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King holds press conference in Calcutta; dines with Benjamin and Emily Polk and Nirmal Kumar Bose

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February 16, 1959

King holds a press conference and attends a meeting at the Calcutta Gandhi Smarak Nidhi before dining at the home of Quakers Benjamin and Emily Polk. Twenty-five local leaders attend dinner, including Indian scholar Nirmal Kumar Bose.