Dear Listers, I have gone round in circles trying to trace my GGF's service record and subsequently (hopefully) his place of birth/origin. In 1869 Joseph Henry Luschwitz was shown as Bandmaster HM's 2nd Belouch (Balouch) Regiment Kurrachee (at the time of his son's marriage to Elizabeth Moore only daughter of Mr John Moore Bandmaster HM's 19th Regt NI Bhooj (DOM 18.2.1869) Trying to track the HM's 2nd Belouch (Balouch) Regiment, I ended up noting from various sites viz: 2nd Battalion, 6th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (1796 - 1824) 12th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (1824 - 1885) 12th Regiment of Bombay Infantry (1885 - 1901) 12th Bombay Infantry (1901 - 1903) Source http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indianinfantry/112thinf.htm Then from FIBIwiki http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=126th_Baluchistan_Infantry Known as the *26th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry* in the Bombay Army Known as *126th Baluchistan Infantry *in the Indian Army Chronology - *1825* raised as the 2nd Extra Battalion of Bombay Native Infantry - *1826* became the *26th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry* - *1885* became the 26th Regiment of Bombay Infantry - *1892* became the 26th (Baluchistan) Regiment of Bombay Infantry - *1901* became the 26th Baluchistan Infantry - *1903* became the *126th Baluchistan Infantry* - *1922* became the 2nd/10th Baluch Regiment - *1947* allocated to Pakistan on Partition Question: Where can I find the records of a Bandmaster of this Indian Native Regiment (and I have noted the Archivist address on Bandmasters from FIBWIKI). Any help appreciated. Kerry from a sunny but cold Canberra (14c)

Can anyone tell me what railway companies were operating at Lucknow in 1937? > I guess that surviving railway company records would not show any > information about a temporary engineer but can anyone tell me otherwise. > > David > hi there David > I am no expert but so far as I know the East India Railway (EIR) was the only remaining operator in Lucknow in the 1930's; however I do know that the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway (O&R Rly ) metre gauge I think, used to have facilities there which were taken over by the Government about 1930 . cheers Ron

Hi, Lucknow was served by two railways.O&T and EIR.If he and engineering officer,then you can have his career details form volumes published by GOI called 'History of Services on Officers of Indian Railways'.Since the date subsequent to govt of India Act 1935,he may figures in that. These should be available in libraries in UK. They are also available in a web site about railways run from UK.I will to search it out from my papers.You have to contact them. skp

In a teaching career spanning decades, he has taught a future president and national cricket captain - but for the past 20 years, Geoffrey Langlands has dedicated his life to education in one of the most remote parts of Pakistan. Now in his 90s, the retired British army officer runs The Langlands school and college - with nearly 1,000 pupils, boys and girls, aged between 4 and 18. Take a tour with him. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-10809202 The work of people like Major Geoffrey Langlands was the reason why a tiny band of British were able to create and maintain a global empire. __,_._,___

My father in law died at Lucknow in 1937 while working there as a temporary civil engineer on the railways. I am interested in finding what railway company this could be. The last record I have of his work before then is from Thackers which shows him in 1931 as working for the Madras and Southern Marhratta Railway. Can anyone tell me what railway companies were operating at Lucknow in 1937? I guess that surviving railway company records would not show any information about a temporary engineer but can anyone tell me otherwise. David

I can smell it from here in Adelaide, Sth Australia!!! Cheers Ainslie.

Hi I currently reside in India and am a professional genealogist but specialising in British research. I don't undertake research in India and haven't come across anyone who does. Can I suggest that if you haven't already done so that you post your query to this list, as the subscribers to this list are the real experts on British India. Maggie Loughran On 05/08/2010 16:45, "John Feltham" <[email protected]> wrote: > G'day Walda, > >> I am trying to make contact with a Genealogist who specialises in British >> India...can you point me in the right direction. > >> walda19 > > I am the List Owner of the British Raj List. > > I do not know any genealogists who deal in India. > > I will post your request to the List and ask if anyone knows a genealogist who > look after India to get in touch with you. > > > > John Feltham > > > > >

