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In the present Note we have presented some documents to reveal the longstanding relationship of Indian amateur astronomer R. G. Chandra with British Astronomical Association.
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I review Chandra's achievements in the last two years in AGN research. I concentrate on some topics of my interest; some others are reviewed in an accompanying article by K. Nandra. I comment briefly on the need to allow for the discovery…
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