'Memoirs and Recollections of An Officer of the Indian Political Service' [‎4r] (7/156)

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'Memoirs and Recollections of An Officer of the Indian Political Service'

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Ref: Mss Eur F226/7

The record is made up of 1 file (78 folios). It was created in 1983?. 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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I returned to the Regiment considerably chastened, wondering what the future held
for me if my application was rejected. However, to my great relief and delight, the
Regiment - which had by then moved to Lucknow - received a telegram instructing me to
report for duty to the Resident and Chief Commissioner of Aden, under whom I was to
commence a three year probationary period as an officer of the IPS The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. . So ended one
stage of my career.

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Content: This file contains a photocopy of a typewritten draft of Sir John Richard Cotton's (b 1909) memoirs of his time in the Indian military and civil service. The memoirs, which were written when the author was 'in his seventy-fourth year', cover his time in the Indian Army, at Aden, Ethiopia, Attock, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Mount Abu, Hyderabad, Rajkot (Kathiawar), the Political Department in New Delhi, and finally the UK High Commission in Pakistan.
Extent and format: 1 file (78 folios)
Physical characteristics: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 78; these numbers are written in pencil 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. The file also contains an original printed foliation sequence.
Written in: English in Latin script

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Reference: Mss Eur F226/7
Title: 'Memoirs and Recollections of An Officer of the Indian Political Service'
Pages: 1r:78v
Author: Cotton, Sir John Richard
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