11. 31 July 2010. India. New lease of life for world's oldest steam locomotive The world's oldest steam locomotive is all set to chug again and thrill train lovers in a Heritage Run planned in Chennai soon. T he 155-year-old ‘Express Loco' built by Kitson Thomson and Hewitson Leeds, United Kingdom, was used by the East Indian Railway until 1909. For the century it has been an exhibit at Jamalpur and Howrah. The ‘Express Loco' christened ‘EIR 21' was brought by road to the Perambur Loco Works four months ago. The 130-horse power locomotive was dismantled to enable corrosion repairs. “The only major replacement was the injector. We have introduced air brakes as the vacuum braking system is not in vogue. The steam-fired locomotive can haul at least four coaches comfortably,” said Southern Railway Chief Mechanical Engineer V. Carmelus. The Heritage Run is planned between Royapuram, the oldest railway station building in Southern Railway, and Avadi. Source: The Hindu So if you are there perhaps you will get a wiff of old steam..... Peter

I am searching my maternal side of the family who were in India since the early 1800's. My great-great grandfather died in the uprising of Delhi 1857 and his family died in a well. Could you give me any advise as to where to start. Thank you, Rowena Kerr

G'day Walda, > I am trying to make contact with a Genealogist who specialises in British India...can you point me in the right direction. > walda19 I am the List Owner of the British Raj List. I do not know any genealogists who deal in India. I will post your request to the List and ask if anyone knows a genealogist who look after India to get in touch with you. John Feltham

Greetings list members, I am curious about contents of a letter which has just come into my possession which was written by my grandfather to his son in law, my father, in the late 1940s in answer to a letter my father wrote to him describing the sailing dinghy he was building so he could go out on the bay sailing and fishing. Dad had obviously made reference to taking Pop out fishing, a pastime my grandfather thoroughly enjoyed, when he came to live with us in Tasmania after his wife died in Christchurch NZ. I'd like to be able to find out what this Battalion based in Aden might have been all about - James Jesse Stroud was in the British Army in India at the start of the 1900s - married in Colaba in 1906 and returned to NZ in 1907. Called up again to take part with the Expeditionary Forces to France/Belgium in WW1 but suffered severe wounds and shellshock during an artillery attack in 1917 and repatriated back to England and home to New Zealand - retained on the Army payroll to compose and write music for the troops until the mid 1940s. <quote> Glad you could get that plastic - (??? looks like poly??) for The Cat, Paul dear. and go careful with that rule. I used to calculate approx one third of length for beam (again ?????) I helped a laddie build two boats at Aden in my teenage - one flattie, and one whale boat, and we went a sailing with the battalion paraded to see us launch and sail out to sea. The full yarn, with embellishments - by the log fire, sailor, in the days to be. <end quote> sadly I was only a lassie of 8 years of age when he came to live with us and despite being a constant companion to such a charismatic grandfather, I was too young to recall the stories he told me. I remember his violin playing and the beach walks we had before he died in 1951. If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be most appreciative - I have his war records for WW1 but not for the period when he was in the British Army and a member of the Viceroy's band in India until 1907. We know he went off to England to try and trace his birth parents (mother an actress/singer in a troupe which travelled to Aust/NZ around 1878/9 - said to have handed the infant to disembarking passengers in Bluff, NZ as she couldn't cope as a single mother. Father said to have been a wealthy Englishman whose family wouldn't approve of their heir marrying a showgirl. Adoptive name was James Jesse Stroud. Fingers crossed I can add one more bit of the puzzle into the overall picture. Cheers Ainslie.

Is there anyone out there that knows anything about the Sharpe Family from India? If you do please write to me. Thank you very much for your time and trouble. Colleen Sharpe

