MEETING CELEBRATES AIGERIAN INDEPENDENCE _
BOMBAY, Nov. 2 -- The first anniversary of Algeriats independence was celebrated here last night at a meeting held at the Cultural Centre of. the UAR [United Arab Republic] under the auspices of the Indo-Algerian Friend-. ship Society.
Mooseinbhoy A. Lalljee, president of the organisation spoke of the Llong-existing friendly ties between the people of India and the Arab nation.
"Wwe watched with admiration the heroic manner in which the Algerian people fought for their freedom and ultimately now, we are watching with interest the big steps being taken by this important Arab. nation to rebuild its own economy," he said,
He expressed the hope that the dispute between Algeria and Morocco could be amicably mediated,
Mr. Lalljee announced that the IndowAlgerian Friendship Society is . exploring possibilities for sending trained technicians to Algeria and of inviting Algerian students to attend Indian technical schools and colleges.
Mad jusudan Vairale, Maharashtrats Deputy Minister for Power, welcomed the efforts by the organisers of the meeting to further strengthen friendly relations between India and Algeria. —
Ahmed Zayat, director of the UAR Cultural Centre, said that Algeria's independence was a victory not only for the Algerians but for all people struggling for freedom and human dignity.
Dr. A.R.Desai of Bombay University stressed the need to explain the message of the Algerian revolution to the masses of workers and peasants in India, He was joined in his appreciation of the Algerian. revolution by H,H.Ismail, president of the International Club,
S,.B.Kolpe, vice-president of the Indo-Algerian Friendship Society told about what he saw in Algeria during a recent trip there and declared that Algeria, with her socialist experiment of self-management committees of workers, is setting an example for all underdeveloped countries,
Dr, Clovis Maksood, representative of the Arab League Mission at New Delhi, who could not be present, sent a message in which he saluted the beginning of the epic struggle for freedom November 1, 1954, He said that the National Liberation Front which launched that struggle "is now under» taking an even more challenging task of rebuilding Algerian society along the path towards a secular socialist democracy,"
Prominent among the guests were the Bombay consul general of the United Arab Republic and the consul of Yugoslavia.
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