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GB 891 RAS UPE-RAS UPE/6-RAS UPE/6/1
Title
Administrative Correspondence
Date(s)
- 1936 - 1937 (Creation)
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Name of creator
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Name of creator
Administrative history
Name of creator
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
(1864-1952)
Biographical history
Sir Edward Douglas Maclagan was a colonial administrator in India. Maclagan wrote widely about the Punjab area and in 1906 he was appointed Chief Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, becoming, in 1910, Secretary to the Revenue Department of the Indian Government and, from 1915 to 1918, Secretary to the Education Department. He became Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab in 1919 and Governor from 1921 to 1924. Concurrently from 1919-1924 he was Chancellor of University of the Punjab. He returned to England in 1924. From 1925 to 1928 and 1931 to 1934 he was President of the Royal Asiatic Society, and in 1930, its Director.
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Scope and content
This sub-series contains material concerned with the administration of the Universities Prize Essay for 1937.
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- English
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- McGill University Montreal, Canada (Subject)
- Ross Sir Edward Denison 1871-1940 Orientalist (Subject)
- Margoliouth David Samuel 1858-1940 Orientalist (Subject)