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'Memoir for the Indian Political Service - Scheme by Lieut. Colonel L.A.G. Pinhey O.B.E.' [3r] (5/44)
The record is made up of 1 file (22 folios). It was created in after 1957. 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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1936 April. Posted to Wuetta as additional
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.
on
special post - Earthquake duty to assist in the re
inhabitation of Quetta City and its surroundings.
Compiled and edited the official Earthquake Report.
V/orked under Sir Ronald Wingate.
1937 Went on Home leave in March
” September. Posted as Secretary to the Agent to the Govern
ment of India in Baluchistan, Sir Arthur Parsons,
in Quetta. Also to his successor Sir Aubrey Metcalfe.
1940 Spring. Services lent to Kalat State as
Wazir
Minister.
-i-Azam (Chief
Minister), the Ruler being His Highness Khan Sir Ahmed
Yar Khan.
1943 January. Received the O.B.E. in the New Year Honours and
was presented v/ith it by Sir Rupert Hay, A.G.G.
Baluchistan at the Sibi
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
.
" Posted as
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.
Sibi
1945 Went on short home leave after the War finished on ”D M Day.
Posted as
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.
Eastern Rajputana States with
Headquarters at Bharatpur. In charge of Bharatpur, Dholpur,
Kotah, Bundi and Jhalawar States.
1947. Spring. Before Independence Day on August 14th was given
additional charge of the Jaipur
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
comprising
Jaipur, Kishengarh, Alwar, Karauli and Tonk States.
Moved H.Q. to Jaipur.
" On August 15th left India on retirement.
Post-India career
1949 Employed by British Foreign Office on three year contract
as Secretary to the British Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
1951 Sir Rupert Hay. Contract was shortened as a permanent
Foreign Office officer was appointed early in 1951» Was
appointed temporarily as Acting Consul in Khorramshahr at
the time of the nationalisation of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
” Consulate evacuated and taken over by the Iranian Government
under the orders of Mossadaque.
" September. Served with the Bahrain Petroleum Company as a
Liaison Officer.
1957 September. Retired finally.
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A memoir written by Lieutenant-Colonel Louis Alexander Gordon Pinhey about his career in 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. ( 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. ), 1927-47. The memoir details:
- His education, early career and reasons for joining 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.
- A description of Baluchistan, where he served as Assistant 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. , 1929-30
- A description of Zahidan [Zahedan], where he served as Vice-Consul, 1931-33
- A description of Ajmer, Rajputana [Rajasthan], where he served as Assistant Commissioner, 1933-36
- An account of an earthquake that struck Quetta on 31 May 1935
- A description of Kalat State, where he served as Wazir Minister. -i-Azam [Chief Minister] to Sir Ahmed Yar Khan, Khan of Kalat.
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- 1 file (22 folios)
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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 22; 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.
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- 'Memoir for the Indian Political Service - Scheme by Lieut. Colonel L.A.G. Pinhey O.B.E.'
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- 1r:22v
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- Pinhey, Louis Alexander Gordon
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