Saklatvala addresses a meeting in Trafalgar Square, 1934
Saklatvala's early life in Bombay. The family background. His boyhood with his Uncle J.N.Tata.
Saklatvala's work during the bubonic plague in India and his association and work with Professor Vladimir Haffkine during the plague.
Saklatvala's quest for iron ore, etc. prior to the creation of the Tata Iron & Steel Company. His resulting illness.
Saklatvala's arrival in England in 1905 for medical treatment in Smedley's Hydro, Matlock, Derbyshire. His early political interest in trade union and socialist meetings. His marriage to Sarah Marsh.
Saklatvala's association with the Socialist Party in East Finchley,London. Saklatvala's mother's death in 1907 and the family's move to Brookwood,followed by their move to Manchester. Saklatvala's activities with he Clarion Club in Manchester. His association with Bipin Chandra Pal and Arthur Field and his acquaintance with J.R.Clynes and Ramsay MacDonald. His brief return with the family to Bombay and subsequent return to Twickenham, Surrey. His work with his cousin Ratan Tata and his stay in York House, Twickenham. Saklatvala's involvement in the suffragette Movement and with a group of conscientious objectors. His work with the Independent Labour Party. The influence of the 1917 revolution in Russia and his belief in Communism.
His family life with his wife and children.
Saklatvala's growing reputation as an orator and his internationalism. The International Socialist Congress of 1912. The death of Keir Hardie in 1915. His interest in the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916. The founding of the Workers' Welfare League of India in 1917. In 1918 the foundation of The Peoples' Russian Information Bureau. Saklatvala's work for Ramsay MacDonald in the 1918 election. In 1918, 1919 and 1921 Saklatvala was a delegate to the I.L.P.Conferences. His association with the work of Sylvia Pankhurst. Details of the 21 points of the 2nd Congress of the Communist International and Saklatvala's subsequent break with the ILP.
The text of the statement submitted to the Joint Committee on Indian Reforms on behalf of the Workers' Welfare League of India.
The Call of the Third International. Declaration of the left wing of the I.L.P. (Signed by 159 members including Saklatvala).
Saklatvala's selection as a parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party in spite of his membership of the Communist Party; his subsequent election to Parliament in 1922. The gulf between the Labour and Communist Parties. The 'explanatory notes' on the Second International versus the Third International. Saklatvala's maiden speech in the House.
Saklatvala's election address of 1922.
A parliamentary debate lasting all night to discuss the guarantee of a loan to be raised by the Government of the Sudan for completing a great dam for irrigation of land to grow long staple cotton. In the course of the debate Saklatvala delivered a speech on private enterprise.
The T.U.C. organised a National Day of Demonstration to be known as "Unemployment Sunday", culminating in a meeting in Trafalgar Square addressed by, among others, George Lansbury, Saklatvala and Wal Hannington. Parliamentary Debate on "Indian States_ Protection Against Disaffection Act 1922" In the course of this debate Saklatvala commented on the Indian Civil Service. Saklatvala raised the subject of sub-standard housing in his constituency of Battersea. Poor housing in the borough of Westminster was the subject discussed at a mass meeting held in Westminster by the Labour Party.
The arrest and deportation to Dublin of people in England of Irish origin; this was subsequently declared to have been illegal.
Battersea Borough Council was producing electricity for the borough at a lower cost. Saklatvala pleaded for a medical enquiry into the case of Bernard Pomeroy whose appeal against the death sentence had been dismissed. In reply to a question from Saklatvala the Under-Secretary of State announced that 19 death sentences in the Chaura Chauri case had been upheld and gave details of the other 110 cases. Saklatvala asked the Under-Secretary of State to release the imprisoned Lala Lajpat Rai from prison due to his having tuberculosis. The answer was 'no' but a few weeks later Mr Rai was released. The Salt Tax in India was doubled. Saklatvala made a major speech on the subject and other Indian issues in the H.of C. on 5.7.23. Saklatvala objected to India raising loans to finance the Indian railways many of which were privately managed; he averred that ultimately it would be the Indian people who would be called upon to repay the loans. Saklatvala was threatened with kidnap after addressing a meeting in Oxford. Saklatvala's first visit to the U.S.S.R took place in August 1923.
Saklatvala lost his seat in Parliament by 186 votes in the General Election of December 1923. The 24th Annual Labour Party Conference once again rejected affiliation to the Communist Party, the gap between the parties being even wider than hitherto.
The Zinoviev Letter. Saklatvala's contribution to the parliamentary debate following the assassination in Egypt on 20.11.24 of Sir Lee Stack, Governor General of the Sudan and Commander in Chief of the Egyptian army. Saklatvala is refused a visa to enter the U.S.A. to attend the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference in 1923. There was a meeting of over 2000 people in Battersea Town Hall protesting at the withdrawal of Saklatvala's American visa. Senator Borah (USA) refused to address the I.P.U. Conference in protest against the banning of Saklatvala and the Civil Liberties Union held a big protest meeting in New York. Saklatvala resigned from the firm of Tata.
Saklatvala's speech in the House on 9.7.25 expressing his views on the Government of India by Great Britain and on imperialism in general.
The General Strike of 1926 and Saklatvala's imprisonment. The Emergency Powers Act and its many extensions.
Saklatvala's successful tour of India in 1927. Correspondence between Gandhi and Saklatvala. The Navjote ceremony for all 5 of Saklatvala's children and the resultant disapproval of the Communist Party. Saklatvala's passport endorsed so that he was no longer allowed to enter India (the country of his birth). The League Against Imperialism was founded in 1927. Saklatvala visited the Soviet Union by invitation to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the October Revolution.
The introduction of the Trades Dispute Bill 1927.
Saklatvala's list of amendments to the Trade Disputes Bill.
The Simon Commission.
Saklatvala's definition of Socialism.
Saklatvala's continuing contribution to debates in the House on India. Saklatvala pays tribute to the retiring Speaker of the House, the Rt Hon Mr J.R.Whitley. Saklatvala spoke against the use of the police by the Home Secretary in dealing with trade disputes.
Saklatvala's family life.
The arrest, imprisonment and trials of the Meerut prisoners from 1929-1933.
Saklatvala, Jimmy Maxton and Bridggeman arrested in Belgium on their way to attend the League Against Imperialism Conference.
The Kellog Pact.
Saklatvala's defeat in the General Election of 1929.
The marriages of 2 of Saklatvala's sons and that of his elder daughter.
Saklatvala's last visit to the USSR in 1934. A visit from Saklatvala's American sister-in-law.
Saklatvala's last days and death.
Tributes to Saklatvala.
Saklatvala addresses a meeting in Trafalgar Square, 1934