`The day Bombay blew up': an account, dated 1978, by Lt-Commander David Verney (b 1918), Royal Navy, of the explosion in Bombay Docks, April 1944, and its aftermath.
Miscellaneous papers of John Bruce Norton, (1815-83), barrister, Advocate General of Madras 1863-71, and of his son Eardley John Norton, barrister, member of the Indian National Congress, including newspaper cuttings of articles and manuscript volume of poems by Eardley Norton.
Papers of and concerning Maj Charles Watson Yates (1787-1825), Madras Army 1802-25, chiefly letters, including one describing the attack on Kemmendine which Yates defended during the Burmese War 1824-26.
Papers of Maj James Bayley (b 1783), Madras Army 1804-29, consisting of a survey of the area between Tanjore and Malabar; a letter describing Java where Bayley was stationed in 1812; and a journal of a trip on the Ganges and Jumna rivers.
Papers of Douglas Yates Fell, Indian Political Service, Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of Kalat 1947-48
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Papers of Douglas Yates Fell (b 1910), Indian Civil Service 1934-47, Indian Political Service 1938-47, Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of Kalat 1947-48, chiefly concerning the accession of Kalat to Pakistan.
Papers of Frederick James Cooke, Indian Civil Service 1886-1916, and his son, Christopher Herbert Cooke (1899-1979), Indian Civil Service, United Provinces 1922-47, chiefly comprising photographs of Saharanpur and Hardwar.
Papers of E F Stranack, landowner in Madras, chiefly concerning his investment in a Madras firm of managing agents, Chettle, Holt & Co Ltd, of which his son-in-law, Percy Holt, was a director.
Papers of Maj Hugh Rees James (1823-64), Bengal Army 1840-64, in civil employ 1844-64, and of his brother Lt Hugo James (1827-58), Bengal Army 1849-58, including Maj James's diaries and his report on Chandookah in Upper Sind.
Papers of Reginald Robert Langham Carter (b 1903), Indian Civil Service, Burma 1927-1947, relating to his experiences in the retreat from Burma following the Japanese invasion in 1941
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Papers of Reginald Robert Langham Carter (b 1903), Indian Civil Service, Burma 1927-1947, relating to his experiences in the retreat from Burma following the Japanese invasion in 1941.