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'Memoir for the Indian Political Service - Scheme by Lieut. Colonel L.A.G. Pinhey O.B.E.' [4r] (7/44)
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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Service 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.
from 1925 to 1947
1. Introductory - Background
School After Preparatory School in Horsham, Sussex v/ent to
Wellington College, Berkshire from June 1915 to July 1919.
No particular distinction at school. Passed Army Examination
in July 1919 as a King's India Cadet. This was awarded to me
on the strength of my father's record in the Indian Political
Department where he ended his career as Resident in Hyderabad
after being Private Secretary to the Viceroy, Lord Minto.
My father, Lt. Col. Sir Alexander Pinhey KCSI. etc. died in
harness and left my mother badly off which contributed to the
grant of the K.I.Cadetship to me.
Went to Sandhurst from September 1919 to July 1921.
Commissioned to the Unattached List, Indian Army, on the
14th July 1921.
Spent one year with the 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
in Ahmednagar near Poona.
Posted to the 92nd Punjabis in September 1922 and joined them
in Pishin near Quetta. The Regiment later became the 4th /8th
Punjab Regiment Prince of Wales' Own.
Served with the Regiment in Baluchistan until April 1923 when
it was transferred to Calcutta for two years. During that
time I was attached for some months to the Viceroy's Staff,
(Lord Reading) as an extra ADC. during the Christmas season
in Calcutta and later for a month or two in Delhi.
Rejoined my Regiment in Bannu, NWFD. in March 1925 before going
on my first leave home in April 1925.
After this I never returned to my Regiment as I was posted as
Personal Assistant to the Resident in Hyderabad, Deccan, Sir
William Barton. This was recognised as a stepping stone to
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.
and I remained there from Sept
ember 1925 until about April 1927. During this period I went
to Delhi for interviev/s with the Political Secretary to the
Viceroy, Sir John Thompson, and the Foreign Secretary, Sir
Dennis Bray.
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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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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
- Author
- Pinhey, Louis Alexander Gordon
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- ©Jane Withinshaw (née Pinhey)
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