The file contains the following two printed notes: 'Notes regarding the building of New Delhi and Viceroy's House, taken from a speech made by Sir Edward Lutyens at a meeting of the India Society on February 2nd, 1935; and 'Personal Notes that will require editing: New Delhi', dated March 1939, ...
Contains guest lists and seating plans for various lunches and dinners held at the Viceregal Lodge, Simla; the Viceroy's House, New Delhi; Government House, Calcutta; Tripura House, Calcutta; Belvedere, Calcutta; HMS Norfolk at Calcutta; and Government House, Ganeshkhind
Timetables of the Viceroy's Special broad-gauge train
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From Kalka to Madras (Central), 24th to 27th July 1940; and from Jalgaon to Kalka, 18th to 20th August 1940. Includes a note on the allotment of cars at the railway station at Bhopal on 25th July 1940.
Visit of the Viceroy and the Marchioness of Linlithgow to Gwalior
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The file contains a programme of their Excellencies the Viceroy and the Marchioness of Linlithgow's Tour to Gwalior in November 1936 (with sketches in pencil, possibly done by Mrs Maxwell); a programme of the visit of His Excellency the Most Honourable the Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy and Gove...
Visit of the Viceroy and the Marchioness of Linlithgow to Patiala, Jammu and Kashmir, October 1940
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Programme of the Autumn tour of Their Excellencies the Viceroy and the Marchioness of Linlithgow to Pinjaur (Patiala) and Srinagar (Kashmir) in October 1940 (contains a fold out map of the tour); and a confidential programme of the visit to Jammu and Kashmir issued by the Office of the Military S...
Miscellaneous items relating to Maxwell's time as Comptroller to the Viceroy's household
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Includes a programme for a play called 'Bits and Pieces' (2 copies, undated); calling card for the Marquess and Marchioness of Linlithgow, 21st October 1938 (4 cards); a list of hymns and psalms for the service held at the Church of the Redemption, New Delhi, November 6th, 1939 (2 copies); and a...