(4 March 2015, Pretoria) An MoU has been signed here between India and South Africa for digital images of the copies of ‘Indian Opinion’, a newspaper established by Mahatma Gandhi, to provide an authentic open source archive on the iconic leader’s life and times.
Indian High Commissioner Ruchi Ghanashyam and Chief Executive of the National Library of South Africa (NLSA), Rocky Ralebipi-Simela, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for digital images of the copies for the period 1930-1949. “NLSA has the original copies of the issues of the Indian Opinion covering the period 1930-1949 and the Government of India has decided to procure the original digital images of these issues,” Ghanashyam said.
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