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India

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Subject Source: Othersource

Found in 425 Collections and/or Records:

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Papers on tides, longitude and invasion, 1859 - 1860

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/474
Scope and Contents Papers concerning tides, the Claudian invasion of Britain and the determination of longitudes. There is material on the 'Eclipse of Thales'; a paper by F. Diaz Covarrubios determining the geographical position of Mexico; D. May's observations in the neighbourhood of River Quarra (West Africa); Airy's comments on Lewis' essay on Julius Caesar's invasion; an article in 'The Times' on Caesar's invasion; Airy's paper on the landing of Claudius; C. Merivale's two articles, one on Claudius'...
Dates: 1859 - 1860
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers relating to individual countries, 1952 - 1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 14
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

Dates: 1952 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Papers relating to MT's visit to the Far East (Japan, China, Hong Kong & India), 17-28 September 1982, 1980-09 - 1982-09

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/37A
Scope and Contents Part 1: includes MT's handwritten annotations; details of administrative and media arrangements and of the British delegation; and note from 6th Lord (Peter) Carrington to MT ahead of the proposed visit, 15 December 1981 Part 1A, closed section, security Part 2: includes MT's handwritten annotations; notes from DT; details of administrative arrangements and of the British delegation; draft seating plans on the RAF VC 10; and letter from Mrs Indira Gandhi suggesting a stop-off in...
Dates: 1980-09 - 1982-09
Conditions Governing Access: Parts 1-2 mostly opened in March 2013; sections of part 1 closed (security), see THCR 1/10/37A, part 1A It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to MT's visit to the Far East (Japan, China, Hong Kong & India), 17-28 September 1982 (2), 1982-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/38
Scope and Contents Includes: MT’s handwritten notes and annotations Includes: schedules for visit to Japan; details of the UK delegation on the visit; with notes on MT's clothes required during the visit, annotated by her; annotated draft of MT's speech to the Japanese Press Club, Tokyo, 21 September 1982; briefing note for John Coles (MT's Private Secretary for Overseas Affairs) from John Holmes (Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary) on MT's forthcoming meeting with Japanese Prime Minister...
Dates: 1982-09
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in March 2013 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Papers relating to the Far East, March 1975-May 1979, 1975-03 - 1979-05

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/119
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with David Astor, Shah Nawaz Bhutto (son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former President and Prime Minister of Pakistan), Patrick Cosgrave (Special Adviser to MT), Prime Minister (Morarji) Desai of India, Hugh Trevor Roper, Ian Trethowan, Patrick Wall MP (including report of his trip to Iran and Sri Lanka, April 1975) and Nicholas Wolfers

Dates: 1975-03 - 1979-05
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in November 2003 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Pastel portraits: 'Warriors of the Empire', 1939-1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9397/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: During the Second World War, Earl was commissioned to prepare a series of pastel portraits of service men and women from what were then British dominions and colonies (described as 'Empire servicemen'), including Trinida, Newfoundland, Southern Rhodesia [i.e. Zimbabwe] and Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka]. The portraits were exhibited at the Royal Empire (late Commonwealth) Society in December 1945 as 'Warriors of the Empire'. The collection also includes a series of portraits of North American...
Dates: 1939-1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Personal and confidential, 1946-08 - 1950-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/1/5
Scope and Contents Papers by or sent to JEP for the Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat on subjects including: the Parliament and Steel Bills, 1949; the Financial Agreement between Britain and India, 1947; policy towards India; relations between the Indian States and the British Commonwealth and Empire; news from Pakistan; a proposed working committee on India; memoranda on air power and strategy by Air Vice-Marshal Edgar Kingston-McCloughry, Acting Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, India; note by Shri...
Dates: 1946-08 - 1950-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Personal Correspondence, 1889 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 5/1/17
Scope and Contents Letters from and to AHP from friends and acquaintances. Subjects and people include: T.P. O'Connor [Thomas Power O'Connor], on arrangements to meet AHP; the death of AHP's father, John Hungerford Pollen; the Duke of Norfolk; arrangements for the memorial to Cardinal Newman; Viscount Ingestre; travels in India; speech made by AHP at the Catholic Association's annual dinner; Lord Edmund FitzAlan-Howard; Percy Wyndham; and various correspondence concerning invitations and social occasions. With...
Dates: 1889 - 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Personal correspondence, 1957-01-07 - 1958-12-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/12
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Frederick Bishop [Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister] on the resignation of the Prime Minister, Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon]; [Maurice] Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Stockton] on JEP's acceptance of the position of Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and the possibility of a future Privy Counsellorship for him; Eden on JEP's new position; the Rev. W W S March on a church memorial to JEP's parents [Albert Powell and Ellen...
Dates: 1957-01-07 - 1958-12-17
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Personal: Lady Lloyd and additional material, 1901 - 1963

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 4
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Lord Lloyd and with other members of Lady Lloyd's family.

Dates: 1901 - 1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, GLLD
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Personal letters on India, 1946-05 - 1948-08

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/1/7
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: General Sir George Jeffreys, on retaining the Union Jack Club, Karachi [Pakistan]; Major-General Walter Cawthorn [Deputy Chief of Staff, Pakistan Army] asking JEP to have a Question put down in Parliament about the club; Frank Brayne on an 'iron curtain' between Lahore and Amritsar and the situation in the Punjab (8); Air Vice-Marshal Edgar Kingston-McCloughry [Senior Air Staff Officer, RAF, India Command] (2); Brigadier Gordon Thompson, Commander, Calcutta Sub-Area,...
Dates: 1946-05 - 1948-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
 Fonds

Personal Papers of Beryl Power, 1909 - 1949

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Power, B
Scope and Contents

The papers listed here fall into the following categories: personal and biographical items, which include photographs, testimonials and autobiographical materials; and papers and photographs relating to Beryl Power's work and travel in the USA, India, Burma, Persia, Russia and China.

Dates: 1909 - 1949
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Personal: Photographs, 1892 - 1940

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 3
Scope and Contents

Includes albums from the Dardanelles, the Arab war, India and Egypt.

Dates: 1892 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, GLLD
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Photograph albums and scrapbooks, 1878 - 1937

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGGF 3
Scope and Contents

Photographs of ships, royal visits, naval personnel and family, including King George V's visits to India and Nepal.

Dates: 1878 - 1937
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photographs, 1901 - 1967

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 20
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

Dates: 1901 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
 Fonds

Photographs of scenes in India

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8660
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of scenes in India, with captions.

Dates: 1850-1899 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Photographs of the North West Frontier of India, 1920 - 1925

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SLIM 1/5B
Scope and Contents

87 black and white photographs sent by Slim to Pratt and his sister Margaret Pratt.

Dates: 1920 - 1925
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.