'Rajpootana [Rājasthān] Miscellaneous File 1873'

Content

Petition, memorandums and written accounts relating to affairs in Rajpootana [Rājasthān] from 1873-1876.

Issues covered by the papers include the question of payment of expenses to employees of the Mount Abu Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ; an account of the last few weeks of the life of Sir Takht Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur and of the appointment of his successor Jashwant Singh II; testimonial from Pandita Ramarna who had been employed to research the history of Meywar [Mewār]; the condition of the Jain Temple at Ajmere [Ajmer]; and the Chiefs of Rajputana and the possible personal concessions and acts of grace which could be accorded to them at the Imperial Assemblage in Delhi in 1876.

Extent and format

1 file, 7 items (24 folios)

It is grouped into

Letter from the Horse Keeper, Driver and Sawar at Mount Aboo [Ābu] to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān], Mount Aboo

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/77, f 2

Letter from Pandut Rain Kurrum [Pandita Ramarna], Tonk to Lewis Pelly, Agent to the Governor General for Rajpootana [Rājasthān]

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/77, ff 3-6

Memorandum by Herbert Mills Repton on the Dhai dinka Jhompree or Jain Temple at Ajmere [Ajmer]

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/77, ff 10-11

List of Chiefs within the Rajpootana [Rājasthān] Agency

2 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/77, f 12

Report on the medical care of the Maharaja Sir Takht Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur

12 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/77, ff 13-18

Account of the succession of Jaswant Singh II, Maharaja of Jodhpur

4 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/77, ff 19-20

Letter from Major Charles Kenneth Mackenzie Walter, In charge, Agent Governor General's Office, Rajputana [Rājasthān], Abu to Lieutenant-Colonel Owen Tudor Burne, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Viceroy

8 images

Ref: Mss Eur F126/77, ff 21-24

Arrangement

The contents of the file have been arranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The file has been foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.

Binding: Folios 1-9 were previously tied together with string, which has been removed to enable the items to be read properly. The string has been placed at in a plastic sleeve and labelled as folio 8. The plastic sleeve may cause some loss of sharpness in the digital image of the folio. Folios 7-9 are blank.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

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

Mss Eur F126/77

History of this record

Date(s)

11 Aug 1873-6 Sep 1876 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

DurbarsKings and rulers--Succession

People & organisations

Maharaja of Jodhpur

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