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Young India (August 1918)



DESCRIPTION
The August 1918 issue of Young India (Vol. 1, No. 8) opens with a revised constitution of the organization as well as a six photograph spread titled "Our Men With Uncle Sam," documenting Indians enlisted with the U.S. Army: Dr. K.C. Kerwell, Sgt. Ahmad Ali (Camp Lewis), M.K. Pandit, Amulla Mukerji (Camp Custer), Ishvar Singh (Camp Lewis), and Devi Singh. A longer list of soldiers is included in the opening editorial. The articles included in this issue are titled as follows: "The Montagu-Chelmsford Report" by Lajpat Rai, "India's Man-Power" by N.S. Hardiker, and a petition titled "To the Government and Parliament of Great Britain and to the Supreme Government of India." The issue also mentions the "Indo-British Association," an organization of Anglo-Indians actively opposing Home Rule.

THEMES
Freedom Movement

ADDITIONAL METADATA
Date: August 1918
Language: English
Source: Young India
Contributor: Lajpat Rai, N.S. Hardikar
Publisher: India Home Rule League of America
Location: 1400 Broadway, New York, NY

PROVENANCE
Collection: India Home Rule League
Item History: 2011-09-20 (created); 2013-05-03 (modified)

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