Death, on 19 May 1868, of the Rani Regent of Ajaigarh - the young Raja [Ranjor Singh] is entrusted with the management of the state under certain conditions
Papers regarding Bamra State - death, on 12 May 1869, of Raja Tribohan Deo of Bamra, as the result of a snake-bite - succession of his nephew Wasdeo Deo
Abandonment of the plan to hold a durbar for HRH the Duke of Edinburgh at Agra, it being thought that a large assemblage of people might exacerbate the prevailing scarity, and cause an outbreak of disease
6: Interviews of the Resident at Hyderabad with the Nizam
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Coll No. 2, Foreign Political Letter No. 21 of 8 July 1858 from the Governor-General to the Court of Directors; Coll No.3, Denial by Sir Robert Hamilton of certain Statements made by Mr Layard at St James's Hall, India Foreign Letter 8 July 1858 (No.22); Coll No.4, Establishment and Property of t...
Papers regarding Mysore State - grant of 150,000 rupees to the Maharaja [Krishna Raja Wodeyar] to enable him to celebrate certain ceremonies at his palace, the sum to be met from the interest accruing on the investments of the Mysore Trust Fund
Further papers regarding the last illness and death of the Raja of Kolhapur [Shivaji IV] and the succession of his nephew and adopted son Nagoji Rao Tataya Sahib Patankar who takes the regal name of Raja Ram (includes, on pp 12-13, a genealogical table of the Bhonsla Family)
Papers regarding Savanur State - Death, on 11 May 1868, of the Nawab of Savanur [Abdul Khair Khan] - Succession of his six year old son [Abdul Dalil Khan] - Arrangements for the administration of the state during the minority of the young Nawab - Government of India agree to advance a loan of up to 60,000 rupees for the payment of the State debts (includes revenue returns, also, on p 23, a genealogical table of the Savanur ruling family)
Further papers regarding the relations of the Rao of Cutch [Pragmal] with his Bhayad - the Rao refuses to sign the agreement drafted for him by the Government of Bombay (includes on, ff 466-473, a memorandum by Dadabhai Naoroji dated 3 Nov 1868, and, on ff 474-554, a memorial from the Rao of Cutch to the Secretary of State for India, with appendices and enclosures, printed, Bombay, 1869)
A reward of 2000 rupees and 100 bigahs of land is made to the Fakir Janki Das who had saved the lives of 21 Europeans in the Sirsa District during the Mutiny
Death, in London, on 24 Sep 1859, of the Ex-Raja of Coorg [Vira Raja] - question of the disposal of his property in London and Benares (includes a copy of his will, dated 20 Jun 1859, on pp 9-20)