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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [181v] (373/412)
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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his allegiance to the King. Secondly, if he attends the Dnrbar and then resigns,
his act will have every appearance of spontaneity, whereas, if he is excluded
from the
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).
and compelled to resign in advance, his act will be scarcely
distinguishable from deposition. Thirdly, I do not desire to depose a third
Indian Chief in my time, least of all in the Coronation year. Your telegram of
31st October only reached me after my interview had taken place, and after the
point about the
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).
had already been conceded.
E.
No. 480.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, Kotah, 7th November 1902, 4 p. m.
Private. Princess Dhulip Singh. Your private telegram of 3rd November.
I regret that at this late date it is quite impossible to provide accommodation
for the Princess and party at Delhi.
No. 481.] Viceroy to Secretary of State. x
P * Telegram, 8th November 1902, 8-45 p. m.
Case of 9th Lancers. On the afternoon of the 8th April, the 9th Lancers
arrived at Sialkot. On same evening Atu, a native engaged to cook for the regiment,
was brutally assaulted just outside the barracks by two soldiers, and was found next
morning in a dangerous condition, with his ribs broken and covered with blood.
He described assailants as belonging to 9th Lancers; and evidence showed that
he had been assaulted for failure to provide soldiers with native women. On 17th
April he died. No sufficiently serious attempt was made either by Military or
Civil authorities to investigate case or discover guilty parties. Commanding
Officer, after neglecting to take any steps before the death of Atu, then ordered
perfunctory Court of enquiry by officers of regiment and forthwith dropped the
case. Later on, Lieutenant-General Commanding ordered another Court, but
it was too late to ascertain truth. We then sent General Poyce Combe to
enquire and report. He addressed regiment in severe terms and threatened
punishment, but failed to advance matter. General Blood, in reporting upon the
whole case, delivered a strong ex parte statement intended to exonerate 9th Lancers
altogether, but nevertheless advocated imposition of sentry duty as penalty for
crime. Meanwhile a fortnight after first incident, a trooper in the same regiment
kicked a punkah
coolie
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
and the latter died. He was tried by the Civil Court and
fined. It remained for Government of India to deal with earlier case and to
enforce a stricter sense of discipline in regiment. We entertained little doubt
that guilty men belonged to 9th Lancers, and that responsibility for failure to
bring them to justice rested both with officers and men. Our Military advisers
proposed to us that, in addition to punishment recommended by Blood, 9th
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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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