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'A Grandfather's Tale: Memoirs being mainly concerned with service in the Indian Army and the Indian Political Service in India and the Persian Gulf from 1932-1947' [4r] (7/118)
The record is made up of 1 file (57 folios). It was created in Jul 1984. 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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FOREWORD
A GRANDFATHER * S TALE
Memoirs being mainly concerned with service
in the Indian Army and the Indian Political
Service in India and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
from
1932 - 19^7
These memoirs are largely based on letters written to my
mother between 1932 and 194?. My memory has also been assisted
by a photographic record covering the same period. I had
intended to write a very brief account of my 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.
in response to a request from
the
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.
Library and Records Department of the British
Library Reference Division but my children insisted that for
the benefit of ray grandchildren I should write in greater detail.
I hope, however, that what I have written for the family will not
entirely obscure what may be of interest to the
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 that some flavour of the fascination of a Political
Officer's life may come through, and also some idea of what one's
family had to endure from time to time in the way of frequent
moves and changes of climate.
I am more grateful than I can say to Miss Rose Bishop of
Chichester Diocesan Church House, Hove, who has in her spare
time produced order out of the chaos of my original manuscript.
She was a pillar of strength to me when I worked in Church House
and has not failed me in my retirement.
HUGH RANGE
(Major H. D. H. Ranee. 1st Gurkhas, Indian
Political Service and Colonial Administrative
Service retired)
Rottingdean. July 1984
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A memoir written by Major Hugh Dunstan Holwell Rance about his career in the Indian Army and 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. ), 1932-47. The memoir details:
- His childhood and education
- His service in the Indian Army, 1932-36 and 1940-43
- His service in 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. , 1936-40, at Baroda [Vadodara], Simla [Shimla], Agra, Rajkot, Bushire [Bushehr], Shiraz and Bahrain
- His service in 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. , 1943-47, at Quetta, Mekran [Makran], Bahrain, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. [United Arab Emirates] and Shiraz
- His career with the Colonial Service in Northern Rhodesia [Zambia] and at the Colonial Office in London, 1948-51
- His career in the private sector, 1952-76.
Folios 56-58 contain photocopies of maps showing parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and the Gulf.
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- 1 file (57 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) 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 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.
Pagination: a typed pagination sequence is present between ff 6-55.
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- 'A Grandfather's Tale: Memoirs being mainly concerned with service in the Indian Army and the Indian Political Service in India and the Persian Gulf from 1932-1947'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:55v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence