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Memoir of the Career of Thomas Edward Rogers [54r] (107/118)
The record is made up of 1 file (59 folios). It was created in Mid 20th century. 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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take revenge. But even combustible material needs ignition. I believe that,
in this as in other cases in the past history of riot in India, the criminal and
the basest elements in the population seeking loot and paying off old scores was
the first match to light a fire in the name of religion which drew many normally
decent men into the contagion of its flames.
I was 34 at this time and determined, perhaps to a fault, to do everything
possible to restore the situation and to be on hand for any decision of importance
which might have to be taken. I had also to look to disorders outside Quetta,
in Pishin and north towards the Afghan border at Chaman. On my visits there I
found it curious, as a former servant of the British raj and now of Pakistan, to
be addressing assemblies of
sirdars
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
and notables, chiding them for failure to
control their tribesmen and exhorting them to see the peace was kept. I also
remember with a touch of pride that I was able to keep going for the four or
five days of the emergency (in which the Superintendent of Police and I were the
two British officers at the head of affairs, the injured Henry Oliver being in
hospital) without, I believe, much loss of efficiency and with a sleep count of
13 or 16 hours.
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The file consists of a memoir written by Thomas Edward Rogers. The memoir covers his background, education and career. He also records his reasons for joining the Indian Political Service 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. . The memoir relates his career in India and in the Foreign Service in Bengal, Persia [Iran] and the Gulf, Quetta (including experiences of post-Independence unrest), and as Deputy Secretary in the Pakistan Cabinet Secretariat. It also relates his career with the Foreign Office in Spain, Yugoslavia, Argentina, Canada, and Colombia.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 59; 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. The file also contains an original foliation sequence.
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- Memoir of the Career of Thomas Edward Rogers
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- 1r:59v
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- Rogers, Thomas Edward
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