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dated May 30, 1958: Territorial force

An appeal to industrialists to help to promote public interest in the territorial and other auxiliary forces which were playing a very useful part in maintaining national solidarity and in the defence of the country was made by Mr. V.K. Krishna Menon, Defence Minister, during a meeting at Rajaji hall, Madras, on May 28. The State Government convened this preliminary meeting with a view to forming an association in Madras similar to the Welfare Association for Auxiliary Forces formed in Bombay under the guidance of Mr. Naval H. Tata. The objects of the Association were to promote public interest in territorial and other auxiliary forces, assist in recruitment to them, encourage liaison between the various forces and the services and provide amenities and comforts for the units and members of the services.

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