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Accounts of the Office of the High Commissioner for India in London
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/AG/41
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- IOR/L/AG/41
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Title (The name of the record)
- Accounts of the Office of the High Commissioner for India in London
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For IOR/L/AG/41/12 see IOR/L/AG/42/2
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Some service files for High Commission staff who had previously served in the India Office are to be found in the series IOR/L/AG/29/3. Pensions paid to IHC staff in the UK 1955-1968 are recorded in IOR/L/AG/21/1/41-44.
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- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- c 295 volumes
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Unrestricted
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The India High Commission, established in London in 1920, took over certain responsibilities hitherto exercised by the India Office e.g. the Stores Department, the Indian students' advisory service, the issue of civil leave pay and pensions etc. In Feb 1922 it acquired additional responsibilities including civilian steamship passages, exhibitions and the care of destitute lascars, and from Feb 1924 it was responsible for the recruitment to certain official posts in India.
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Accounts of the Office of the High Commissioner for India in London