New Delhi : Historian of Delhi R. V. Smith dead
IFWJ veteran R. V. Smith dead The Indian Federation of Working Journalists deeply mourns the death here today of veteran journalist and historian Ronald Vivian Smith, 82. He had worked for the Statesman, the Times of India and the Hindustan Times. He was born in Agra. His father Mr. Thomas Smith and brother Neville were builders of the IFWJ unit in Agra. A 50-year old Hindi newspaper clipping is attached, giving results of the Agra Union of Working Journalists, Thomas Smith was general Secretary. Its joint secretary was Com. Haseeb Siddiqi, then a youth, now President of the U.P. WJU. Mr. Thomas Smith had represented Allahabad’s Pioneer and Kolkata’s the Statesman in Agra. That was the year (1970) when IFWJ national secretary was Com. K. Vikram Rao (Times of India in Ahmedabad). About Ronald Smith it is said that all the authors who made Delhi the central theme of their literary lives, was the most intriguing. He had given much to the city, but ...