‘File 15/36 I Departmental Examination of officers of the I.M.D.'

IOR/R/15/2/1478

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The record is made up of 1 file (5 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1939-12 Mar 1940. 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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Content: The file contains one main document: a letter from the Government of India, Defence Department, Army Branch, New Delhi, 23 December 1939, to the Director General, Indian Medical Service (IMS). The letter notifies the Director General of the Government’s decision to suspend departmental examinations for the promotion of Assistant and Sub-Assistant Surgeons of the Indian Medical Department (IMD), for the duration of the Second World War (1939-1945). The letter was copied to 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. , Bahrain and the Medical Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , at Dubai.
Extent and format: 1 file (5 folios)
Arrangement: File papers are arranged chronologically. They are followed by file notes (folio 5) which include a chronological list of the two main enclosures in the file, together with their document reference number and folio number, to help identify and locate them in the file.
Physical characteristics: Foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 5.
Written in: English in Latin script
Type: Archival file

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/R/15/2/1478
Former external reference(s): English Office Series: 15/36-I
Date(s): 23 Dec 1939-12 Mar 1940 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: ExaminationsSecond language instructionSecond World War (1939-1945)
People & organisations: Indian Medical Service

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Reference: IOR/R/15/2/1478
Title: ‘File 15/36 I Departmental Examination of officers of the I.M.D.'
Pages: front, front-i, 1r:4v, 4r, 5v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence