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A group of four books and pamphlets relating to Patiala, Jind and Nabha Printed variously in London, Lahore, Jind and Patiala, approximately 1923-41(4)
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
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A group of four books and pamphlets relating to Patiala, Jind and Nabha
Printed variously in London, Lahore, Jind and Patiala, approximately 1923-41
Printed variously in London, Lahore, Jind and Patiala, approximately 1923-41
consisting of one books and three pamphlets
(4)
(4)
Footnotes
The group consists of the following:
1. Patiala and the Great War: a brief history of the Services of the Premier Punjab State, London, Medici Society, 1923, compiled from Secretariat and other records, 91 pages of text, 48 photographic plates, frontispiece photographic portrait of Maharajah Bhupinder Singh, brown cloth, 230 x 160 mm.
2. Shri Baba Alha Singh Ji: a sketch of his life and a short historical account of the devotion of the House of Patiala to the Gurus and the Panth, B. S. Press, Patiala, published by the Shri Baba Alha Singh's Anniversary Celebration Committee, n. d. [but perhaps 1941, the 250th anniversary of Ala Singh's birth in 1691], pamphlet, 16 pp., two plates.
3. Jind State: a Brief Historical and Administrative Sketch, n.d [but post-1928, and during the reign of Maharajah Ranbir Singh (reg. 1887-1948)], compiled and edited by Behari Lal Dhingra, Chief Minister, 10 pp. of text, 6 pp. of monochrome plates, cloth embossed in gold, 225 x 140 mm.
4. Nabha Administration: a review of recent years, printed by the Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore, n. d. [but probably 1939 or 1940], pamphlet, 32 pp., several photographs, including the young Maharajah Pratap Singh, 290 x 220 mm.
Since Pratap Singh formally succeeded after a period of regency following the deposition of his father, Ripudaman Singh, and the pamphlet is 'Published under the Authority of the Council of Regency', and because of dates mentioned in the text, the above date of 1939-40 seems most likely.