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India (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7962 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 26 May [1935]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/136-142
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Letter from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, (98 Elm Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC, on the debate on the Third Reading of the Government of India Bill, enclosing notes on the Fiscal Convention governing the fiscal relations between Britain and India.

Dates: 26 May [1935]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 May 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/143
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Letter from "Top" [Lord Wolmer, later 3rd Lord Selborne, Chairman, Executive Committee, India Defence League] (3 Chester Gate, Regent's Park [London]), to WSC, regretting that he was unable to attend dinner [at Claridges Hotel] for opponents of the Government of India Bill; also stating his intention to move the rejection of the Bill at the Third Reading.

Dates: 20 May 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 May 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/144
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Letter from WSC to Lord Wolmer, [Chairman, Executive Committee, India Defence League, later 3rd Lord Selborne] approving his intention to move the rejection of the Government of India Bill at the Third Reading. [Carbon].

Dates: 25 May 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 May 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/145-146
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Letter from Lord Wolmer [Chairman, Executive Committee, India Defence League, later 3rd Lord Selborne] (3 Chester Gate, Regent's Park [London]), to WSC, on his weakness following an attack of bronchitis; stating that he did not intend to attend the House of Commons that week, and would reserve himself for the Third Reading of the India Bill; also on the intrigues of Sir Samuel Hoare [Secretary of State for India, later 1st Lord Templewood] in dealing with the Indian Princes.

Dates: 28 May 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 May 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/147
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Letter from WSC to 4th Lord Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne], on dinner for opponents of the Government of India Bill; stating that the object was to rally forces in the House of Commons for the Third Reading, and to hand over "the continuance of the battle to you and the House of Lords". [Carbon].

Dates: 29 May 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/151
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Letter from 11th Lord Middleton [earlier Michael Willoughby] (Birdsall House, Malton, Yorkshire) to WSC with thanks for his hospitality at the dinner at Claridges Hotel [London] for opponents of the Government of India Bill; commenting that he enjoyed it enormously, and was delighted to hear the "robust views" of those who were not "scared out of their wits by the idea of Empire", and that he hoped that they could effect a change to the bill in the House of Lords.

Dates: 01 Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/152
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Letter from Sir Henry Croft, (15 Southwell Gardens, Gloucester Road [London]) to WSC, with congratulations on the success of his dinner for opponents of the Government of India Bill, which formed a "rallying point for Conservative and Imperial thought".

Dates: 01 Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jun 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/153
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Letter from Sir Nairne Stewart-Sandeman, (61 Tufton Street, Westminster [London]) to WSC, with congratulations on the success of his dinner for opponents of the Government of India Bill; regretting that the speech by 4th Lord Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne] could not be broadcast, as it summed up the "unexpressed feelings of the people of the country".

Dates: 01 Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jun 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/164
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Sir John Anderson, [Governor of Bengal (later parts of Bangladesh and India), later 1st Lord Waverley] with thanks for his letter of introduction for [? Ghanshyam] Birla; commenting that by the time he received the letter the India Bill would be through the House of Lords, and that he was very glad not to share Anderson's responsibilities in connection with it. Also commenting that the Irish Free State [later Ireland] had gone all wrong but the loss of Ireland was petty...
Dates: 17 Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Jun 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/165-168
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Letter from A Morley Fletcher, Private Secretary to Katharine, Duchess of Atholl to the Private Secretary to WSC, enclosing a press cutting from the National Citizen, "Terrorism and Congress: The Sinn Fein of the East".

Dates: 19 Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/172
Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Wolmer [Chairman, Executive Committee, India Defence League, later 3rd Lord Selborne] (Terminal House, Grosvenor Gardens [London]), on a letter from C S Blackmore, on opposition to the Government of India Bill, asking whether he should vote Labour; wishing that Blackmore and those like him would become active in local Conservative associations and propose the adoption of another candidate for the General Election, commenting that the people of Basingstoke [Hampshire] had...
Dates: 01 Jul 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Jun 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/173-174
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Letter from C S Blackmore, ("The Bunglalow", S. Lawrence [London]) to WSC, on opposition to the Government of India Bill; asking if he should vote Labour instead of Conservative at the next General Election.

