Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t5.10

v2.c15.s2.t5.10

Tao Xingzhi returned to China after staying in Europe and the United States for more than two years. He arrived in Cairo in late July of 1938 and visited Egyptian Museum of Ancient History and Pyramids. He arrived in Colombo, stayed at Victoria Hotel and travelled to India the next day. On the third morning, he came to Madras (present-day Chennai) and stayed at Clarence Hotel, with a spacious room and full board at Rupees 5 per day. He reached Calcutta (present-day Kolkata) two days later and planned to visit Tagore the following day. Mohan Lari had arranged everything for him. On July 27, while he was still in Egypt, as suggested by Mohan Lari, he separately wrote to Gandhi, Tagore and Bose to inform them of his schedule and added that with Gandhi’s ‘guidance and self-sacrifice always encourage Chinese’, Tagore’s ‘glorious speeches in China are lasting treasure and memory for Chinese people’, and he felt excited about the upcoming visit to India and meeting these two great men.