'File 15/18 II EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT -- CIRCULARS.'

Title:

'File 15/18 II EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT -- CIRCULARS.'

Date:

1944/1947

Description:

The file contains Government of India circulars and notices issued mainly by the External Affairs Department, 1945-1947, regarding the rules and procedures to be followed, mainly in relation to travel, for example, the return passages of officers on home leave and their families, between Britain and India, 1945.Other circulars and publications in the file are:Rest House Rules for offices on tour, 1945;A booklet called Civil appointments in India and Burma: Indian Civil Service, Indian Political Service, Indian Police, Burma Civil Service (Class 1), Burma Police (Class 1), Burma Frontier Service: recruitment regulations and conditions of service for War Service candidates, published 1945;A notice published in The Gazette of India, issue dated 11 January 1946, being the formal notice of the termination of war between Britain and Siam (later Bangkok);Notice of the annual Indian Political Service dinner in London, 1947;A Finance Department notice about the wartime closure of Suspense Accounts.The file also contains two circular letters, 1946, advertising the sale of uniforms by two officers leaving the service of the Government of India: Sir George Gillian and Sir Arthur Lothian.There is also a copy of the nil return submitted by the Political Agent, Bahrain to the Government of India, War Department, Army Branch, New Delhi in 1945, in relation to reporting the number of military officers serving in civil departments.1 file (59 folios)File papers are arranged chronologically. They are followed by file notes (folios 58-60), which include a chronological list of documents in the file, together with their unique document reference number to help identify them. The list also records the folio number and a simple reference number from 1 to 22 that has been written on many documents, usually the circulation slips, in red or blue crayon and encircled, to help locate them in the file.The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A second foliation sequence is present between ff 1-53. These numbers are also written in pencil (with a minority in blue crayon), but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. It should be noted that there are significant omissions within the secondary sequence. Circled index numbers can also be found throughout the file. These numbers are written in black or red ink, and red crayon.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Uniforms

Extent:

1 file (59 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0000c5_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0000c5_en
IOR/R/15/2/1462

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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