INDIAN SYMPATHY
AIR RAIDS ON LONDON British "Wireless LONDON, Sept. 30' A Calcutta message states that Abdul Rahman Siddiqu, who led the Muslim League delegation to the Palestine Conference in 1937 and who is M<'iy(Jr of Calcutta, expressed sympathy for the victims of air raids 011 London. He said that, whatever the political differences between India and Britain, the hearts of citizens of the second city of the Empire went out to those suffering from the barbaric and indiscriminate German raids. The Calcutta City Corporation appointed a committee representative of all sections of the population to assist a fund which is being run in conjunction with the Lord Mayor's fund.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23767, 21 September 1940, Page 12
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110INDIAN SYMPATHY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23767, 21 September 1940, Page 12
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