‘16/58 Contributions for the sufferers of Bombay fire’
IOR/R/15/2/1570
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The record is made up of 1 file (6 folios). It was created in 17 May 1944-29 Aug 1944. 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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Correspondence received by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. relating to a donation of five hundred Indian rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. from the Bahrain merchant Rao Sahib Jashanmal, and the institution of a relief fund in Bombay [Mumbai], for the benefit of people suffering in the wake of the Bombay dockyard explosion and subsequent fire that occurred on 14 April 1944.
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- 1 file (6 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (f 7) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-6; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English in Latin script
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- Archival file
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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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- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1570
- Former external reference(s)
- English Office: File 16/58
- Date(s)
- 17 May 1944-29 Aug 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Bombay Docks Explosion (14 April 1944)Disaster reliefDonations
- Places
- Bombay
- People & organisations
- Jashanmal Group, trader
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1570
- Title
- ‘16/58 Contributions for the sufferers of Bombay fire’
- Pages
- 2r:2v
- Author
- Jashanmal, Rao Sahib
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1570
- Title
- ‘16/58 Contributions for the sufferers of Bombay fire’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 3r:7v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
