Seminar on 1914 Shimla Convention held in New Delhi

By Tenzin Sangmo New Delhi, July 4 - Commemorating the 94th anniversary of the July 3 Shimla Convention(1914) the ML Sondhi Institute For Asia Pacific Affairs supported by the Tibetan Parliamentary and Policy Research Centre (TPPRC) organized a day long seminar on the Agreement and its subsequent consequences at the India International Centre in New Delhi today. Presenters and subject experts included Dr. Anand Kumar from the Centre for the Study of Social Systems JNU, MP Khiren Rijiju (Lok Sabha) from Arunachal Pradesh, Former Ambassadors Dalip Mehta and Ranjit Gupta, Senior Advocates Rajiv Dhawan and Naresh Mathur (Supreme Court of India), Major General Vinod Saighal and Gandhian Rajiv Vora, Chairman of Swarajpeeth and its Director Dr. Niru Vora. In the year 1914 representatives of Great Britain Sir Henry McMahon, Secretary... [read full story]