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Unique IDCWGC/1/2/A/528
Alt Ref NoA/171/2 PT.1
TitleCommemoration Of Indian Services Dying In Non-Operational Zones In India And Pakistan - Delhi And Karachi Memorials - Special Registers In Memorials
DescriptionMain topics: discussions surrounding the layout of the special registers at the Delhi and Karachi Memorials and the printing of these registers; decision to produce Hindi volume for Delhi and Urdu volume for Karachi; production of registers; decision to print Hindi volume at Delhi but to have the Urdu volume at Karachi hand-written by a scribe; correspondence with printing and bookbinding companies.
Date17/7/1952 - 21/11/1955
Content NoteIncludes: specimen pages of special register (including two written in Hindi text); sketch design of casket used to house registers; note regarding design of casket for memorial books to be undertaken by H.J. Brown of Brown and Moulin, dated 19 Nov 1955.
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