Page 26 - A brief note on calligraphy of the Constitution of India in English and Hindi

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and that the whole work including printing final copies
has to be finished within a period of one year.
(ii) Shri Nandalal Bose had asked for a telegraphic
remittance of Rs. 700 presumably in place of the draft
sent to him before. I had instructed that monies
should be sent as desired. I trust this has been
acted upon, and Shri Bose has received the monies.
He may be informed that, in case he wants further
funds (the total of his estimates being about Rs. 5,000)
he may write to us, and we shall do the needful in
the matter. The amount of Rs. 5,000 was already
sanctioned by the Honourable the President of the
Constituent Assembly.
(iii) 1 had instructed that the services of the
English Calligraphist should continue till he finishes
his work, and that his employers (Messrs. Govan
Brothers) may be contacted and extension" of his leave
obtained. I believe this has been done. At present
we are paying the Calligraphist boarding and lodging
at the Constitution House. He is working as a labour
of love. But I do not know whether his leave is sanc­
tioned with pay or without pay. We should also
know what salary he has been drawing from Govan
Brothers, so that, in case the question of giving him
remuneration arises, we may be in a position to esti­
mate the amount. He has to be instructed to com­
plete the English calligraphy as early as possible.

(iv) As regards Hindi calligraphy, the work seems
to be in a very unsatisfactory condition. In fact it
has not progressed at all. I understand that the
English Calligraphist is prepared to take up the work
of Hindi calligraphy. I also understood from Shri
Kaka Saheb Kalelkar that, he can find us one or two
people who would be prepared to undertake the work.
It will be, therefore, necessary for us to test the
Hindi work of the English Calligraphist, as also of the
other one or two people whom Shri Kaka Saheb
Kalelkar may suggest; and then we may decide
whether the work is satisfactory, and if so, to whom