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IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 537-553
- Record Id:
- 041-004251997
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100145662190.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162404239.0x000008
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 537-553
- Title:
- Reductions to Three Regiments of Native Infantry
- Scope & Content:
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Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 51 of 1847, dated 20 May 1847. The enclosures are dated 12 April to 19 May 1847 and contain correspondence relating to the following: the imposition of reductions to the size and rank of three new Regiments of Native Infantry under the control of the Bombay Presidency, limited to eight-hundred rank and file ‘native’ infantrymen; reductions applied to ‘European’ portions of these regiments, and appeals for proportionality in these cuts; Government of Bombay requests for a medical report on the salubrity of Aden for ‘European’ troops.
Correspondents include the following: Governor-General of India; Governor of Bombay; Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army; and the Medical Board.
A note in red ink on folio 539, dated 30 October 1906, indicates that enclosures 11-12 are missing.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539294
041-004251997 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/448 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 86
IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 537-553 : Reductions to Three Regiments of Native Infantry - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0086]/040-000539294[0020]/041-004251997
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (16 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1847
- End Date:
- 1847
- Date Range:
- 20 May 1847
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 51 of 1847
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Government of Bombay, 1662-1947
- Subjects:
- Military recruitment
Weather - Places:
- Aden, Arabian Peninsula