Nepal Affairs
IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 203-228
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The record is made up of 1 item (26 folios). It was created in 18 Sep - 9 Oct 1837. 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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Enclosures to Despatch to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. No. 14, dated 9 October 1837.
The enclosures relate to affairs in Nipaul [Nepal], and are dated 18 September-9 October 1837.
The papers cover: correspondence from the Resident at Catmandhoo [Kathmandu] (Brian Houghton Hodgson), reporting on a meeting with the Rajah of Nepal [the King of Nepal, Rajendra Bikram Shah], and the change of ministry there, and making recommendations for British policy in Nepal; the response of the Government of India; and a letter of condolences dated 9 October 1837 from the Governor General to the Rajah following the death of his son.
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There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-7, on folios 204-205. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of each enclosure.
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 203-228
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- No. 14
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- 18 Sep - 9 Oct 1837 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/5/128, ff 203-228
- Title
- Nepal Affairs
- Pages
- 203r:228v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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