File RAS UPE/8/1/5 - Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to The Political A.D.C. to the Secretary of State

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GB 891 RAS UPE-RAS UPE/8-RAS UPE/8/1-RAS UPE/8/1/5

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Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to The Political A.D.C. to the Secretary of State

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  • 27th Jan 1939 - 31st Jan 1939 (Creation)

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The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation ofread more

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Letter from Col. Hoysted, RAS Secretary, to The Political A.D.C. to the Secretary of State to ask for the correct terminology of the Indian rulers as set out in paragraph eight. Typed, 1 sided dated 27 January 1939 with handwritten date added of 31read more

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  • English