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I don't believe this license is correct. The person who scans it is not the copyright holder. It was written in 1985 by Ramaswamy Venkataraman. India only declares limited government works to be in the public domain; a letter is not one of them. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 19:05, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
- The letter was sent to the family from the Govt. of India, while the Govt. was celebrating centenary year of the birth of Theerthagiriyar. A statue during this event was opened by R. Venkatraman (please see https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/தீர்த்தகிரியார்#/media/படிமம்:Theerthagiriyar_statue.png). A copy of this letter was published in newspapers and others. Also, this letter was already in public domain (e.g. https://senguntharmudaliarhistory.blogspot.com/2020/10/Dn%20theerthagiri%20mudaliar%20kaikolar.html). I do not see any countering argument from the Govt. of India or anyone to claim copyright or ownership. This is a public letter. Tkbgandhi (talk) 02:09, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
Delete. Uploader asserts copyright ownership of a letter written by a government official, a claim which requires COM:VRT since it is implausible on the face of it. No credible argument has been provided why this would fall under a PD-IndiaGov type exception. --Xover (talk) 06:33, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
Deleted: per nomination. --Krd 13:22, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
