1. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/51
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/4/51
- Title:
- No. 46a: Extract of letter from Lord Palmerston to Robert Vernon Smith
- Scope & Content:
- Asks Vernon Smith to tell Canning that he has heard that a geography book intended for a school in Bengal was objected to by a Hindu, because the geographic theory therein was opposed to the Hindu religion, and thereupon the book was withdrawn by order of Government. This is too absurd to be tru...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 7 Jan 1858
- Extent:
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