Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t55.9

v2.c15.s2.t55.9

The India chapter of the Sino-Indian Cultural Society was established in Shantiniketan, India in 1934. Tan Yun-shan went to India the same year in spring again with the message of the government of the Republic of China, and discussed matters about the establishment of a Chinese institute with Tagore. In April, Tagore wrote a letter to Dai Jitao about constructing the building of Cheena Bhavana and its estimated costs. In May, Dai Jitao replied to Tagore and expressed the vision of realising the India-China cultural exchange plan. In October, Tan Yun-shan returned to China and brought back four letters of Tagore to the President of the government of the Republic of China Lin Sen, the Judicial Yuan President Ju Zheng, the Academia Sinica President Cai Yuanpei and the Examination Yuan President Dai Jitao respectively. Tan Yun-shan spent more than a year to raise funds for the establishment of Cheena Bhavana. He purchased 100,000 volumes of Chinese books and got a donation of 50,000 volumes of books on Buddhism, Classics, History, Philosophy, Literature and Arts, etc., for the institute.