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IOR/X/12087
- Record Id:
- 040-004310977
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002239808
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100158211210.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/12087
- Title:
- 'Bengal and Assam, India/Pakistan Boundaries as fixed by the Boundary Commission, 17 Aug 47' O.R. 5682
- Scope & Content:
- Fourteen copies of an outline map covering present-day Bangladesh and parts of Myanmar and other adjacent countries, with overprints in red ink showing two different sets of boundaries between India and Pakistan as fixed by the Boundary Commission 17 Aug 1947. Base map O.R. 5682 produced by Geographical Section, General Staff, (W.O.) 1942.The sheets are in two groups:IOR/X/12087/1/1-4, and IOR/X/12087/2/1-10. The red overprints on the first set show different boundary lines from those on the second set. Other details, including the date, are the same.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002239808
040-004310977 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/12000-12999 : IOR/X/12000-12999
IOR/X/12087 : 'Bengal and Assam, India/Pakistan Boundaries as fixed by the Boundary Commission, 17 Aug 47' O.R. 5682 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0008]/036-002239808[0110]/040-004310977
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 14 sheets
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1947
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- 1:2,922,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 86.014,20.0869,97.9671,28.2222
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 86°0’50”-E 97°58’2”/N 28°13’20”-N 20°5’13”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Printed on paper with overprint in red ink, one copy has manuscript additions in black ink on verso; 310 mm x 410 mm, on sheet 333 mm x 455 mm.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Boundary Commissions, 1947
Geographical Section, General Staff, 1881- - Places:
- Assam, India
Bengal, India
Burma, Asia
India, Asia
Pakistan, Asia