Author:
[General] Shingha [Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepalese Minister to Great Britain]
Publication details:
[Printed embossed heading] Nepalese Legation, 12A Kensington Palace Gardens, London, W8, 11 July 1945.
Two pages, 8vo, good condition. Attached by Singha, typed extract from "The Times of India, 9 May 1945. | Nepal's Claim to send Delegates" to the San Francisco Conference. An editorial in the periodical "The Queen" questioned why Nepal hadn't been invited, suggesting its population and sacrifices of "the bravest soldiers in the world" in the Allied cause would justify an invitation. Gurkhas "have eight Victoria Crosses in the Allied cause". In his letter, Shingha says. that he received the cutting which he attaches (as above) to the letter.
