'Lieut.Col. Donald Macleod, H.E.I.C. of Achagoyle, 1795-1813 and of St. Kilda 1804-1813' by Mrs R N W Smith: manuscript life of Lt-Col Donald Macleod, Madras Army 1767-87 following hs return to Scotland.
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'Lieut.Col. Donald Macleod, H.E.I.C. of Achagoyle, 1795-1813 and of St. Kilda 1804-1813' by Mrs R N W Smith: manuscript life of Lt-Col Donald Macleod, Madras Army 1767-87 following hs return to Scotland.
Letter, dated 20 May 1817, from General (later Field Marshal) Sir George Nugent (1757-1849), C-in-C, India 1811-13, to William Evans, East India Company's Baggage Warehouse Keeper, about problems concerning articles and wines which he brought with him from India.
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Letter, dated 20 May 1817, from General (later Field Marshal) Sir George Nugent (1757-1849), C-in-C, India 1811-13, to William Evans, East India Company's Baggage Warehouse Keeper, about problems concerning articles and wines which he brought with him from India.
Draft (undated) for talk on partition of India by George Maconachie Brander (1906-77), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1930-47, Private Secretary to Governor of Punjab 1943-45, District Magistrate, Amritsar and Additional Commissioner, Lahore Division 1947; also letter, dated Government House, Lahore, 4 Dec 1947, from 'Rashid', evidently a former colleague of Brander's, on the atrocities committed in East Punjab, the legacy of bitterness which they have left, and the culpability of the British ...
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Draft (undated) for talk on partition of India by George Maconachie Brander (1906-77), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1930-47, Private Secretary to Governor of Punjab 1943-45, District Magistrate, Amritsar and Additional Commissioner, Lahore Division 1947; also letter, dated Government House, Lahor...
Letter [dated 1874] from John Ogilvy Hay, businessman of Akyab, transmitting a copy of 'Papers connected with the improvement of Arakan and railway communication through Burma...etc' (Privately printed 1873, BL ref: 08235.h.58), commenting on the suitability of the Arakan Hill Tracts for development, and enclosing a letter the recent succesful cultivation of various crops, particularly tobacco.
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Letter [dated 1874] from John Ogilvy Hay, businessman of Akyab, transmitting a copy of 'Papers connected with the improvement of Arakan and railway communication through Burma...etc' (Privately printed 1873, BL ref: 08235.h.58), commenting on the suitability of the Arakan Hill Tracts for develop...
Transcript of interview, given c1970s, by Laurence Brander (b 1903), Dept of English, Lucknow University 1927-39, worked for BBC Far Eastern Intelligence during war including 4 months in India 1942, managed Oxford University Press Bombay Office Jan 1946-Apr 1947. Interviewer was Charles Allen.
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Transcript of interview, given c1970s, by Laurence Brander (b 1903), Dept of English, Lucknow University 1927-39, worked for BBC Far Eastern Intelligence during war including 4 months in India 1942, managed Oxford University Press Bombay Office Jan 1946-Apr 1947. Interviewer was Charles Allen.
Letters from Sir George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood (1832-1917), Special Assistant, India Office Revenue and Statistical Dept 1871-1902, and others, regarding the India Museum.
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Letters from Sir George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood (1832-1917), Special Assistant, India Office Revenue and Statistical Dept 1871-1902, and others, regarding the India Museum.
A few miscellaneous papers relating to the possible disposal of the India Office Library and Museum and to the British Museum, with brief notes on their history and contents, possibly by James Robert Ballantyne (1813-64), Principal, Government College, Benares 1845-61, Librarian of India Office Library 1861-64.
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A few miscellaneous papers relating to the possible disposal of the India Office Library and Museum and to the British Museum, with brief notes on their history and contents, possibly by James Robert Ballantyne (1813-64), Principal, Government College, Benares 1845-61, Librarian of India Office L...
'Note on the Operations of the Special Duty Police for the Suppression of the Sub-Montane Gang of Dacoits from November, 1922 to March, 1924': official printed report with appendices containing copies of demi-official correspondence and newspaper reports relating to the suppression of dacoits in the Saharanpur, Bijnor, Moradabad and Kumaon districts of United Provinces.
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'Note on the Operations of the Special Duty Police for the Suppression of the Sub-Montane Gang of Dacoits from November, 1922 to March, 1924': official printed report with appendices containing copies of demi-official correspondence and newspaper reports relating to the suppression of dacoits in ...
Miscellaneous papers of George Gilbert White (b 1857), India and later Burma Public Works Dept 1878-1912, including candidates' marks in entry examination to Indian Engineering College 1874; confidential reports on White; letter from his wife describing visit by Lord and Lady Curzon to Bikaner 27 Nov 1902; petition from White to Viceroy requesting improved pension entitlements, 19o8; farewell dinner menu, 1912; and miscellaneous personal financial papers.
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Miscellaneous papers of George Gilbert White (b 1857), India and later Burma Public Works Dept 1878-1912, including candidates' marks in entry examination to Indian Engineering College 1874; confidential reports on White; letter from his wife describing visit by Lord and Lady Curzon to Bikaner 27...