Letter from Lewis Pelly to Colonel John Allen Wright
Mss Eur F126/70, ff 77v-78
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 30 Sep 1874. 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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Note enclosing a telegram from Calcutta regarding the illness of the Maharana [Shambhu Singh] of Oodeypore [Udaipur] and instructing him to remain at the palace as much as possible and describing the protocol for the last hours of a Chief's life:
- Copy of a telegram from the Foreign Secretary to the Agent for the Governor General [Pelly] regarding the dangerous illness that the Maharana of Oodeypore is suffering from and requesting that 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. [Wright] will endeavour to ascertain the Maharana's wishes; or if he dies to take steps to ensure the continuation of administration pending settlement of succession.
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- Letter from Lewis Pelly to Colonel John Allen Wright
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