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'File 15/18 FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT CIRCULARS RECEIVED FROM THE GOVT OF INDIA.' [83r] (159/370)
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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KAISAR-I-HIND MEDAL.
KOYAL WARRANT of 10th April 1900, instituting the Kaisar-i-Hind
Medal, as amended by Royal Warrants of 8th July 1901, 9th July 1912,
and 2nd November 1933.
W hereas We, taking into Our Royal consideration that there do not
exist adequate means whereby We can reward important and useful services
rendered to Us in Our Indian Empire in the advancement of the public
interests of Our said Empire, and taking also into consideration the
expediency of distinguishing such services by some mark of Our Royal
favour : Now for the purpose of attaining an end so desirable as that of thus
distinguishing such services as aforesaid, We have instituted and created,
and by these presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, do institute and
create a new Decoration—to be designated as hereinafter described,—
and We are graciously pleased to make, ordain, and establish the following
Rules and Ordinances for the government of the same which shall from
henceforth be inviolably observed and kept.
Firstly. —It is ordained that this Decoration shall henceforth be styled
and designated " The Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for Public Service in India."
Secondly. —It is ordained that any person without distinction of race,
occupation, position, or sex, shall be eligible for this Decoration who shall
have distinguished himself (or herself) by important and useful service in
the advancement of the public interest in India.
Thirdly. —It is ordained that there shall be three classes of the Decoration
to be styled respectively " The Kaisar-i-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.''
Fourthly. —It is ordained that awards of the Medal of the First Class shall
be made by Us, Our Heirs and Successors, and such awards shall only be
made on a recommendation to Us by Our Secretary of State for India.
Fifthly. —It is ordained that awards of the Medal of the Second and
the Third Class shall be made by Our Viceroy and Governor-General of
India for the time being.
Sixthly. —It is ordained that the Medal shall consist of an oval-shaped
Badge or Decoration—in gold for the First Class, in silver for the Second
Class and in bronze for the Third Class—with the Royal Cypher of Ourselves,
Our Heirs, and Successors in the centre on one side and on the reverse
the words " Kaisar-i-Hind, for Public Service in India,'" and that it shall be
suspended on the left breast by a dark blue ribbon.
Seventhly. —It is ordained that the names of those persons to whom a
Medal of one of these Classes may be awarded shall be published in the
" Gazette of India," and in the Gazette of the Local Government under the
jurisdiction of which the service was rendered, and shall be entered in all
Civil and Official lists, and that a registry of such names shall be kept in the
Office of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India.
Eighthly. —It is ordained that if any one, after having received one of
the Medals, again renders such service as, if he had not received such
Medal, would have entitled him to it, such further service shall be recorded
by a bar attached to the ribbon by which the Medal is suspended ; and for
every such additional ^service an additional bar may be added.
Ninthly. —In order to make such additional provisions as shall effectually
preserve pure this honourable Decoration, it is ordained that if any person
on whom the Medal of the First Class is conferred be guilty of any crime or
disgraceful conduct which in Our judgment disqualifies hrm for the same,
his name, shall, by an especial Warrant under Our Sign Manual, to be
countersigned by one of Our Principal Secretaries of State, be forthwith erased
from the list of those upon whom the said Decoration shall have been
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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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