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IOR/L/E/8/496

Record Id:
040-000190581
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
040-000190581
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000001437.0x000125
LARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/E/8/496
Title:

E&O 393/34 - Indian Earthquake of 15th January 1934: main file

Scope & Content:

File includes:

  • Text of a speech delivered by the Governor of Bihar and Orissa, dated 22nd January 1934, on the present situation in Bihar, of relief already organised, and an invitation to donate to an earthquake relief fund
  • Preliminary Report on the North Bihar Earthquake of the 15th January 1934 (51 page booklet: Government Printing, Patna, 1934) report includes an Isoseismal Map, Scale 1 inch = 22 miles, of the Bihar earthquake
  • Government of Bihar and Orissa Report on the progress of earthquake reconstruction in Bihar (undated 18 page booklet)
  • Government of Bihar and Orissa Report, dated 17th August 1934, on the earthquake and on the events that followed
  • Report by W B Brett, Relief Commissioner, Bihar and Orissa, on the Bihar Earthquake and on the measures taken in consequence thereof up to the 31st December 1934 (Government Printing, Patna, 1935) report includes: photographs of areas effected by the earthquake; map (scale 1 inch = 10miles) of North Bihar with colour references to lands damaged by the earthquake and an Isoseismal Map (Scale 1 inch = 22 miles) of the Bihar earthquake
  • Final Report on the Survey of Lands Damaged by the Earthquake in North Bihar in 1934 (Government Printing, Bihar and Orissa, Patna, 1934) report includes map (scale 1 inch = 10miles) of North Bihar with colour references to lands damaged by the earthquake

other papers include: texts of reports (that were sent by telegram during January 1934) on the aftermath of the earthquake; Parliamentary questions and replies; messages of sympathy from overseas governments; newspaper cuttings; reports on Legislative Assembly debates and Council of State debates

Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Records
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-000184227
036-000190085
040-000190581
Is part of:
IOR/L/E : Economic Department Records
IOR/L/E/8 : Departmental Papers: Annual Files

 

IOR/L/E/8/496 : E&O 393/34 - Indian Earthquake of 15th January 1934: main file
Hierarchy:
032-000184227[0007]/036-000190085[0497]/040-000190581
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/E
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1934
End Date:
1936
Date Range:
Jan 1934-Jun 1936
Era:
CE
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