Hello David, There was an interesting blog created by someone who was doing some restoration/research on the cemetery earlier this year. The link is http://zymaislam19.wordpress.com/. It contains a number of photographs of graves. Hope this helps. Best wishes Liz Researching Chater or Armenians in India and Hong Kong in 2010? Please go to www.chater-genealogy.com.

Could you please tell me if the European cemetery in Dacca still exists and if there is any record of memorial inscriptions? I am looking for an MI for my wife's grandmother, Grace Pauline Percival, who was buried there on 27 November 1903. I am a member of BACSA and sent an email to them asking this question about 6 weeks ago but I have not had a reply. David

Friday , October 1 , 2010 THE STORY OF A PIONEER Book Review by ARNAB BHATTACHARYA ''OPENING DOORS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF CORNELIA SORABJI'' By Richard Sorabji, Penguin, Rs 499 Cornelia Sorabji was the first woman barrister of India, and a remarkable lady in other ways too. A Christian Parsi, she opted to practise law - then considered to be an exclusively male domain - and sympathized with 'the nation in the making' without agreeing to the overthrow of the Empire. Sorabji discovered the pardanashins or secluded women who were largely neglected in early 20th century nationalist discourses. She was also reluctant to accept Tagore and Gandhi as potential leaders of the emergent nation. Moreover, her moral support to Katherine Mayo, whose book, Mother India, castigated Hinduism for the plight of Indians, led to her being marginalized in Indian politics. [snip] http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101001/jsp/opinion/story_12996833.jsp --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jan/15/raf-race-diversity-pilot-exhibition

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2010/sep/29/world-war

The bridge across forever Lord Reading, whose name was Rufus Isaacs, was the only non-Christian viceroy of India. "Being a Jew, my grandfather understood the Indian religion and ethos more fundamentally than anybody else," says Lord Simon Reading, who served the British army. Simon had a meeting with Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Gopal Krishna Gandhi in Delhi in 1998 and apologised to him on behalf of his grandfather who had arrested Gandhi in 1922. Simon was part of a delegation of descendents of British rulers that visited India on its 50th year of Independence. Simon's daughter Lady Natasha Rufus Isaacs is doing her bit to keep the Indian link alive. [snip] http://tinyurl.com/34xwa6a or http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?contentType=EDITORIAL&sectionName=COVER%20STORY&programId=1073755753&[email protected]@@&contentId=7920315 --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Surti built oldest surviving UK warship Sep 26, 2010 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Surti-built-oldest-surviving-UK-warship/articleshow/6628605.cms --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

24.09.10 On 'Haifa Day,' India salutes WWI troops In contrast to Haifans, the Indian military annually marks "Haifa Day," the day in which the Ottomans were ousted from the city. Along Haifa's Jaffa Street, just south of the row of fast-food and shawarma restaurants for which the city is famous, lie two cemeteries widely known as the final burial places of British soldiers who were killed in the pre-state Mandate during both world wars. Historically, Haifa became the most important city during British rule in Palestine after World War I. Its main seats of power in the country were located in the northern coastal city. But few know that one of the cemeteries on Jaffa Street is actually a memorial site to honor Indian fighters whose ashes were scattered in a river back in their homeland. Even fewer are aware that those who liberated Haifa from the yoke of Ottoman rule in September 1918 were Indian horsemen who overran Turkish positions armed with spears and swords. In contrast to Haifans, the Indian military annually marks "Haifa Day," the day in which the Ottomans were ousted from the city. This year, however, the state made amends. On Wednesday, ceremonies were held to recognize the anniversary of the battle that put an end to 400 years of Turkish suzerainty over the city with an impressive memorial attended by Indian diplomats, Haifa municipal officials, the defense minister's adviser Amos Gilad and foreign military attaches. [snip] http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/on-haifa-day-india-salutes-wwi-troops-1.315380 --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Pardon my lack on knowledge on this subject (since I live in the states) but are death certificates / death records public in India, especially from 1940? If they are of public record, How can I obtain a copy of a death certificate/death record? Name: Temulji B. Nariman Died: end of July 1940 Location: Bombay, India (Parsi Lying in Hospital) Thank you -Jim

