'File No 20/7 Ceremonials and Honours. Armistice day'
IOR/R/15/2/1672
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The record is made up of 1 file (49 folios). It was created in 29 Oct 1933-9 Nov 1947. 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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The file contains circulars sent by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain regarding the observance of Armistice Day on 11 November of each year between 1933 and 1945. Similar circulars were sent in 1946 and 1947 to observe Remembrance Day on 10 and 9 November respectively. These were all circulated to the Political Agencies in the Gulf. Each circular contains a list of people/corporate bodies to be circulated to. These include; the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, the Mukhi of the Hindu community, and The Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO). The circulars include certain procedures to take place on the day, namely that there should be complete suspension of all normal business throughout the British Empire and in all British Government Offices during the Two Minutes’ Silence commencing at 11 am. At 11 am the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. flag will be dipped to half-mast and raised again at 11.02 as a sign that the Two Minutes’ Silence is over. From 1938 onwards poppies were sold on Armistice Day and later on Remembrance Day.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (49 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Folios 44-50 are file notes.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 51; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-50; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/1672
- Former external reference(s)
- 20/7
- Date(s)
- 29 Oct 1933-9 Nov 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Remembrance day (UK)
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- IOR/R/15/2/1672
- Title
- 'File No 20/7 Ceremonials and Honours. Armistice day'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:50v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence