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Political and Secret Letters and Enclosures received from India

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/7/1-253

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This record is about the Political and Secret Letters and Enclosures received from India dating from 1875-1911.

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IOR/L/PS/7/1-253
Title
Political and Secret Letters and Enclosures received from India
Date
1875-1911
Description

Political and secret letters and enclosures from the Government of India to the Secretary of State for India in London - copies of the Secretary of State's answering dispatches are included from 1897. From 1875 to 1884 the political letters are filed in a separate sequence from the secret letters.The enclosures comprise extracts of proceedings, correspondence, minutes, reports etc. relating to the subjects raised in the letters. Note:- correspondence relating to the Indian States, 1881-1902, has been extracted from Vols 27 to 150 of this series and renumbered as L/PS/6/357-394. Certain files for the years 1902-1911 on special subjects have been extracted to form the first section of the series L/PS/10.

Related material

For previous series see IOR/L/PS/5 (Secret), IOR/L/PS/6 (Political); for succeeding series see IOR/L/PS/10-11. For indexes and Registers see IOR/Z/L/PS/7

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
253 volumes
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Unrestricted

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/acb7b3ae-05f7-45c4-905f-d8f47b78b522/

Series information

IOR/L/PS/7

Political and Secret Correspondence with India

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Political and Secret Letters and Enclosures received from India