Political and Secret Department Library: 'D' Books
Scope & Content:
Covers Assam, Bhutan, Burma (including Shan States, Chin Hills etc), Burma-China Frontier, China (except Chinese Turkestan, for which see L/PS/20/A), Nepal, Tibet, Sikkim, North East Frontier of India, Siam, South East Asia and Far East
Political and Secret Department Library: Memoranda
Scope & Content:
Memoranda kept by officials of the Political and Secret Department, India Office. Many are duplicated in the series L/PS/18 or in Parliamentary Papers [V/4] - these duplicates are noted in the list below.
Political and Secret Department Library: 'F' Books
Scope & Content:
Covers the Indian Princely States (except Kashmir, for which see L/PS/20/B, and Bhutan, the Shan Stares and Sikkim, for which see L/PS/20/D). Also includes some reports on political/civil disturbances
Political and Secret Department Library: 'H' Books: Miscellaneous Internal
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous material relating to the internal administration of India, principally with reference to the Princely States. Includes papers relating to Maharaja Dalip[Duleep] Singh and his family.
Political and Secret Department Library: Michell's Russian Abstracts
Scope & Content:
Printed reports and extracts from Russian newspapers and other publications translated into English by Robert Michell, Russian interpreter to the Political and Secret Department, India Office, and printed in annual numerical sequences for the department. Includes material on Russia's advances in ...
Political and Secret Department Library: Government of India Foreign Department Memoranda regarding the the Indian Frontier Areas and Neighbouring Countries