Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t55.11

v2.c15.s2.t55.11

On July 7, 1937, China witnessed the occurrence of the Lugou Bridge Incident and an all-out outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. In 1938, Tan Yun-shan returned to China and brought back to Chiang Kai-shek letters from Tagore and Subhash Chandra Bose, the then President of Indian National Congress, to express support for China’s Anti-Japanese War. In 1939, Tan Yun-shan brought his wife and two children to India and devoted himself to the works of Cheena Bhavana in Visva-Bharati. In the same year, he made crucial efforts to promote Nehru’s visit to China. In 1940, he actively facilitated Dai Jitao’s visit to India and accompanied him to meet Mahatma Gandhi; he also managed to facilitate the visit of Chinese Buddhist delegation led by Master Tai Xu to India. In 1942, during his visit to India, Tan Yun-shan arranged the meeting between Chiang Kai-shek and Nehru, and accompanied Chiang Kai-shek and his wife to visit Visva-Bharati. In 1944, under the aegis of Sino-Indian Cultural Society, Tan Yun-shan successfully facilitated the visit of Indian philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, to give lectures in Chongqing and other places in China.