Good morning, I'm looking for any reference to a Robert James Watson b. 1876 who appears in Calcutta in 1903/4 in the Calcutta Volunteer Rifles He was said to have been a businessmand in Calcutta for many years, and at some time working in the Civil Service. At one time he was emplpyed by Remington typewriters, and later, either he or his wife Amy were involved in the import of American cars to Calcutta. In the early '30s he was manager of Grand Hotel when his daughters had a double wedding at St. Johns (old) cathedral. He and his wife returned to live in or near Liverpool before WW2 I can find little about Robert and his time asa business man in Calcutta and would be most interested in any further detail. thank you, Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar" <bosham@gmail.com> To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:03 AM Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] India's first automobile museum > The news that Jaguar became Tata's baby is old hat by now. > Here is a look at the history of the automobile scene in India: > > ** In 1898 the first motor car came to India. Between 1910 > and 1920, the automobile industry took firm roots in the > country with the setting up of assembly lines in Bombay, > Calcutta and Madras. The import and assembly of motor > cars witnessed a steady growth crossing the 30,000 mark in > 1930. With the assembling of Dodge DeSato and Plymouth, > Premier Automobiles Limited (PAL) acquired the unique > distinction of a pioneer in the manufacture of motor car in > India in 1946, while the Birlas' Hindustan Motors (HM), > which started off as an auto component maker, also > graduated to making cars in 1949. **[snipped from > http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2003/03/25/stories/2003032500070800.htm ] > And here is something on India's first automobile museum : > http://www.the-autoexpo.com/news_s2_1224.asp > > ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar > Nagpur, India > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com 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. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1348 - Release Date: > 28/03/2008 10:58 > >