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Hey Ron That is interesting The India link is that I see the original Spanish coins were brought in by (an EIC??) ship in 1812 from Madras The coins circulated in NSW from 1812 until they began to be withdrawn from 1822 The values Caroline gave us were as at 1800 - so presumably all sorts of foreign coin were accepted as legal tender in the early times of the Aus colony - who said Australians were insular..!! Stephen Thwaite New Zealand //// ----- Original Message ----- From: "ron howe" <[email protected]> > On 18 September 2010 21:52, Thwaite <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Rupert > > ..............surely the table means just what it says - ie the value of > > the > > various other coins as expressed in Australian currency..........? > > > > check holey dollar in google. >

On 18 September 2010 21:52, Thwaite <[email protected]> wrote: > Rupert > ..............surely the table means just what it says - ie the value of > the > various other coins as expressed in Australian currency..........? > > check holey dollar in google.

Rupert ..............surely the table means just what it says - ie the value of the various other coins as expressed in Australian currency..........? Stephen Thwaite New Zealand //// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Butler family and business" <[email protected]> How could it be - anywhere, ever - that in such a table 1 Guinea is not £1-1-0 or an English shilling is not 1/- ? I am not qualified to say this table is wrong, exactly. But what is the story to explain these anomalies ? Rupert Butler -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Hello Everyone .....[snip].... For your information the following is a list of equivalent sterling values in New South Wales, Australia in November 1800 1 Guinea = £1-2-0 1 Johanna (Portuguese) = £4-0-0 ½ Johanna = £2-0-0 Gold Mohur (Bombay or Bengal) = £1-17-6 Spanish $ = 5/- Ducat = 9/6 Pagoda (S. India) = 8/- Rupee (Bengal) = 2/6 Dutch guilder = 2/- English shilling = 1/8 1oz Copper coin = 2d ½oz Copper coin = 1d ¼ oz Copper coin = ½d The copper coins had twice the value they did in England at this time, with £1200 in face value arriving in the colony (and to stop hoarding £5 was the largest amount permitted for legal tender). This is taken from Foundations of the Australian Monetary System 1788-1851 by SJ Butlin (1953) .....[snip].... Caroline

Hello David, There were a lot of "colleges" preparing pupils to go to the East India Company. My gt x 4 uncle went to Thomas Tompkins "that T. Hervey Baber has gone through a regular course of book keeping for merchants" signed Thomas Tompkins March 7 1796."[i] Other ancestors went to a school the Revd. Heathcote's Academy at Hackney. This seems to have taken a number of other EIC Artillery officers, who then went onto Woolwich in the 1807 period. There was a school operating during the 1840's at Ramsbury in Wiltshire run by a Mr Meyrick that took several pupils who became Bombay Infantry Officers, and by chance I happen to have photographs from this same family from the 1880's, where one of my gt gt grandfather's was the vicar. I think that a lot of smaller prep schools were preparing children for Indian careers. Some of these schools like the Hackney College seem to have also specialised in taking the children of serving officers who had remained in India, so that these children spent the holidays in these schools as well. It would be a fascinating study to see if it were possible to look at these schools in more detail. Perhaps other people on this list have also discovered where their ancestors went to school before they joined the EIC. The information is often in the officials personal file in the OIOC. Addiscombe and Haileybury were not the only routes into the EIC. Regards Nick Balmer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [i] IOL Microfilm reference J/1/16 folio 20. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Railton" <[email protected]> To: "INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 4:11 PM Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Training of HEIC officials >I have seen a reference to an HEIC writer appointed in 1777 receiving '.his > commercial education at Hebden's School, Hounslow'. I can't find anything > about this establishment. Could it have been an HEIC college? If not, > where > would he have received training prior to appointment? He would have been > age > 18 on appointment. Was this the usual age? > > This man's father was also supposed to have been an HEIC official although > this may have been a misinterpretation of the records. The father was born > in 1732. Was there any formal HEIC training at the time he would have been > appointed? If so, where would it have been and what records are available? > > Thank you. > > David > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Joyce I do have a Munro in my family tree ie my grandmother Nina Henrietta Thornton (nee McDowell) married 3 times. Her second marriage was to a Kenneth Munro (Contractor)son of William Henry Munro on 5/9/1909. This is the only ifoirmation I have. The marr.took place in Lucknow. Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Munrozoo" <[email protected]> To: "Rootsweb" <[email protected]>; "Rootsweb" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 2:48 PM Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Munro > > > > > I am still trying to get information of Donald Munro and his wife > Isabella. > I understand Donald Munro joined the 78th foot in June 1804. He was > transferred to the 17th foot in December 1818 and died in Berampore in > 1822. > I have tried to get his personal details or service record but have been > unsuccessful. I would appreciate any help or a link to data which is > uncomplicated and easy to follow. > > Joyce Munro > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Everyone Thank you all for your help, I have been following up the various references you have sent. For your information the following is a list of equivalent sterling values in New South Wales, Australia in November 1800 1 Guinea = £1-2-0 1 Johanna (Portuguese) = £4-0-0 ½ Johanna = £2-0-0 Gold Mohur (Bombay or Bengal) = £1-17-6 Spanish $ = 5/- Ducat = 9/6 Pagoda (S. India) = 8/- Rupee (Bengal) = 2/6 Dutch guilder = 2/- English shilling = 1/8 1oz Copper coin = 2d ½oz Copper coin = 1d ¼ oz Copper coin = ½d The copper coins had twice the value they did in England at this time, with £1200 in face value arriving in the colony (and to stop hoarding £5 was the largest amount permitted for legal tender). This is taken from Foundations of the Australian Monetary System 1788-1851 by SJ Butlin (1953) I'm very pleased I was not a shop keeper at that time although I guess my arithmetic would have improved out of necessity. Many thanks Cheers Caroline

