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Tape recording of interview, given 1984, by L-Corp Leonard (b 1903), Lance-Corporal, King's Royal Rifle Corps, on his experiences in the British Army in India 1921-28.
Tape recording of interview, given 1984, by Monica Clough on her life as a tea planter's daughter in Travancore in the 1920s and 1930s, and as the wife of a businessman in Calcutta in the 1940s.
Tape recording of interview, given 1984, by Arthur Walter Pryde (b 1896), Indian Army 1917-23, Indian Police, Bombay and Sind 1923-47, on his military and police career in India.
Tape recording of interview, given 1984, by Herbert Christopher Beaumont (b 1912), on his career in the Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1936-44 and in the Indian Political Service 1944-47.
Tape recording of speeches, given 2 Jun 1983, by Sir Frederick Dainton, Chairman of the British Library Board, and the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, at a reception to mark the publication of the final volume of the `Transfer of Power in India' and the first volume of `Burma: the Struggle for Independence'.
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Tape recording of speeches, given 2 Jun 1983, by Sir Frederick Dainton, Chairman of the British Library Board, and the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, at a reception to mark the publication of the final volume of the `Transfer of Power in India' and the first volume of `Burma: the Struggle for Ind...
Tape recording of interview, given 1984, by Lady Irene Mary Squire (b 1898), widow of Sir Giles Frederick Squire (1894-1959), Indian Political Service 1924-47, on her life in India as a teacher at the Mahbubia School, Hyderabad, and as the wife of an Indian Political Officer serving in Iran 1936-...
Tape recording of first interview, given 1984, by Maj Anthony Charles Ker Maunsell (b 1907), Indian Army 1927-34, Indian Political Service 1934-47, on his life and career in India.
Tape recordings, given 1980-82, by Leslie Cyril Frederick Robins (b 1907) of his memoirs as an officer of the Indian Police 1928-47, serving mainly in the United Provinces, and by his wife, Ena Robins, of her recollections of life in India.
Tape recording of second interview, given 1984, by Maj Anthony Charles Ker Maunsell (b 1907), Indian Army 1927-34, Indian Political Service 1934-47, chiefly on the British attitude to the Indian demand for independence, the problem of the States, and the problem of Hyderabad.
Tape recordings and transcripts of interviews, given 1984, by ten members of the Indian Police on their experiences in India c1904-47. [Transcripts available].