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'File 15/18 FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT CIRCULARS RECEIVED FROM THE GOVT OF INDIA.' [82r] (157/370)
The record is made up of 1 file (185 folios). It was created in 19 Nov 1928-2 Nov 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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FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.
notification.
New Delhi, the 12th December 1933.
No. 649-H. —The following Royal Warrant,
amending the Royal Warrant for the institution
of the Kaisar-f-Hind Medal, which was publish
ed with the notification by the Government of
India in the Home Department, No. 1257,
dated the 11th May 1900, is published for
general information: —
GEORGE R.I.
GEORGE THE FIFTH, by the Grace of
God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the
British Dominions beyond the Seab
King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor
of India, to all to whom these Presents
shall come:
GREETING I
WHEREAS Her late Majesty Queen Victoria
did by Warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual,
bearing date the tenth day of April, One thou
sand nine hundred, in the sixty-third year of
Her Reign, institute and create a decoration to
be styled "The Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public
Service in India, and did make certain Kules
and Ordinances for the government of the
same; '
AND WHEREAS by the said Royal Warrant
power was reserved to Us of annulling and
altering the said Rules and Ordinances or an\
part thereof by a Notification under Our Royal
Sign Manual:
AND WHEREAS His late Majesty King
Edward the Seventh did by Warrant under His
Royal Sign Manual bearing date the eight day
of July, One thousand nine hundred and one,
make alterations and amendments in the
Fourth and Sixth Rules of the said Rules and
Ordinances;
AND WHEREAS the Seventh Rule was
altered and amended by Warrant under Our
Sign Manual bearing date the ninth day of
July, One thousand nine hundred and twelve:
AND WHEREAS We desire to make certain
further alterations and amendments in the
said Rules and Ordinances;
NOW KNOW YE that We do by these Pre
sents for Us, our Heirs and Successors, make
the following alterations and amendments in
the said Rules and Ordinances, that is to
say:—
1. For the Third Rule the following shall be
substituted: "Thirdly—It is ordained that
there shall be three classes of the Decoration
to be styled respectively 'The Kaisar-5-Hind
Medal of the First Class for Public Service in
India', 'The Kaisar-i-Hind Medal of the Second
Class for Public Service in India' and 'The
Kaisar-i-Hind Medal of the Third Class for
Public Service in India.' "
I
2. In the Fifth Rule, after the words "of the
Second shall be added the words "and the
Third ; and in the Ninth Rule and the proviso
thereto, after the words "of the Second" «hall
be added the words "or the Third."
3. In the Fifth Rule and in the Ninth Rule
and the proviso thereto, for the words "Our
Governor-General' shall be substituted the
words "Our Viceroy and Governor-General."
4. In the Sixth Rule, after the words "First
( lass shall be omitted the word "and," and
after the words ''Second Class" shall be' added
the words "and in bronze for the Third Class "
5. In the Seventh Rule, for the words
Medal of either Class" , shall be substituted
the words "Medal of one of these Classes";
and for the words "Foreign Department" shall
bo substituted the words "Foreign and Political
Department."
6. In the Eighth Rule, for the words "either
of the .Medals shall be substituted the words
"one of the Medals."
Given at Our Court at Saint James's
the Second day of November, One
thousand nine hundred and thirty-
three, in the Twenty-fourth year of
Our Reign.
BY HIS MAJESTY'S COMMAND.
SAMUEL HOAEE.
b. j. glancy,
Offg. Political Secy, to the Oovt. of India,
Ol FD—40(j F&rD—21-12-33—1000
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The file contains Government of India circular letters, memoranda and notices issued mainly by the Foreign and Political Department. These were sent to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire who forwarded them to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain and others. The circulars contain instructions, information and guidance on a wide range of topics. Most circulars are about the staffing and financing of departments and offices of the Government of India. Topics addressed include the following:
- The grant of an exemption to British consular and political officers stationed in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , from payment of rent for their accommodation, 1929;
- Revised regulations regarding the wearing of foreign orders, decorations and medals by both Government of India officers and British subjects, 1930;
- An instruction to review local expenditure and actively reduce costs as part of a drive for retrenchment of expenditure by all departments and offices of the Government of India, 1930;
- Notice of a new declaration to be made to Persian Customs by foreign travellers and pilgrims entering Persia, about the amount of foreign money in their possession, under a new Persian Foreign Exchange Law, 1931.
There are also several circulars in the file that communicate official British foreign policy in other parts of the world during periods of disturbance, so that British officials elsewhere would be able to counteract any inaccurate reports in circulation. Included are circulars about British occupied Palestine in 1928-1929, as follows:
- Printed circular memoranda from the Colonial Office, London, 1928, entitled ‘The Western or Wailing Wall in Jerusalem’, ‘Disturbances in Palestine’ and ‘Arming of Jews’;
- Circular telegram from the British High Commissioner, Jerusalem, 1929, about the reaction of the Arab population in Jerusalem to his instructions temporarily regulating religious observance at the wailing or western wall , pending a British Government enquiry into the existing rights of Muslims and Jews.
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- 1 file (185 folios)
- Arrangement
File papers are arranged chronologically. They are followed by file notes (folios 184-188), which include a chronological list of documents in the file dated 1938 onwards (folios 109-182), together with their unique document reference numbers to help identify them. The list also records the folio number and a simple reference number from 37 to 65 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.
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Foliation is written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the second folio, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 189. Some of the parts of the file have been paginated, which means that there are a number of folio numbers missing from the sequence. Foliation omissions: f 7, f 11, f 13, f 15, ff 76-77, ff 166-169. Foliation errors: f 3 is followed by f 3A, f 123 is followed by ff 123A-C. Folio 94 is folded.
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- Title
- 'File 15/18 FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT CIRCULARS RECEIVED FROM THE GOVT OF INDIA.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:3v, 3ar:3av, 4r:6v, 8r:10v, 12r:12v, 14r:14v, 16r:75v, 78r:118v, 120v:123v, 123ar:123cv, 124r:132v, 133v:165v, 170r:188v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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