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Coll 7/43 'Ammunition required for Swat state' [14r] (27/79)
The record is made up of 1 file (38 folios). It was created in 15 Apr 1938-18 Jan 1947. 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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Copy of letter No.695-
10th June 1939, from the Ohi f Secretery
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/ I have the honour to state the Wali of Swat
has applied for permission to purchase 300 rifles of
.275 bore and 200 rounds of ammunition per rifle.
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2. The Wali has recently di sba^ded 200 sowars as
he finds they are in existing circumstances an unncessary
drain on the State revenues. He has decided to ailist
600 foot in place of the sowars since he feels infantry
to be necessary for safeguarding the borders of Swat State,
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If m0re Particularly in the Kohistan area where the local
inhabitants, who were in possession of country-made
weapons, have been disarmed.
3. Swat State is becoming more and more dependent
upon facilities to purchase weapons from British India
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rather than from tribal territory and the continuance of
unsettled conditions on the border renders the maintenance
of large-standing army imperative.
4. The Wali's application has been held up for
about nine months as there were certain indications that
the Wali had forcible designs upon Kalam. There now
appears to be no likelihood of this at present. The Wali
has satisfied His Excellency the Governor at a personal
interview that he will allow no weapon or round of
ammunition to leave his own State.
5. The Local Administration, therefore, recommend
that the sanction of the Government of India be accorded
to arable the Wali to purchase the arms for which he has
applied.
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Correspondence regarding requests made by the Wali of the Princely State of Swat [Swāt] to import arms and ammunition, in 1938-1939 and 1945-1947. The file contains details of requests made through various Karachi agents to Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, and includes a number of Export Licence application forms.
The primary correspondents are 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. Political Department, the War Office, and the Government of India External Affairs Department. The file also includes reports received from the Chief Secretary to the Government of the North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. Province, reporting on the armed forces of the Wali of Swat, and granting permission for the application.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (38 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 40; 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/L/PS/12/2213
- Title
- Coll 7/43 'Ammunition required for Swat state'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:39v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence