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'File 22/16 II (A66) Gwadur' [‎120v] (247/380)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (188 folios). It was created in 11 May 1929-13 Jun 1932. 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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(2) Haherail j - ana Charkki, the local B.I.Agent and' his assistant!^!)
seeing that the Post Master is hein- pressed on account of delay
caused to mails and that he might report against them have managed
to obtain few merchants signature on a complaint against Tost Easter
and "by this action they wanted to hold the Post Master in terror.
■ J3ut soon after tne <Sat Was out of hag and now all those who signed
ere saying ana admitting openly that they were led astray bv
Maheralli. moreover /these few who always derive some profit "by cheat-
-ing the B .i .Uoy. or the Insurance Coy. by joining; hends with locel
B .i. Agents are often r eady to submit to Agents will. Ve hold undeniable
proox s 'j 11.< L. Si^nci. wjj. e v?ere 0; tained by Maheralli when some went to
bim iO- c-e-i» spj < nd he took a deputation to few others for obtaining
signatures and now e^rery signee is repenting.
Such baseless unfounded complaints are being poured in your office
as some merchants are of opinion that the Post Master is the only
helpless man in world who cannot do anything to the f alse complainants ;
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in return and they may make a target of him when and however they
like.Moreover it appears that the Postal Officers themselves enter-
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-tain and invite complaints against their subordinates as they never
even give a bluff or warning to tne false complainants.
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(b) now we come to our real point that when it has been proved that
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the G.J.noodbhoy uoys employee are responsible for causing wilful
detention to mails* what actions the authorities are going to take.
Will the authorities punish them as required under some Indian Fost
Office Act if not why.
If reliables C.J.Hoodbhoy & Coy are not in a position to get some
reliable and good working men they can make room for better men and
as there are ample number of merchants who are willing to undertake
the conveyance of mails at reduced rates with guarantee of absolute
and entire satisfaction.
in conclusion we wish to add that if no suitable action is taken
fcnnediately in the matter we will be compelled to form the opinion
that either the Postal Officers are themselves accessary and accomplic
m companys wilful detention to mails or the xndian Post Office act
is framed onJ^' r wi th a veew to fill up some blank pages of the otatute
Wok and not for punishing the guilty ones and offenders.
Yours faithfully
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The file covers political, economic and general matters at Gwadar (which is referred to throughout as ‘Gwadur’). The file includes Annual Report of the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Gwadar for the year 1928, written by the British Agent, M Waris Ali, which includes sections on ancient history; area and population; main villages of the Gwadar territory; languages, religion and instruction; constitution, government and justice; British and state representatives; cases settled during the year under report; defence; passports and certificates of identity; frontier news in brief; shipping, communications and trade; foreign and inland commerce and the way in which both have contributed to bring about a destructive effect on Gwadar trade; fish trade; state customs, finance and baladiah; sanitation and doctor; climate, soil, rainfall and agriculture; production, industries and manufactures; mineralogy; slaves and their manumission; government buildings and their upkeep; government post office and telegraph office; meteorological and aeroplanes; banking and currency; weights and measures; the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; distinguished visitors to Gwadar during the year under report; archaeology; locusts; earthquakes; tides and tempests; and obituary for the late British agent, Raja King Lal Khan, who had committed suicide after going insane one night as a result of ‘super abundance [sic] of passport drudgery and other work mixed with anxieties and cares’.

The file also includes papers relating to communal disturbances at Gwadar between Khojas/Aga Khanis (who were British subjects) and Baluchis (subjects of the Sultan of Muscat). The troubles, which followed allegations of the defilement of a mosque with dung by Khojas, resulted in deaths of two members of the Khoja community, 1929-1932

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1 volume (188 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: The foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each page. There is also an old foliation system (not circled), numbered 1 (folio 6); then 98 (folio 103) - end of volume.

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