Telegram from Sir Terence Allen Shone on communal disturbances (New Delhi, 22 September 1947)
Texte On 22 September 1947, Sir Terence Allen Shone, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to India, sends a telegram to the Commonwealth Relations Office in which he reports on the recent events in India and Pakistan after the partition of the British Indian Empire. He particularly mentions the communal disturbances, providing information about the number of victims and outlining the problems associated with refugees and population movements.
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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. Conservé à: 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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