Account of the succession of Jaswant Singh II, Maharaja of Jodhpur
Mss Eur F126/77, ff 19-20
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in Mar 1873. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Account, most likely written by either Doctor James William Moore, Doctor to the Rajputana [Rājasthān] Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , or Major Charles Kenneth Walter, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. for Jaipur describing the introduction of Jaswant Singh II as the new Maharaja of Jodhpur 3 March 1873 to his Court, local Chiefs and citizens of Jodhpur.
The account includes details of the clothes worn by the Maharaja and his sons; the ceremony in which he acceded to the throne as Maharja; the reception by the Maharaja of his Chiefs, military regiments and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ; and the celebrations to commemorate the accession.
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- Mss Eur F126/77, ff 19-20
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- Mar 1873 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/77, ff 19-20
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- Account of the succession of Jaswant Singh II, Maharaja of Jodhpur
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- 19r:20v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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