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Commonwealth Relations Office: High Commission, Maldive Islands: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: DO 188
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DO 188
This series contains records of the British High Commissioner to the Maldive Islands.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DO 188
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commonwealth Relations Office: High Commission, Maldive Islands: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1960-1963
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the British High Commissioner to the Maldive Islands.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- Divehi and English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Commonwealth Relations Office, High Commission, Maldive Islands, 1960-1966
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 11 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Maldive Islands were under the protection of the British Crown from 1887, from which time relations were conducted through the Governor of Ceylon (from 1948, the High Commissioner). By agreement in 1960 the Maldivian government assumed responsibility for relations with other states in certain fields, and a British High Commission (based in Colombo, Ceylon) was established. The Maldives achieved full independence in 1965.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6197/
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