Letter No.8 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
Mss Eur F126/82, ff 32-33
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 5 Feb 1875. 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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Letter, marked private, regarding articles in the Times of India and Bombay Gazette which had described the Gaekwar's palaces and which were very libellous and requesting that Pelly prohibit anyone from visiting the palaces unless on official duty, as well as advising him not to trust anyone from the newspapers and to keep as much in the background as possible until the Commission had concluded.
The letter concludes by instructing that he continue to carry out the reforms as requested by Government.
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- English in Latin script
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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 F126/82, ff 32-33
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- 5 Feb 1875 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F126/82, ff 32-33
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- Letter No.8 from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Government of India, Calcutta to Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly
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- 32r:33v
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