I have seen a reference to an HEIC writer appointed in 1777 receiving '.his commercial education at Hebden's School, Hounslow'. I can't find anything about this establishment. Could it have been an HEIC college? If not, where would he have received training prior to appointment? He would have been age 18 on appointment. Was this the usual age? This man's father was also supposed to have been an HEIC official although this may have been a misinterpretation of the records. The father was born in 1732. Was there any formal HEIC training at the time he would have been appointed? If so, where would it have been and what records are available? Thank you. David

How could it be - anywhere, ever - that in such a table 1 Guinea is not £1-1-0 or an English shilling is not 1/- ? I am not qualified to say this table is wrong, exactly. But what is the story to explain these anomalies ? Rupert Butler -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Caroline Gaden Sent: 16 September 2010 08:07 To: [email protected]; India List; India List Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Currency for trading overseas Hello Everyone Thank you all for your help, I have been following up the various references you have sent. For your information the following is a list of equivalent sterling values in New South Wales, Australia in November 1800 1 Guinea = £1-2-0 1 Johanna (Portuguese) = £4-0-0 ½ Johanna = £2-0-0 Gold Mohur (Bombay or Bengal) = £1-17-6 Spanish $ = 5/- Ducat = 9/6 Pagoda (S. India) = 8/- Rupee (Bengal) = 2/6 Dutch guilder = 2/- English shilling = 1/8 1oz Copper coin = 2d ½oz Copper coin = 1d ¼ oz Copper coin = ½d The copper coins had twice the value they did in England at this time, with £1200 in face value arriving in the colony (and to stop hoarding £5 was the largest amount permitted for legal tender). This is taken from Foundations of the Australian Monetary System 1788-1851 by SJ Butlin (1953) I'm very pleased I was not a shop keeper at that time although I guess my arithmetic would have improved out of necessity. Many thanks Cheers Caroline ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Joyce, You might also like to try some of the military forums such as http://groups.yahoo.com/group/britregiments/ Their expertise is wide ranging. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Munrozoo" <[email protected]> To: "Rootsweb" <[email protected]>; "Rootsweb" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 2:48 PM Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Munro > > > > > I am still trying to get information of Donald Munro and his wife > Isabella. > I understand Donald Munro joined the 78th foot in June 1804. He was > transferred to the 17th foot in December 1818 and died in Berampore in > 1822. > I have tried to get his personal details or service record but have been > unsuccessful. I would appreciate any help or a link to data which is > uncomplicated and easy to follow. > > Joyce Munro > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3137 - Release Date: 09/15/10 19:34:00

Having started to try and find out about my ancestors I am having a problem tracing my Great-grandfather, especially his military career . The only firm information I have is that on his son Samuel Mullen Baptism certificate, from St George’s Church Wellington South India dated Dec 1877, he states that he is a Private in the 48 Regt. His name is John Mullen. On discharge he settled in Jhansi and I believe he worked for the GIP Railway. His wife was Amelia. Please can someone help. Clive Mullen Newmarket, Suffolk [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])