hown above is front side of postcard which has printed text:
"ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE POST CARD"
with
1 Anna Burma Service stamp affixed. It is addressed to some Mr.
Chettiar in Ramnad District of South India. Note the interesting address
"South India" rather than mentioning Madras Presidency state in which
Ramnad District was located.
It then also mentions dispatcher
address as: Finance & Revenue Department, Govt. of Burma, Rangoon.
(Postcard has Simla printed which has been stroked out by Rangoon.)
On the reverse side it has mostly text printed:
GOVERNMENT OF BURMA
FINANCE & REVENUE DEPARTMENT
RANGOON (again SIMLA stroked out)--O--
No. C2482 Dated the 4th Jan 1946.
MEMORANDUM.Subject:- Claim for compensation for loss of property due to the war in Burma.
The claim sent with his letters dated the 3rd August 1945 has been received and registered as No. C2482.
2.
The Government of Burma are unable to admit any legal liability in
respect to the claim. It has, however been registered for consideration
in due course (striking out after the war).
It then has signature of V. Venkateswarao as Secretary of Finance & Revenue Department.
It
has to be noted that during WW2 the exiled colonial Burma Government
had headquarter in Simla after Japan deceived them. Burmese Government
had assisted Japanese Army in winning initial War in Burma as they
thought it was way to independent Burma in similar lines to Subhas
Chandra Bose who got influenced by Japan during WW2. It is said that
though Colonel Suzuki had right intention to let Burma ruled by Burmese
but Japan's Government never had such intention.
It
is also said that after war was over in Burma (allied won), British
Government started punishing most of Tamil Indians who were at that time
one of the most influential community in Burma as traders and
businessmen. The reason was most of Tamil people had sided with Subhas
Chandra Bose and Indian Independence League during WW2. There was very
generous donation given by Tamil Indians to INA/IIL. Hence after the
war, British Government not only rejected most of compensation claims of
Indians but also confiscated INA Bank and donated money of public.
There has been many known legal cases where people have fought over
decades trying to get their money from British Government of India and
now Indian Government. In today's term, that money must have been
millions/billions but none has ever got their money back. Above letter
is an example of untold history of India during WW2.
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