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Télégramme de Sir Terence Allen Shone sur les troubles communautaires (New Delhi, 22 septembre 1947)

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Le 22 septembre 1947, Sir Terence Allen Shone, haut-commissaire du Royaume-Uni en Inde, adresse au bureau des Relations du Commonwealth un télégramme dans lequel il détaille les événements survenus récemment en Inde et au Pakistan après la partition de l'Empire des Indes britanniques. Il revient notamment sur les troubles communautaires, fait le bilan des victimes et expose les problèmes liés aux réfugiés et aux déplacements de populations.

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Source: SHONE, Terence Allen. [Outward Telegram from High Commissioner for United Kingdom to Commonwealth Relations Office (22 September 1947)]. 22-09-1947. No 813. Kept in: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). DO - Records created or inherited by the Dominions Office, and of the Commonwealth Relations and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Commonwealth Relations Office and successors: High Commission and Consular Archives, India: Registered Files. Boundary Commission awards Punjab and Bengal and disturbances arising therefrom. 14/08/1947-21/09/1947, DO 133/59.

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Metadata

Metadata language: en
Categories: Diplomatic documents
Type: Physical document
Original title: [Outward Telegram from High Commissioner for United Kingdom to Commonwealth Relations Office (22 September 1947)]
Sender: Shone, Terence Allen
Recipient: Great Britain. Office of Commonwealth Relations
Creation date: 22/09/1947
Number of pages: 7 p.
Country: India
City: New Delhi
Object number: No 813

Location

Provider: The National Archives of the UK (TNA)
Archive collection: DO - Records created or inherited by the Dominions Office, and of the Commonwealth Relations and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices
Archive sub-collection: Commonwealth Relations Office and successors: High Commission and Consular Archives, India: Registered Files
Folder name: Boundary Commission awards Punjab and Bengal and disturbances arising therefrom. 14/08/1947-21/09/1947
Folder number: DO 133/59