leona Bell Parr, and father, Ram Bagai, the youngest son of Vaishno Das Bagai and Kala Bagai Chandra. She discusses her father's role in subtitling and screening Hindi films in the U.S., as well his encounter with Jawaharlal Nehru in Los Angeles.