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IOR/R/15/2/190
- Record Id:
- 040-000228457
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00039d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023034595.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/190
- Title:
- Applications from Persian Gulf Cadre for Indian Foreign Service and Indian Administrative Service
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain; the Political Agent at Bahrain; K V Rajagoplan, Officiating Superintendent, Political Agency, Bahrain; M A Hafiz, Indian Assistant to the Political Agent, Bahrain; Mr Carrau, clerk in charge of the Confidential Section of the Political Agency, Bahrain; B N Chakrabarty, Joint Secretary, Establishment Branch, Government of India, New Delhi; and the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.
The correspondence concerns the recruitment of Indian and Anglo-Indian members of the Persian Gulf Cadre for Class I appointments in the newly developed Indian Foreign Service and Indian Administrative Service in the months prior to the partition and independence of India in 1947. These papers include application letters (ff. 3-6); advertisment issued by Federal Public Service Commission inviting applications for recruitment to the Indian Foreign Service (ff. 10-11); and 'Federal Public Service Commission: Instructions to candidates for appointment by selection' (ff. 17-18A).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000228446
040-000228457 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/180-194 : File 3: Staff
IOR/R/15/2/190 : Applications from Persian Gulf Cadre for Indian Foreign Service and Indian Administrative Service - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0004]/038-000228446[0011]/040-000228457
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (38 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00039d
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1947
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 4 Mar 1947-15 Jan 1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The foliation sequence begins on the front cover and runs to the back cover; it appears in pencil, uncircled, in the top right corner of the recto of the page. Foliation anomalies: 1A, 12A, 18A, 18B.
- Former External References:
- Confidential file: 3/17
- Arrangement:
- This file is arranged in approximately chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)