Dates: 07 Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Sep 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/185-186
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Letter from [? Ghanshyam] Birla, (Birla House, Albuquerque Road, New Delhi [India]), to WSC, with thanks for his hospitality during Birla's visit to London; reporting a conversation with Mohandas Gandhi, who said "I have got a good recollection of Mr Churchill when he was in the Colonial Office, and somehow or other since then I have held the opinion that I can always rely on his sympathy and goodwill".

Dates: 23 Sep 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Nov 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/188
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Letter from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, (Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, [Perthshire, Scotland]) to WSC, asking him to meet Mr Barton, Master of the Trades Organisation at Bangalore, India; asking if he could prevent the inhabitants of Bangalore from being deprived of their status as British citizens, as the region was in Mysore territory.

Dates: 21 Nov 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1935]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/189-191
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Printed precis of address given by Brigadier Lionel Fanshawe [former Director of Ordnance Services in India], "India in a Nut-shell", with extracted notes on the Indian population and proportion of voting.

Dates: [1935]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1935]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241A/1
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Printed pamphlet, "The Men Who Know - Prominent Supporters of the India Defence League" I.D.L. Pamphlet No.13.

Dates: [1935]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241A/2-3
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Circular from Sir Alfred Knox and Patrick Donner, India Defence Parliamentary Committee, on the Second Reading and Committee Stage of the India Bill; includes note to Violet Pearman [Private Secretary to WSC].

Dates: 02 Jan 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Jan 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241A/4-6
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Letter from David Woodford, Press and Information Officer, India Defence League, to WSC, on an approach from the Bristol Evening Post for an article by WSC on the Indian question; reporting that the paper had been a supporter of the League in the past; includes note to WSC on the ownership of the paper.

Dates: 08 Jan 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Jan 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241A/7
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Letter from Hugh Orr-Ewing, Chief Organizer, India Defence League, to Violet Pearman [Private Secretary to WSC], enclosing telegrams on India addressed to WSC [at CHAR 2/241A/8-11].

Dates: 08 Jan 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Jan 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241A/8-10
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Telegram from the Calcutta Bar Council to WSC, suggesting that the British element in the Indian High Courts should be further eliminated, and that the post of Chief Justice should not be open to members of the Indian Civil Service.

Dates: 04 Jan 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Jan 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241A/16
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Letter from [Violet Pearman] Private Secretary to WSC, to David Woodford, [Press and Information Officer, India Defence League]; suggesting that one of WSC's articles on India for the Daily Mail be reused in the Bristol Evening World. [Carbon].

Dates: 10 Jan 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jan 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241A/19-20
Scope and Contents Letter from Hugh Orr-Ewing, Chief Organizer, India Defence League to Violet Pearman [Private Secretary to WSC], commenting on letters on India received by WSC; stating that His Holiness Jagadguro Shri Shankarasharya was of importance to Hindus, and a letter from WSC congratulating him on his attitude would be of value, and that the Nawabzada Mohammad Azim Khan of Toru was "an enthusiastic and well educated Pathan" who had incurred the wrath of the Viceroy [of India, 1st Lord Willingdon,...
Dates: 14 Jan 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jan 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241A/21
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Letter from Sir Henry Croft, (15 Southwell Gardens, Gloucester Road [London]) to WSC, on his intention to invite the Council of the India Defence League and sympathetic MPs to a tea party; asking if WSC would be willing to give a brief speech "by way of heartening the troops".

Dates: 14 Jan 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jan 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241A/22
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Letter from WSC to Sir Henry Croft, (15 Southwell Gardens, Gloucester Road [London]) on Croft's intention to invite the Council of the India Defence League and sympathetic MPs to a tea party; stating that he hoped to attend, but would not be able to make a speech. [Carbon].

Dates: 17 Jan 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Jan 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241A/23-24
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Letter from Brigadier Lionel Fanshawe, Honorary Secretary of the India Defence League, South Kensington Group, to WSC, on an attack on WSC and the other India "rebels" in speeches by 1st Lord Hardinge [of Penshurst, former Viceroy of India] and Herbert Spender-Clay [MP for Tonbridge, Kent] at a meeting of the Conservative Secretaries Guild at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, enclosing a cutting from the [Tunbridge Wells] Courier.

Dates: 18 Jan 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open