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'File 15/23 LIST OF HOLDERS OF INDIAN WORD CODE ETC & RULES RELATING THERETO.' [297r] (679/686)
The record is made up of 1 file (298 folios). It was created in 1 Apr 1924-3 Oct 1933. 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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INDIAM POSTS AMD TELEGRAPHS DRPAl 'TilMT.
FROM ; THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OP POSTS MB TEL1GMPBS;
TO : ALL LOG AL GO WEN iSEKT S AJffl ADMINISTRATIONS:
No. 1-^/33, Dated S I M L A, the 5th SEPTEMBER 1933.
lii M ENDMBN.TS T O TH E 1ST EDITION OF THE PEFMANENT SUPPLEMENT
TO .THE ^gH E DITION OF 1 'i'HS] TODTAH mRir mnErT5^r7
Sii-,
In continuation of this office latter No, T-86/33j dated
the 26th August 1933 9 I have the honour to enclose herewith a copy
of the latest issue of the periodical Supplement No. 90, dated the
2nd August 1933. to the publication referred, to above and to request
that necessary amendments may kindly be made- therein.
I have the honour to be s
Sir ?
Your most obedient servant,
for OFFICIATING BIRECTDR-GENERAL
No. T-86/33 .
Copy • together with a copy of the do omen t referred to above,
is forwarded po all Departmenius of the) Government of India (inclui-
ing < the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research), the Financial
Adviser, Military Finanae, the Private and Military Secretaries to
ms Excellency the Viceroy and to all Departments subordinate to
the Department of Industries and Labour lor information and favour
of necessary action.
SI ML A?
The! 5th September 1933,
for 0 FFICI ATTN G-„ DI REG TO R QENERAL
NOo T-86/33
A copy-together with a co-Quy of the document referred to, is
also forwarded to- o-
All Postmasters-General;
The Director, Posts & Tele graphsSind & Baluchistan Circle;
The Controller of Telegraph Stores? ilipore;
The
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
Postmasters, Calcutta^ Bombay and Madras;
Tne P^ and 'F^M^ f ' Sections, and ) fVv . ^
The Wireless and Engineering Branches ) 01 1)1118 u iiice„
for information and necessary action.
jr\
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S, I M L A 5
Tb^ 5feh Scnfcsmber 1933 r .
BEFJJT DIRECfOR-GENERAL, TELEGRAPffi
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The file contains supplements listing amendments, additions and cancellations to entries in the Indian Word Code 1924 and also to the distribution lists for both the Indian Word Code 1924 (IWC) and the Government Telegraph Code 1922, as follows:
- Supplement nos. 31-61, dated 1927-1928, to the ‘List of holders of the Indian Word Code 1924’;
- Supplements nos. 3-90, dated 1928-1933, to the ‘First edition of the Permanent Supplement to the Sixth edition of the Indian Word Code 1924’;
- Two copies of ‘B. List ii. Distribution of Economical Code for use in Inland State Telegrams’, 1922;
- Correction memoranda nos. 1-17, dated 1924-1926, to the ‘Distribution List (B) of Economical Code (now called New Indian Word Code, 6th edition, 1924) for use in Inland State Telegrams’;
- Several correction slips, dated 1928, 1929, 1932 regarding the distribution in India of the ‘List of Holders of the Government Telegraph Code 1922’.
These regular updates were issued by the 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. , London and then widely circulated to Government of India departments and offices by the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department. The Secretary to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. forwarded copies 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 others, so that Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. clerks could make the necessary alterations to the Agency’s office copy of the Indian Word Code and related distribution lists.
Indian code words were made available to designated I.W.C. holders for use in certain official communications. Code words could be substituted for and replace the names of Government of India post holders, departments and external organisations. Code words were also used to communicate a specific instruction, such as a particular action to be carried out by the recipient.
The file also contains a few circular letters and correspondence as follows :
- Several circular letters dated 1930-1933, from the British Legation, Jeddah and other British and Indian Government departments and offices, about cancellations or changes to their telegraphic addresses in the Government Telegraph Code;
- A telegram from The Imperial and International Communications Ltd, Head Office, Karachi to the Officer in Charge of its Wireless Station at Bahrain and a memorandum from 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 to the Secretary to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , both dated 1931, about the telegraphic address for the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , in view of the company’s withdrawal of free services for British and Indian Government telegraphic addresses from 1 January 1932.
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- 1 file (298 folios)
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File papers are arranged chronologically. They are followed by one folio of file notes (folio 299).
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The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Fold out folios: 61-73, 89-93, 95-111, 114-115 and 118-119.
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- Title
- 'File 15/23 LIST OF HOLDERS OF INDIAN WORD CODE ETC & RULES RELATING THERETO.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:61v, 61ar:61av, 62r:62v, 62ar:62dv, 63r:63v, 63ar:63av, 64r:64v, 64ar:64av, 65r:65v, 65ar:65av, 66r:66v, 66ar:66av, 67r:67v, 67ar:67av, 68r:68v, 68ar:68av, 69r:69v, 69ar:69av, 70r:72v, 72ar:72bv, 73r:73v, 73ar:73bv, 74r:89v, 89ar:89av, 90r:90v, 90ar:90av, 91r:91v, 91ar:91av, 92r:92v, 92ar:92av, 93r:93v, 93ar:93av, 94r:96v, 96ar:96bv, 97r:97v, 97ar:97av, 98r:98v, 98ar:98av, 99r:101v, 101ar:101bv, 102r:102v, 102ar:102bv, 103r:103v, 103ar:103av, 104r:108v, 108ar:108ev, 109r:109v, 109ar:109bv, 110r:110v, 110ar:110av, 111r:111v, 111ar:111av, 112r:115v, 115ar:115av, 116r:118v, 118ar:118av, 119r:119v, 119ar:119bv, 120r:195v, 196v:299v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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