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DDS Subject File No. 11 (Part 1)
Subject Files-1846-1984
Colonialism in India, 1855-1981
1855
Damodar P. Singhal’s research materials on Britain and Russia’s rivalries over Afghanistan and Central Asian territories, known as the ‘Great Game,’ as well as British India’s diplomatic and frontier policies in Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier Province. These include confidential memoranda, secret letters and reports by the Government of India on taxation, trade, law, border disputes, foreign relations and military operations. Also included are notes on the history of the then-ruling Barakzai dynasty of Afghanistan, copies of letters exchanged between the Amirs of Afghanistan’s and Russian authorities known as ‘Russian Correspondence with Kabul’ and various treaties signed by Britain and other powers.
British-Russian rivalries; Great Game; diplomatic and frontier policies; Afghanistan; North West Frontier Province; confidential memoranda; secret letters; reports; Government of India; taxation; trade; law; border dispute; foreign relations; military operations; Barakzai; Amir; Russian correspondence with Kabul; treaties
English & French
213 pp.
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DDS Subject File No. 11 (Part 2)
Subject Files-1846-1984
Colonialism in India, 1855-1981
1855
Damodar P. Singhal’s research materials on Britain and Russia’s rivalries over Afghanistan and Central Asian territories, known as the ‘Great Game,’ as well as British India’s diplomatic and frontier policies in Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier Province. These include confidential memoranda, secret letters and reports by the Government of India on taxation, trade, law, border disputes, foreign relations and military operations. Also included are various treaties signed by Britain and other powers.
British-Russian rivalries; Great Game; diplomatic and frontier policies; Afghanistan; North West Frontier Province; confidential memoranda; secret letters; reports; Government of India; taxation; trade; law; border dispute; foreign relations; military operations; Amir; treaties
English & French
254 pp.
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DDS Subject File No. 11 (Part 3)
Subject Files-1846-1984
Colonialism in India, 1855-1981
1855
Damodar P. Singhal’s research materials on Britain and Russia’s rivalries over Afghanistan and Central Asian territories, known as the ‘Great Game,’ as well as British India’s diplomatic and frontier policies in Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier Province. These include confidential memoranda, secret letters and reports by the Government of India on taxation, trade, law, border disputes, foreign relations and military operations.
British-Russian rivalries; Great Game; diplomatic and frontier policies; Afghanistan; North West Frontier Province; confidential memoranda; secret letters; reports; Government of India; taxation; trade; law; border dispute; foreign relations; military operations; Amir; treaties
English & French
377 pp.
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DDS Subject File No. 11 (Part 4)
Subject Files-1846-1984
Colonialism in India, 1855-1981
1855
Damodar P. Singhal’s research materials on Britain and Russia’s rivalries over Afghanistan and Central Asian territories, known as the ‘Great Game,’ as well as British India’s diplomatic and frontier policies in Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier Province. These include confidential memoranda, secret letters and reports by the Government of India on taxation, trade, law, border disputes, foreign relations and military operations.
British-Russian rivalries; Great Game; diplomatic and frontier policies; Afghanistan; North West Frontier Province; confidential memoranda; secret letters; reports; Government of India; taxation; trade; law; border dispute; foreign relations; military operations; Amir; treaties
English & French
252 pp.
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DDS Subject File No. 11 (Part 5)
Subject Files-1846-1984
Colonialism in India, 1855-1981
1855
Damodar P. Singhal’s research materials on Britain and Russia’s rivalries over Afghanistan and Central Asian territories, known as the ‘Great Game,’ as well as British India’s diplomatic and frontier policies in Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier Province. These include confidential memoranda, secret letters and reports by the Government of India on taxation, trade, law, border disputes, foreign relations and military operations.
British-Russian rivalries; Great Game; diplomatic and frontier policies; Afghanistan; North West Frontier Province; confidential memoranda; secret letters; reports; Government of India; taxation; trade; law; border dispute; foreign relations; military operations; Amir; treaties
English & French
207 pp.
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