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1. Mss Eur C923

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Mss Eur C923
Title:
Copies of letters, dated 29 Apr and 1 May 1939, from General Sir (Harry Beauchamp) Douglas Baird (1877-1963), Indian Army 1897-1940, G.O.C-in-C, Eastern Command 1936-40, and enclosures, commenting on flagrant abuses perpetrated in Eastern States, advocating their merger and reform, and proposing in the meantime that troops should not be employed to supportbut rather 'to arrest and expel these Rajas, whose atrocities are now coming to light'; also miscellaneous memorabilia.
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters, dated 29 Apr and 1 May 1939, from General Sir (Harry Beauchamp) Douglas Baird (1877-1963), Indian Army 1897-1940, G.O.C-in-C, Eastern Command 1936-40, and enclosures, commenting on flagrant abuses perpetrated in Eastern States, advocating their merger and reform, and proposing...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939
Extent:
1 folder

2. Mss Eur D944

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Mss Eur D944
Title:
Alfred Norval Mitchell papers.
Scope & Content:
`Years that have ended': memoir by Alfred Norval Mitchell (b 1906), Indian Civil Service 1930-34, Indian Political Service 1934-47, including a description of his career in the Central Provinces, North-West Frontier and Frontier Province, Bastar, the Orissa States and Kolhapur.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930-1947
Extent:
1 box

3. Mss Eur F226

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Mss Eur F226
Title:
Memoirs of former members of the Indian Political Service or their wives
Scope & Content:
Indian Political Service Collection: memoirs of some thirty-five former members of the Indian Political Service, or their wives, describing their experiences, chiefly in the period 1920-1947, as political officers in the Indian States, the North-West Frontier Province, Baluchistan, or the Residen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1947
Extent:
35 items