Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s1.t2.3

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Sino-Indian Cultural Society that immediately attracted the attention of Chinese officials, cultural circles and academic community. In 1933, the preparatory meeting for the Sino-Indian Cultural Society was opened under the support of Cai Yuanpei, the then President of Academia Sinica and Dai Jitao, the then President of the Examination Yuan of the Republic of China (ROC). The meeting was initiated by 43 people, including Tan Yunshan, Zhou Gucheng, Master Tai Xu, Liang Shuming and Xu Beihong, and was sponsored by 24 others, including Yu Youren, Cai Yuanpei, Lin Sen and Dai Jitao. In June 1933, *The Sino-Indian Cultural Society: Plan, General Chapter, Origin* was published in volumes, putting forward the society’s purpose of studying Sino-Indian academics, exchanging Sino-Indian culture and integrating Sino-Indian friendship, uniting Chinese and Indian people to create human peace and promote world commonwealth and planning to establish a cultural centre in China and India, respectively and branches and communication offices in other places of both countries. In May 1934, Sino-Indian Cultural Society was founded first in Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, where Tagore served as the President. In May, 1935, Sino-Indian Cultural Society was founded in Nanjing and Cai Yuanpei was elected as the Council President, while Dai Jitao became the President of the Board of Supervisors.