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- 1931 - 1955 (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 of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.
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Between 1930 and 1955 copies of letters of condolence, sent by the Royal Asiatic Society, were kept along with letters informing of the death, those thanking for the condolences and some newspaper cuttings of obituaries. A handwritten list of the people honoured in this way is at the beginning of the file. The people are (retained in the order of the list):
- King Tribhuvana of Nepal, 1955
- Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan Prime Minister, 1951
- Jean Bouchot, L'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, 1932
- Mahamadopadhaya Haraprasad Shastri, Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1931
- Sir Arthur Cowley, 1931
- Right Reverend Bishop Trollope, 1930
- Baron Gerard de Maydell, 1931
- E.E.P. Rose, 1931
- Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Carnac Temple, 1931
- Professor T. Noldeke, 1931
- Arthur Anthony Macdonnell, 1931
- Professor F.W.K. Muller, 1930
- Dr von Le Coq, 1930
- Professor Eduard Sachau, 1930
- Dr H.R. Hall, Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, British Museum, 1930
- Archibald Henry Sayce, 1933
- Dr Hosea Ballou Morse, 1934
- Dr T.G. Pinches, 1934
- Alexander Hayman Wilson, 1934
- Henry Cousens, 1934
- Sir Ernest Wallis Budge, 1934
- Dr Kai Donner, 1934
- Professor William Edward Soothill, 1935
- Professor Jarl Charpentier, 1935
- Professor Louis Finot, 1935
- Robert Paget Dewhurst, 1935
- His Majesty King Faud of Egypt, 1936
- Professor Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, 1936
- Dr Moriz Winternitz, 1937
- Sir James Stewart-Lockhart, 1937
- Letter of acknowledgment of condolence from B. Cox, 1937
- Professor S.H. Langdon, 1937
- Professor E.J. Rapson, 1937
- H.H. the Maharajdhiraja Babadur Sri Bhupindar Singh, 1938
- Dr Hermann Jacobi, 1937
- William Harrison Moreland, 1938
- Lord Chalmers, 1938
- Professor Carlo Alfonso Nallino, 1938
- Dr Stuart Wolfenden, 1939
- H.H. the Maharaja sir Sayaji Rao Gaekwar Bahadur, 1939
- Dr Moses Gaster, 1939
- Professor Margoliouth, 1940
- Sir Michael O'Dwyer, 1940
- H.H. Maharaja of Mysore, 1940
- Lady Ross of Ankara, 1940
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- English