‘No records related to India joining Commonwealth’
6 May 2013 1:51 PM IST
The External Affairs Ministry does not have any records showing the circumstances in which India chose to be associated with the Commonwealth in 1949, an RTI response said.
Efforts were made to locate in the UNP Division and Europe West Division, the two divisions which have dealt with commonwealth affairs, correspondence, file notings and documents dating back to India joining the Commonwealth in 1949, it said. ‘Enquiries were also made with the High Commission of India in London to locate the relevant records and documents.
However, these efforts did not yield the correspondence/file- notings/documents etc. dating back to India joining the Commonwealth in 1949 as sought by the applicant. Further, no information was found as to where such records/documents might be located,’ Sanjay Rana, director of UNP, said in his reply to activist S C Agrawal.
Efforts were made to locate in the UNP Division and Europe West Division, the two divisions which have dealt with commonwealth affairs, correspondence, file notings and documents dating back to India joining the Commonwealth in 1949, it said. ‘Enquiries were also made with the High Commission of India in London to locate the relevant records and documents.
However, these efforts did not yield the correspondence/file- notings/documents etc. dating back to India joining the Commonwealth in 1949 as sought by the applicant. Further, no information was found as to where such records/documents might be located,’ Sanjay Rana, director of UNP, said in his reply to activist S C Agrawal.
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