India (nation)
Found in 7962 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), [1895]
Letter from Tahl Rahm (52 Frederick Road, Grey's Inn Road, London) to Lady Randolph Churchill expressing sympathy on the death of Lord Randolph Churchill, reminiscing about Lord Randolph's visit to India and asking whether the poet laureate, Pandit Lal Chandra, may compose poetry in Sanskrit about Lord Randolph.
(Untitled), 02 Nov 1899
(Untitled), 03 Nov 1899
Letter from Mary [Lady Curzon](Viceroy's Camp, Rajputana [India]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] including [Lady Randolph's] future marriage [to George Cornwallis-West]; the buildings she has seen; Sir Pertab Singh's riding accident; the suffering caused by famine; the success of the Anglo Saxon Review; the Boer War; and the popularity of [Pamela Plowden, later Lady Lytton].
(Untitled), 04 Nov 1902
Letter from Mary [Lady Curzon](Viceroy's Camp, India) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which she advises her on the appropriate headgear to wear in Delhi, says that she is looking forward to seeing her and says that she will not need an ayah in addition to her maid.
(Untitled), 22 Jul 1898
Letter from George (Gloucester House, Park Lane [London]) to Lady Randolph Churchill returning a cutting [of one of WSC's articles].
(Untitled), 31 Jan 1903
Letter from King Edward VII (Windsor Castle) to Mrs George Cornwallis West [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he thanks her for sending him a letter from [Leonie, Lady Leslie, formerly Leonie Jerome] about her visit to India [see CHAR 28/62] and expresses approval for the Viceroy of India [Lord Curzon, later Lord Curzon of Kedleston]. Envelope sealed with red wax present.
(Untitled), 30 Aug [1897]
Letter from Captain Ronald Kincaid-Smith (4 (The Queen's Own) Hussars, Bangalore [India]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] informing her that WSC has gone to the frontier. He says that he hopes WSC will get his medal and that he has been amused by WSC, advises her to visit India, comments on the engagement of one of the members of the regiment and on the advantages of Reuters telegrams.
(Untitled), 13 Jan 1922
Letter from Edwin Montagu (India Office) to WSC defending his policy in India and lamenting the fact that Britain is not taking the lead in rehabilitating Turkey, which would bring an improvement in the Indian situation.
(Untitled), 25 Jan 1922
Telegram from 1st Lord Northcliffe [earlier Sir Alfred Harmsworth] (Bombay, [India]) announcing that he is returning and reporting that the situation in Bombay, especially with regard to the Muslims, is "ugly".
(Untitled), 10 Sep 1921
Extract from a letter from the Maharajah of Alwar (Alwar, Rajputana, [India]) to [Edwin Montagu] enthusing about the visit to India of the Duke of Connaught, the opening of the Chamber of Princes and the new Viceroy [Lord Reading, earlier Sir Rufus Isaacs]. Typescript copy sent with CHAR 2/117/116.
(Untitled), 22 Dec 1921
Telegram giving the text of the speech of the Viceroy of India [Lord Reading, earlier Sir Rufus Isaacs] in reply to a deputation of representatives of various shades of political opinion. Printed copy sent with CHAR 2/118/94.
(Untitled), 27 Dec 1921
Letter from Edwin Montagu (India Office) to WSC asking him to get [David Lloyd George] to authorise Montagu to ask the Aga Khan, who is the only leading Muslim available, to remain at the Peace Conference in Paris because people living and working in India do no trust Lord Curzon despite his many diplomatic achievements.
(Untitled), 02 Jan 1922
Letter from WSC (Cannes, [France] to [Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII and the Duke of Windsor] criticising recent British policy in India, praising the Prince's visit there, expressing optimism about the Irish settlement, praising the Pacific Agreement reached at the Washington Conference, criticising the French attitude on submarines and hoping that the Prince will make progress at polo. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 02 Dec 1921
Extract from the Times of India: article by [Sir Stanley Reed] on the importance to Indian Muslims of the readjustment of the Treaty of Sevres to bring about the withdrawal of Allied control of Constantinople [Turkey], the withdrawal of the Greeks from Smyrna and Thrace and the restoration of the suzerainty of the Kalif over the Holy Places of Islam. Copy sent with CHAR 2/120/34.
(Untitled), 19 Jul 1922
(Untitled), 26 Mar 1922
Special edition of the Alwar State Gazette containing the speech of the Maharajah of Alwar at a banquet to the Viceroy, Lord Reading [earlier Sir Rufus Isaacs], and the Viceroy's reply.
(Untitled), 14 Jun 1922
Letter from M H Ispahani, honorary secretary of the London Muslim League (18 Sloane Street, [London]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/123/191-198 and CHAR 2/123/199 and arguing that not until there has been a just settlement with Turkey can there be a return to normal conditions in India.
(Untitled), 14 Jun 1922
(Untitled), Aug [1922]
Cutting from the Times: letter to the editor from Lord Sydenham [earlier Sir George Clarke] attacking WSC's contention that the critics of Government policy in India, Ireland and Palestine are responsible for the disasters which those policies entail.
(Untitled), 06 Dec 1922
Letter from 2nd Lord Lytton (Governor's Camp, Bengal, [parts of Bangladesh and India]) to WSC commiserating with him on his illness and election defeat, congratulating him on his achievements, reporting that the break-up of the Coalition came as a surprise in India, wondering what WSC, 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] and David Lloyd George will do now, reporting that although he is enjoying his work in India he gets home-sick, and inviting WSC to visit him.
(Untitled), 20 Mar 1924
Letter from ?(Vice Regal Lodge, Delhi, [India]) to WSC regretting WSC's defeat in the election for the Abbey Division of Westminster, a contest which aroused great interest in the East and Far East, praising the Viceroy of India, Lord Reading [earlier Sir Rufus Isaac] for the way he is tackling his "thankless job", and praising "The World Crisis".
(Untitled), 1922
Annual report for 1922 of the Royal Dutch Company for the Working of Petroleum Wells in Netherlands India.
(Untitled), 01 Nov 1924
Letter from Pamela, Lady Lytton (Government House, Darjeeling, India) to WSC congratulating him on the election result, reporting that 2nd Lord Lytton has crushed the revolution in Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India] with the help of Lord Reading [earlier Sir Rufus Isaacs] and Charles Tegart's police force. Refers to their journey through the Himalayas and expresses hatred for India.
(Untitled), 31 Dec 1924
(Untitled), 26 Apr 1925
Letter from General Sir William Birdwood [later 1st Lord Birdwood] (SS Narkonda) to WSC expressing his determination to tackle the difficulties of his new command in India and thanking him for his support.