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| Name of the Collection | Devahuti and Damodar Singhal collection |
|---|---|
| Folder/Categories | Subject Files-1846-1984 |
| Sub-folder/Sub-category | Colonialism in India, 1855-1981 |
| File No. /Acc. No. | 11 (Part 1) |
| Abstract | 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. |
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| Keywords | 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 |
| Start Date “Period From” | 1855 |
| End Date “Period To” | 1911 |
| Extent | 213 pp. |
| Item type/Format | Photocopy |
| Language | English & French |
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| Donor | Veena Sachdev (Devahuti Damodar Svaraj Trust) |
| Donation Date | March 2018 |
| Custodian | Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonepat (India) |
| Right/Copyright | Donor |
