Author
the Home Department
Publication Date
22 Jun 1919-14 Nov 1943 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
79
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1456
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x0000bf
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
22 Jun 1919-14 Nov 1943 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file consists almost entirely of Government of India circular letters, memoranda and published notices, issued mainly by the Home Department, about the rules governing the conduct of Government of India employees, especially in relation to:
Public talks given by Government servants and broadcasted by the Indian State Broadcasting Service or All India Radio, 1936-1943;
The duty of Government servants in relation to the civil disobedience movement, forbidding them to engage in or influence political movements, propaganda or elections, 1921;
The disciplinary action to be taken against Government servants who desert their public duty in the face of enemy action, 1942.
The file also contains:
The Government Servants' Conduct Rules, 1915 and 1935 editions;
A circular in English and Arabic issued by the Office of the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, dated 22 June 1919, reproducing a 1916 Rule forbidding Private Trade or Employment by full-time Government servants engaged in public duties;
A circular letter dated 1936 from the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department about rules governing the acceptance of gifts;
A note dated 1942 by the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain, approving the receipt of wedding gifts from local merchants, by an employee of the Bahrain
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
;
A circular warning letter dated 1928 from the British Envoy at the Court of Nepal about the dismissal of a clerk from the British Legation office, Nepal, for fraud.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
File papers are arranged chronologically, according to the date they were circulated to the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain and others. They are followed by brief file notes (folios 193-195) which list only about ten of the most recent documents circulated to the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain and added to the file (folios 171-192). These documents are listed by their date, document reference number, folio number and/or a simple document reference number, for example, 24, which is written on the document in red or blue crayon and encircled. These details help to identify and locate the documents in the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office Series: 15/14
