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Coll 28/2 ‘Persia. Anti-British propaganda in: Case of Sewa Singh & propaganda in East Persia.’ [50r] (99/315)
The record is made up of 1 file (155 folios). It was created in 9 Oct 1929-Dec 1935. 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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The Hon* ble thel Agen^^« t^i'1she governor General
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and Chief Comjjiissloner in Baluchistan.
To,
The Foreign becretary to the Government of Indiaj
Foreign and Political Department,
Hew Delhi.
Memorandum Ho. 954-b , dated ,*uetta the 18th Dec 1921.
Subject:- "Hok-hundi- Mirjawa Mail Contract w .
A reference is invited to Foreign and Political
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INDIA FOREIGN SE3fM T ''
Letter No 13 ,
Dated 22 JAM. 1332
■ 15 FEB. 1332
pn Department telegram Ho. 2086-b, dated the 18th
^ August 1931, in which I was instructed to cancel
the contract concluded with Jagat Singh, son of
R.S.Jowala Singh, for the carriage of mails between
Mok Kundi and Mirjawa.
2. In accordance with these instructions tenders
were called for by the Director of Posts and
Telegraphsj Sind and Baluchistan Circle, Karachi,
for the carriage of mails which, pending the con
clusion of a new contract, continued to be trans
ported by Jagat Singh’s firm. The lowest tender
was put in by the firm of Kirpal Singh, Brothers,
Army Contractors, Quetta, and in accordance with
the instructions of Government enquiries into the
finanacial and political status of this firm were
made both locally and from His Majesty’s Consul,
Seistan. As a result it appears that this firm
has had no previous experience whatever of contract
work in the Mirjawa area and His Majesty’s Consul,
Seistan, reports that he has received information
that it has made private arrangements with the
present contractor to take over his lorries, and
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would therefore presumably continue to employ the
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Papers relating to anti-British and pro-Communist activities in East Persia [Iran]. The file consists of reports from British administrators in the region, on the activities of individuals suspected of being involved in anti-British activities, or disseminating anti-British materials:
- Reports concerning a number individuals reported to be agitating amongst the population in East Persia, including Sewa Singh (mentioned in the file title, who should not be confused with Sewa Singh Thikriwala) who was finally expelled from the country by the Persian authorities.
- Reports regarding the Soviet Consulate in Sistan, its activities and associates, and reports that the Consulate was being used as a communications channel between Russia and India, via the railway running south through Duzdap [Zahedan].
- Speculation and reports on the connections of individuals in East Persia with the Ghadr (or Ghadar) Party, based in San Francisco, USA.
- A review of the mail contract running between Nok Kundi and Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh], in response to reports of the contractor’s connections with the Ghadr Party.
- Arrangements for the detention, seizure of passports, and expulsion from Persia of suspected agitators.
The file’s principal correspondents are: the British Consul at Sistan and Kain [Kā’īn] (Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly); the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department.
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- 1 file (155 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 157; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which exists between ff 2-156 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 28/2 ‘Persia. Anti-British propaganda in: Case of Sewa Singh & propaganda in East Persia.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:32v, 36r:88v, 90r:94v, 96r:157v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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