Transcripts of letters from James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, Marquess of Dalhousie (1812-60), Governor-General of India 1848-56, to Field Marshal Sir William Maynard Gomm (1784-1875), British Army 1794, C-in-C, India 1850-55, concerning military administration and operations including the 2nd Burmese war.
Typescript copy of memoir, originally written 1827, by General Robert Bell (1759-1844), Madras Army 1779, describing his journey to India, army and social life and military operations, including campaigns against the French, the Mysore wars and the siege of Seringapatam; also related articles by...
`A Description of Archives on Africa available in Hyderabad Records of Andra Pradesh State Archives, Hyderabad': list by Sayed Shakeel Ahmed, Assistant Archivist, Andra Pradesh State Archives. Dated as: no date
Part of a journal of Robert Trotter (1807-78), Bengal Civil Service 1827-52, describing a voyage from Cape Town to India, his life as a Collector in Bengal, a journey down the Ganges from Patna to Calcutta, and travels in Egypt and Italy.
`The Story of Our Escape from Delhi in May, 1857, from personal narrations by the late George Wagentreiber and Miss Haldane' (Delhi 1894): copy of booklet by Miss Wagentreiber, of the experiences of George Wagentreiber, sub-editor of the Delhi Gazette, and his family during the Indian mutiny.
Extracts from transcripts of tape recording by Irma Bailey (1896-1988), wife of Lt-Col Frederick Marshman Bailey (1882-1967), Indian Army 1900-06, Indian Political Service 1906-38, about her recollections of life and people in India.
Letter from Esmond Walter Rawson Lumby (1909-72), India Office official 1934-48, assistant editor of `Documents on the Transfer of Power in India' at India Office Records 1968-72, to Professor Eric Thomas Stokes (1924-81), commenting on the role of India Office officials in the formulation of Bri...
`The Life and Times of a Regiment': copy of account, dated 1988, of the 4th/16th Punjab Regiment by Lt-Col John Arthur Valentine Bolam (1908-88), Indian Army 1928-47, covering the history, formation, organisation and campaigns of the regiment.
`Trench's Travels: Indian Voyage 1826-1830': article by Chalmers E FitzJohn Trench containing extracts from the journal of Lt Frederic FitzJohn Trench (b 1808), Madras Cavalry 1826-32 (photocopied from the `Indian Ocean Review', Jun and Sep 1988).
Viceroy's letters, dated Jan 1946-Jul 1947, to Governors of North-West Frontier Province commenting on their fortnightly reports; also letter, dated 26 Mar 1947, from Pandit Nehru to Sir Olaf Caroe, criticising the latter's conduct of Frontier and Tribal affairs, with Caroe's rejoinder.
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Viceroy's letters, dated Jan 1946-Jul 1947, to Governors of North-West Frontier Province commenting on their fortnightly reports; also letter, dated 26 Mar 1947, from Pandit Nehru to Sir Olaf Caroe, criticising the latter's conduct of Frontier and Tribal affairs, with Caroe's rejoinder.