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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 9) |
| Abstract | Damodar P. Singhal’s research materials on British India’s diplomatic and frontier policies East Africa, Arabia, the Persian Gulf, Burma and the Red Sea. These include confidential memoranda and correspondence between British officials on consular jurisdiction in Persia, as well as matters relating to border disputes and claims of sovereignty over territories near the Somali coast, Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and Burma. The file also contains details of the commercial treaty signed between Britain and Burma in 1862. |
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| Keywords | diplomatic and frontier policies; Government of India; confidential memoranda; taxation; trade; law; border dispute; foreign relations; East Africa; Persian Gulf; Burma; Red Sea; Consular Jurisdiction; Somalia coast; Red Seal Burma; treaty |
| Start Date “Period From” | 1862 |
| End Date “Period To” | 1876 |
| Extent | 448 pp. |
| Item type/Format | Photocopy |
| Language | English |
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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 |
