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1571. IOR/X/12183

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12183
Title:
History of the Madras Army
Scope & Content:
Two volumes (3 and 5) from the five-volume 'History of The Madras Army', compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Wilson, Retired List, Madras Army. Madras: Printed by E. Keys, at the Govt. Press. Contents:Volume III:Chapter XVI. From the capture of Seringapatam in 1799 to the commencement of the Mah...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1882-1889
Extent:
2 volumes (Vol. III. 408 pages, Vol V. 14 maps)

1572. IOR/X/12184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12184
Title:
Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh
Scope & Content:
Volume I of III, A. to G. Lucknow : Printed at the Oudh Government Press. Bound at the Government Press, Allahabad. Map of the Province of Oudh, at a scale of 16 inches to 1 mile, bound at the Introduction, 'compiled in the office of the Surveyor General of India, Calcutta. From the Revenue Surve...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877-1878
Extent:
1 volume (609 pages plus Index)

1573. IOR/X/12185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12185
Title:
[Naval Staff, Intelligence Division Handbooks (WWI)]
Scope & Content:
Incomplete set of the geographical handbooks published by the Admiralty from the end of the First World War for Official Use Only. A total of 31 titles were published in at least 40 volumes. This set comprises: IOR/X/12185/1. ID 1174 N N. Canary Islands. March 1919. 18 page pamphletIOR/X/12185/2...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1922
Extent:
28 volumes and pamphlets (each 856 or fewer pages)

1574. IOR/X/12188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12188
Title:
Lists compiled by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use
Scope & Content:
Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use, published on their behalf by the Royal Geographical Society, Kensington Gore, London, S.W.7.:First General List of Names in the Empire of India, May 1924 Second General list of European Names, January 1923 Second General list of ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923-1924
Extent:
6 pamphlets (16 or fewer pages), 16 slips of torn paper

1575. IOR/X/12189

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12189
Title:
Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use - Lists
Scope & Content:
Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use, published on their behalf by the Royal Geographical Society, Kensington Gore, London, S.W.7.: First List of Names in 'Iraq (Mesopotamia), August 1922First General List of Oceanic Names, May 1922First List of Names in Tanganyika ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921-1922
Extent:
6 pamphlets (each 16 or fewer pages)

1576. IOR/X/12191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12191
Title:
Bombay Places and Common Official Words
Scope & Content:
A brief introduction states that the list 'contains two parts, the name and description of the chief places, and some official words in common use in the Bombay Presidency. The spellings are according to rules sanctioned by Government. The meanings of official words are in no case authoritative. ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
1 pamphlet (80 pages)

1577. IOR/X/12193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12193
Title:
Orthography of Indian Names
Scope & Content:
A folder containing manuscript and printed letters and newspaper cuttings concerning debates about the orthography of Indian names. Dated material ranges from an article by the 'Friend of India' on The Orthography of Indian Geographical Names, dated October 28, 1869 to an article in Allen's India...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1872
Extent:
1 folder (22 items)

1578. IOR/X/12194

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12194
Title:
Public letters from Government of India Home Dept. enclosing correspondence about Indian personal names, 26 April 1906 ... R&L 740/06
Scope & Content:
Official correspondence principally from H. H. Risley, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., Secretary to the Government of India to several secretaries, including the Chief Secretary to the Government of Madras, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, and Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal. The letters ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904-1906
Extent:
1 folder (28 items)

1579. IOR/X/12195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12195
Title:
[Spelling of Place Names in India]
Scope & Content:
Documents of the Government of India and its Department of Revenue, Agriculture and Commerce relating to the spelling of place names in the different provinces, states and other administrative areas of India. Printed at the Government Central Branch Press, Simla.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875-1879
Extent:
1 folder (10 items)

1580. IOR/X/12196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12196
Title:
Uniform System in the Orthography of Indian Proper Names
Scope & Content:
Issued by the Government of India, Department of Agriculture, Revenue and Commerce. Printed by the Office of the Supdt. Govt. Printing. The document presents correspondence starting with an official communication No. 655 A, dated 8 April 1868, and ending with an extract from the Proceedings of th...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1868-1873
Extent:
1 folder (1 pamphlet, 39 pages)