ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>INDIA SECRET PROCEEDINGS (1834-1856)</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="INDIA,SECRET,PROCEEDINGS,Person,Person"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279INDIA SECRET PROCEEDINGS (1834-1856), a manuscript series of Indian records at the India Office Library, London, succeeding Bengal Secret and Political Consultations (1800-34) . It includes the entire range of despatches and correspondence of the North-West Frontier Agency from the heyday of Sikh political power in the Punjab down to the annexation of the Punjab in 1849. Among the more important documents are the correspondence relating to the Anglo-Sikh-Scindia affairs; Sikh designs on Sindh and Shik&#257rpur (1834-37); the Indus Navigation Scheme (1838); despatches concerning Macnaghten's mission to Lahore and the Tripartite Treaty (1838); correspondence, despatches, newsletters, intelligence reports, minutes and memoranda relating to the first Anglo-Af<u>gh</u>&#257n war and the Sikh co-operation in the British military operations on the <u>Kh</u>aibar, especially the despatches of Wade from Pesh&#257war, and of Clerk from Lahore (1839) ; despatches of Wade, Clerk, Mackeson and other British functionaries dealing with the political affairs at Lahore, Anglo-Sikh relations, the Sikh-Af<u>gh</u>&#257n boundaries, passage of the British troops and convoys through the heart of the Punjab and the Punjab Intelligence Reports (1840); despatches of the Agent, North-West Frontier, about the political affairs at Lahore and British policy towards the Sikhs, the passage of Captain Broadfoot with the royal Af<u>gh</u>&#257n families through the Punjab, Anglo-Sikh tension on the Sikh boundaries in the Y&#363sufza&#299 territory beyo&#7751d the Pesh&#257war Valley, political anarchy at Lahore and the Punjab Intelligence Reports (1841); correspondence about the events at Pesh&#257war, particularly the British offer of Jal&#257l&#257b&#257d to the Sikhs and its evacuation afterwards, and Clerk's despatches and reports from Lahore (1842) ; correspondence relating to the termination of the Tripartite Treaty and proposals for a new Anglo-Sikh treaty and Intelligence Reports on Punjab affairs and statistical data on the Sikh army and its dispositions (1843) ; reports on the events in Lahore, especially the assassination of Sher Si&#7749gh accession of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Duleep Si&#7749gh, and other events which led to the Anglo-Sikh war (1845- 46).</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Hasrat, Bikrama Jit, ed., <i>The Punjab Papers</i>. Hoshiarpur, 1970<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">B. J. Hasrat<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>