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‘File 16/3 Miscellaneous. Memorials and messages submitted to the Government of India and his Majesty’ [22r] (43/110)
The record is made up of 1 file (52 folios). It was created in 10 Dec 1917-22 Jul 1946. 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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Memorandum regarding the method of dealing with messages of a purely
personal and private nature addressed to His Majesty.
(1) (a) When messages from the following quarters are addressed direet
to Buckingham Palace, the replies will be issued from Buckingham Palace
and will be signed in the name of the King :—
The Viceroy.
Governors of Provinces.
The Commander-in-Chief in India.
Puling Princes of 11 guns or over.
The Prime Minister of Nepal.
The Aga Khan.
The Chamber of Princes or its Standing Committee.
The Presidents of the Legislative Assembly and Provincial
Legislative Councils.
(b) When such messages from any of the above quarters are addressed
direct to 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.
, they will be at once transmitted to Buckingham
Palace where they will be dealt with as under (1) (a).
(c) When such messages from any of the above quarters are addressed
to the Government of India or to any local authority in India, and are
transmitted by the Government of India, they will be dealt with as below :—
(i) When they are contained in telegrams from the senders, and in
other special cases of urgency, they will be communicated by
telegraph to the Secretary of State by the Government of India
(who will recommend how the message should be dealt with if
there are abnormal circumstances which point to a departure
from the usual procedure), and in normal cases the Secretary
of State will merely transmit any such telegram from the Gov
ernment of India to Buckingham Palace where it will be dealt
with as under 1 (a).
(ii) Messages other than those dealt with under (c) (i) above will be
forwarded by the Government of India by mail to the India
Office, which will submit them to Buckingham Palace and
simultaneously instruct the Government of India by mail to
convey in suitable form the acknowledgments of His Majesty,
but not in the form of a telegram signed as above.
(2) When messages from individuals (other than those referred to above)
who are personally known to His Majesty are addressed to Buckingham
Palace, they will be dealt with at the Palace.
(3) When messages, by telegraph or otherwise, from any of the following
quarters are addressed by the senders direct to Buckingham Palace, viz .:—
they will be transmitted to 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.
. 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.
will take the
necessary action on such messages. When they come from India, the India
Office will ask the Government of India to arrange for their acknowledgment
or other suitable disposal.
(4) Messages received at 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.
, other than those referred to
under (1) above, will be dealt with 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.
as under (3) above,
and either the texts or, in unimportant ease, lists of the names of the
senders, will be transmitted to Buckingham Palace for information.
GIPD—646 F&rD—21-12-29—750.
The President of the Council of State.
Regiments and Battalions with which the King is associated.
Ruling Chiefs under 11 guns,
Committees, Associations, etc,
Abdicated Ruling Princes,
Individuals not known to His Majesty,
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Copies of revised and reissued Government memoranda and official notifications, outlining procedures to be followed in the submission, receipt and transmission of memorials and petitions to the King and to the Governor General in Council. The instructions are distributed by the Government of India, and received by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain via the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The instructions include details of: acknowledgement of memorials, dependent on whether the sender is entitled to an eleven-gun salute; form and manner of petitions; method of submission of petitions; circumstances under with a petition may be withheld; transmission of memorials and petitions by provincial governments.
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- 1 file (52 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (f 53) mirror the chronological arrangement, but only cover that portion of the file’s correspondence dated 1939-1946.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1496
- Title
- ‘File 16/3 Miscellaneous. Memorials and messages submitted to the Government of India and his Majesty’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7v, 10r:44v, 45ar:45av, 45r:53v, 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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