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1. IOR/X/12084

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12084
Title:
'India/Pakistan boundaries as fixed by the Boundary Commission 17 August 1947' O.R. 6409 Punjab
Scope & Content:
Two pairs of maps of Punjab. IOR/X/12084/1/1-2, show the India/Pakistan borders and 'Sikh demand for line of R. Chenab' on an O.R. 6409 base map. IOR/X/12084/2/1-2 is the base map only. Base map produced by Geographical Section, General Staff, (W.O.) 1947.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
4 sheets

2. IOR/X/12087

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12087
Title:
'Bengal and Assam, India/Pakistan Boundaries as fixed by the Boundary Commission, 17 Aug 47' O.R. 5682
Scope & Content:
Fourteen copies of an outline map covering present-day Bangladesh and parts of Myanmar and other adjacent countries, with overprints in red ink showing two different sets of boundaries between India and Pakistan as fixed by the Boundary Commission 17 Aug 1947. Base map O.R. 5682 produced by Geogr...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947
Extent:
14 sheets

3. IOR Neg 15538-67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 15538-67
Title:
Papers of Earl Mountbatten of Burma as Viceroy 1947 and Governor-General 1947-48 of India
Scope & Content:
Mountbatten Collection: correspondence and papers of Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) as Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1947-48. the following original items have not been filmed: Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Viceroy 1947 and Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947-1948
Extent:
30 reels

4. Mss Eur C357

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C357
Title:
William Francis Hare papers.
Scope & Content:
Weekly correspondence of William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel (b 1906), as Secretary of State for India Apr-Aug 1947, with Lord Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), Viceroy of India Mar-Aug 1947; also letters, dated 1968 and 1978, relating to the appointments of Wavell and Mountbatten as Vicer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1943-1947
Extent:
1 portfolio

5. Mss Eur C631

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C631
Title:
Photocopy of letter from Sir Laurence Barton Grafftey-Smith (1892-1989), United Kingdom High Commissioner in Pakistan 1947-51
Scope & Content:
Photocopy of letter from Sir Laurence Barton Grafftey-Smith (1892-1989), alleging interference by Lord Mountbatten in the work of the Punjab Boundary Commission of 1947, after showing draft to Pandit Nehru.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1984
Extent:
1 folder (6 folios)

6. Mss Eur C645

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C645
Title:
Sir Evan Meredith Jenkins papers.
Scope & Content:
Three letters from Sir Evan Meredith Jenkins (1896-1985), Governor of Punjab 1946-47, to Stuart Evelyn Abbott (1910-92), Indian Civil Service 1933-47, his Private Secretary in 1947, on the question of last minute alterations to the boundary commission award partitioning the Punjab, in connection ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967-1973
Extent:
9 folios

7. Mss Eur D718

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D718
Title:
Walter Henry John Christie papers.
Scope & Content:
Papers of Walter Henry John Christie (b 1905), Indian Civil Service, Bengal 1928-47, including papers relating to Congress civil disobedience movements 1931-33, tour diaries 1936-37 as Deputy Commissioner in Chittagong, a diary Sept-Dec 1939 as Deputy Private Secretary to Viceroy, and a diary as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931-1948
Extent:
1 box

8. Mss Eur D768

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D768
Title:
Foreign and Commonwealth Office papers.
Scope & Content:
`The Origins of the Frontier between India and East Pakistan': confidential printed memorandum, with maps annexed, dated 19 Feb 1969, by Research Dept of Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1969
Extent:
48 pages; 6 maps

9. Mss Eur D807

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D807
Title:
Sir Evan Meredith Jenkins papers.
Scope & Content:
Papers of Sir Evan Meredith Jenkins (1896-1985), Indian Civil Service, Punjab 1920-47, Governor of Punjab 1946-47, comprising letter, dated 4 Aug 1947, to Lord Mountbatten containing defence of Punjab Government's handling of disturbances in the Province in 1947; copy of Report on Punjab Boundary...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947-1972
Extent:
1 portfolio

10. Mss Eur F164

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F164
Title:
Papers of Sir Francis Mudie, Indian Civil Service 1914-47
Scope & Content:
Mudie Collection: papers and correspondence of Sir (Robert) Francis Mudie (1890-1976), Indian Civil Service, United Provinces 1914-47, Revenue Secretary 1938-39, Chief Secretary 1939-43; Home Member, Governor-General's Council 1944-45; Governor of Sind 1946-47; Governor of West Punjab 1947-49.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914-1971
Extent:
64 items