Confidential publications and Home political files
By: [selected by N.G. Barrier.]
Contributors: National Archives of India
Publisher: National Archives of India
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Sources; History; Politics and government; Newspapers
Other titles: Indian National Archives confidential publications and Home political files.
Notes: Title from container.

Consists of two major series and two publications. First series consists of Statements ..., Annual statements ..., Reports ..., Annual reports ..., Memoranda ..., and Notes ... on the press of various provinces; major British documents on the evolution, tone and background of the Indian press, ca. 1920-1945. Further background on the publications and discussion of the system, with particular reference to the Punjab, can be found in: Barrier, N. Gerald (Norman Gerald). The Punjab press, 1880-1905. The second series consists of confidential reports on the Indian publications: Report on publications issued and registered in the provinces of British India, 1900-1920; and: Statistical tables and notes on publications registered under Act XXV of 1867 in the several provinces of British India, 1922-1945. Their comments and analysis of political and religious trends were considered so controversial that the publications did not circulate. Also included are two publications which were considered controversial and never released: Great Britain. India Office. Committee Appointed by the Secretary of State for India to Inquire into the Position of Indian Students in the United Kingdom. Report and minutes of evidence; and: India. Office of Accountant-General, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Note on the frauds committed in the treasuries of the N.W. Provinces and Oudh.

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