The Jaffna Youth Congress

22x14cm, xvii,129 pp. "[Jaffna Youth Congress] was all-island and its goal was independence, national unity, secularism and overcoming all caste barriers. It constituted the first manifestation of genuine nationalism in the country" -from rear cover. Contents: Origins; The Inaugural Sessions; Annual Sessions of 1925 and 1926 ; Gandhiji's Visit; Communal Amity; The KKS Sessions; Caste and Equal Seating; Boycott; The Controversy; The Final Years; Looking Back. Minor wear. A small stain to top page-edge. VG.  Bookseller Inventory # 031139