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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [168r] (346/412)
The record is made up of 1 volume (202 folios). It was created in 1903?. 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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smaller and grouping them on either side of King’s head, namely, Edward YII
on one side, King and Emperor on the other.
R.
No. 402.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 16th September 1902, 5 p. m.
Private. Please see your private letter of August 27th. When you say that
the King has decided to give the Gold Medal to all the Chiefs commemorative
of the Coronation, I presume that you refer to the six Chiefs alone who were
present in England. Again, when you say that the G. C. V. O. will be given
to Maharaja Sindhia and the Maharajas of Jaipur and Kolhapur, does this mean
that the Maharaja of Bikaner will not get it ? Your answer is important to
us, because it affects my proposals for honours, which are about to issue. Can
you also tell me whether the Maharaja of Idar was made Honorary Major-
General, and what other military ranks have actually been bestowed, if any ?
R.
No. 403.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 17th September 1902. (Despd. from Eoreign Dept.)
Coronation Honours. My proposals for the grant of Coronation Honours,
in Indian Orders, for January next, will go home by the mail of next week.
In the first class of both Orders, the existing vacancies are sufficient to meet
requirements; but there are only five K. C. S. I.’s vacant, no C. S. I.’s, six
K. C. I. E.’s, and the ordinary half-yearly distribution of C. I. E.’s, namely,
ten. I venture to ask that, with His Majesty’s permission, the number of
Members of the Order of the Star of India may be permanently increased by 15,
from 276 to 291, viz., five in the second class of Knights, and ten in the third
class of Companions. The number of the 2nd class will then be 85, and of
the third class 170. In the Order of the Indian Empire, I ask for a permanent
increase of ten in the second class, raising the number from 82 to 92. In the
third class, I ask to increase the ordinary half-yearly nomination of ten by 20
additional for the present occasion only, involving no permanent increase to
the numbers of that class. It is on the above basis that my recommenda
tions are being made.
No. 404.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
Telegram, 18th September 1902. (Despd. from Rev. & Agrl. Dept.)
Pamine. Agricultural prospects further improved by general rain during
the week, and there has been a considerable decline of distress in districts
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This volume comprises printed copies of telegraphic correspondence, dated 1 January-31 December 1902, of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, with Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India.
The beginning of the volume contains a detailed index of names, places and subjects (ff 4-15). This is followed by telegrams from the Secretary of State for India to Lord Curzon, numbered 1-588 (ff 18-97) and telegrams from Lord Curzon to the Secretary of State for India, numbered 1-584 (ff 99-198).
A wide variety of subjects are covered, including matters relating to:
- The Aden Protectorate, notably the delimitation of the Aden boundary and relations with Turkey [Ottoman Empire]
- Afghanistan, including the Amir [Amīr Ḥabībullāh Khān] and Russian relations with Afghanistan
- The Army in India
- Berar [also known as the Hyderabad Assigned Districts], particularly relations with the Nizam of Hyderabad [Asaf Jah VI]
- Military operations of the Boer War 1899-1902
- Boer prisoners of war in India
- China, including the evacuation of British troops from Shanghai
- A ceremony to mark the Coronation of King Edward VII (as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India) including the Delhi Coronation Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
- The famine in India
- Financial and administrative matters
- Recommendations and awards of Honours of the United Kingdom to the British Indian Army and Government and to indigenous Indian rulers and dignitaries, including Coronation Honours
- The Koweit [Kuwait] Protectorate, including relations with Turkey
- British policy in Persia [Iran]
- The establishment of a Police Commission in India
- Construction and extension of railways in British India
- British relations with Russia notably in connection with India, Persia, Afghanistan, China and Tibet
- Military operations in the Somaliland Protectorate [the Republic of Somaliland]
- British policy in Tibet.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (202 folios)
- Arrangement
The telegrams are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of each of the two sections of the volume, which are divided by a folio of blue card. Each telegram is numbered, and the index on folios 4-15 gives the numbers of the telegrams which correspond to each name, place or subject listed in the index.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 198; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
Pagination: the volume also contains two original printed pagination sequences.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:78v, 79v:198v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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