IOR/R/15/2/1447

The file contains Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices issued by several departments. These were regularly forwarded by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire to the Political Agent, Bahrain and others for information and guidance. The circulars contain rules, procedures and instructions and relate mainly to Government of India personnel and wartime measures. Typical file contents are:

• Army Department notice about assistance for mechanical transport driver reservists in the Indian Army, seeking civil employment, 1936;
• List, of demobilised Medical Service officers seeking civil employment, compiled by the Indian Medical service, 1937;
• Notices issued in 1939 and 1944 by the Department of Education, Health and Lands, regarding The Secretary of State’s Services (Medical Attendance) Rules 1938 and the Central Services (Medical Attendance) Rules 1944;
• Defence Co-ordination Department notices, 1941 imposing restrictions on the photographing or drawing of any object by travellers, aboard vessels within the territorial waters of British India, under the Defence of India Rules;
• Department of Commerce notices, 1946 about enemy trading and the settlement of claims against enemies.

The file also contains correspondence in 1940 between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Educational Commissioner with the Government of India, about the provision of educational facilities for European children remaining in India instead of attending schools in England, owing to wartime conditions.