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 ...
 
 
 
 
