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'File 6/9 D F Chablani, Late of Eastern Bank, Bahrain' [‎33r] (67/120)

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The record is made up of 1 file (57 folios). It was created in 3 Nov 1929-14 May 1935. 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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business there also was rather very dull and we could hardly
make the two end meet. Side hy side, I knew Major Holmes,
Consulting Engineer of The Eastern and General Dyndicate Ltd,
since 1925 i.e. from the very time I went to Bahrein in the
service of The Eastern Bank Limited, Bahrein, as Major Holmes
k’liaw my character and everything elsOf I approached him to
help me and he promised me some time in the end of April last
i.t-. *hen he was proceeding to London, that he would do some-*
thing for me on his return. This gentleman returned from
London in October last and I then had an occasion to meet him
at Basra and remind him of his promise and he again assured me
that he would do something for me when he visited Bahrein. Then
Major Holmes went to koweit and from there direct Bahrein and
I forwarded him my application 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. to he
kindly forwarded to him and arrange for the necessary NO
In fact I did not leave Basra on the
3lst October as originally contemplated by me, so on the 12 th
ultimo I wired him at Bahrein as under:-
KM. MAJOR HOLMES,
BAHREIN.
" tfHAT HAS BEEN DECIDED ABOUT MY COMING THE RE 11
INTEND PROCEEDING TO INDIA FOURTEENTH GIVE"
^ ASSISTANCE - CHABLANI. -
During the interval I left Basra and did not get any reply from
him and on the 16 th ultimo i.e. after my departure a cable was
received in Basra, which was forwarded to me by post Karachi
* /
reading as under:-
CHABLANI CARE LALWANI, BASRAH.
"TWELVETH WILL CABLE YOU WITHIN A WEEK’S TIME-HOLMES".
I was awaiting for a further information from Major Holmes and
it was only yesterday that I received a letter from his Assistan
(copy of which is enclosed herewith for your honour's perusal).
from this letter, your Honour will Bind that although Major
Holmes is still prepared to help me and the Adviser to the
Bahrein Covemment (C. Dalrymple Balgrave, Esq) has also no
objection to my going to Bahrein, yet H.B.M's 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.
does not wish my return to Bahrein. Although I have no right to
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The file relates to Darynamal [also spelled Darynomal] Fatehchand Chablani, who had been employed as a clerk by the Eastern Bank, Bahrain before returning to India. The file includes papers relating to a request by the Bahrain Government that the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Bahrain deny Chablani a visa in order to prevent any attempt by him to return to Bahrain, November 1929; papers concerning the granting to Chablani by the Commissioner in Sind of a restricted passport to enable him to work in Basrah [Basra], November 1929 - September 1930; and papers relating to unsuccessful attempts by Chablani to obtain a passport for Bahrain, January 1932 - January 1933.

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1 file (57 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 59; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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. A second foliation sequence is present between ff. 2-8, and a third is present between ff. 31-52; the second sequence is written in blue crayon, the third sequence in pencil, neither of these sequences are circled, and they can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

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