Sunday, August 1, 2010 Symbol of faith Turban stands for courage and self-respect for a Sikh. During the two World Wars, turbaned Sikh soldiers, who fought as part of the British Indian Army, refused to wear steel helmets, writes Major-Gen Kulwant Singh (retd). http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100801/spectrum/main3.htm --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Many thanks, Eileen. -- H ----- Original Message ----- From: Eileen Pye [email protected] Portrait at Rideau Hall Charles William Brooke Dear Harshawardhan Bosham Nimkhedkar I hope this is of some interest to you and the Raj list, I no longer subscribe but always read the messages. I think a coloured photo of the painting I am describing below would be of historical value. I have been told that a portrait by Thomas Hickey c. 1790 of Charles William Brooke with the son of the Nabob of Murshidabad, was bought by Sir James Dunn a Canadian industrialist, at Sotheby's in 1950/1 and given to Governor General, Rideau Hall, Ottawa and is now in storage there and would sometimes be checked by curators when it would be an opportunity to get into a more prominent position and have it photographed. The painting had been attributed to Zoffany at one time. There is a black and white photo of the painting in Mildred Archer's book "India and British portraiture, 1770-1825". Charles William Brooke had an interesting family and was half brother of Sir James Brooke, White Rajah of Sarawak. Best wishes, Eileen Pye, Brisbane

A five-century old locality Khotachiwadi - a heritage precinct http://khotachiwadi.urbz.net/introduction/ Khotachiwadi is a small village in south Mumbai that has won the attention of urban heritage conservation initiatives. Architecture students are attracted to its distinctive low-rise, high-density landscape showcasing a variety of individual homes, chawls and apartment buildings that reveal Indo-Portuguese flourishes, port-town styles off the western coast and modernist, deco touches. For the inhabitants it is a village that is stretched between communitarian nostalgia and the aspirations of its younger residents. The community is passionately involved in its present and future. --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Here are some comments a friend offered, "Dear KRR,this source says IT Act was only for 5 years from 1860 and lapsed in 1865.Then back in 1886.  " The Income Tax history in modern India dates back to 1860. In this year first Income Tax Act was introduced and which remained in force for a period of 5 years. This Act lapsed in 1865. Thereafter Act-II of 1886 was in force. This Act of 1886 was the improved version. It introduced the definition of agricultural income and the exemption it granted in respect of agricultural income has continued to be a feature of all subsequent legislations." As an important aside-- it was fun to learn history from venerable TKS(remembering him as my Guru number one).When,in UK, Govt tried to increase IT in late 1900 -1910s there was opposition from House of Lords.At that time Lords had the same power as Commons.When Lords were intransigent the Govt threatened to add more Lords who would be in favour of IT.This was and is still Govt privilege.This weapon worked and Lords agreed.Subsequently,the power of Lords in matters of financial acts was curtailed.They can only discuss the budget,cannot vote.India follows the same pattern.Rajyasabha has no financial powers. This is from memory,but the gist is correct. -MV

Hello my name is Shirley Sura, I am trying to trace my msternal Ancestors. One of my mother's ancestors, possibly her great grandfather, marriedeither an Indian Princess or, more likely, an Indian woman of highcaste whom he smuggled onto a sailing ship, where they were married. The only other information I have is the family I know: my mother Edna Margaret Granger born 3 August 1033 My Grandfather Thomas Granger 1909 to 1971 My Great Grandfather William Granger thought to be the son of an English father and an Indian mother I have tried Ancestry .co.uk and am going to India tomorrow, hopefullyto Haridwar but do not know how to go about finding more information,please can you advise how/where I can get more information and find myroots Thank you, Shirley Sura

Does anyone know about the follow-up? This story is dated Sunday, September 02, 2007 HYDE AND SEEK Will the Hyde papers, one of the most important sources of Indian history, see light of day? http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070902/asp/calcutta/story_8264138.asp --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Great reading material. >From - http://www.csas.ed.ac.uk/mutiny/index.html 'Mutiny at the Margins' was a two-year project, funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and located in the School of History & Classics at Edinburgh University, which aimed to provide long overdue new perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857 through thematic, collaborative research, a network of international scholars, and a series of conferences, workshops and other public events to be held in Edinburgh, London and India in 2007-08. Discrete, but interlocking research strands explored the involvement of various socially marginal groups often written out of traditional 'elite' historiography of 1857. Two full-time postdoctoral research assistants were appointed for a term of two years, and a variety of publications resulted and are forthcoming, as well as web and teaching resources for schools and universities and an interactive Schools and Colleges Project (see under 'Events') - which can be accessed from this website. -------- --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar