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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
[ SEPTEMBER, 1926
THE MUTINY AT INDORE. (Some Unpublished Records.) By H. G. RAWLINSON, M.A. (Continued from page 152.)
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No. 995 of 1857.
Secret Department. From H. L. Anderson, Esq., Secretary to Government, Bombay. To Captain T. Hungerford, Commanding at Mhow.
Dated 25th July 1857. Sir,
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter with enclosure, dated the 20th instant, No. 443, reporting on the state of affairs in your neighbourhood, and to convey to you the thanks of the Right Honourable the Governor in Council
2. Copies of your letter and of its enclosures have been forwarded for the information of the Government of India.
I have etc., Bombay Castle, 25th July 1857.
(Signed) H. L. Anderson, Secretary to Government.
No. 3173.
Foreign Department. From R. Simson, Esq., Offg. Under-Secretary to the Government of India.
To Captain T. Hungerford, Commanding at Mhow.
Dated Fort William, 10th August 1857. Sir,
With reference to your letter to the address of the Secretary to Government of Bombay. dated the 20th ultimo, No. 442, regarding the preservation of the bazaar and station of Mhow from pillage, owing to the exertions of Gokul Pursad Kotwal and Captain MoMullen, Offg. Cantonment Joint Magistrate, I am directed by the Governor-General in Council to communi. cate to you, as well as to Captain McMullen, the thanks of the Government for your exertions in preserving order in Mhow. I am desired also to request that you will present to Gokul Pursad a sword, with a bag of Rs. 500, in token of approbation of Government.
I have etc.,
(Signed) R. Simson,
Offg. Urder-Secretary to the Govt. of India. Fort Williama, 10th August 1867.
No. 3183.
Foreign Department. From R. Simson, Esq., Offg. Under Secretary to Govt. of India. To Captain T. Hungerford, Artillery, Commanding at Mhow.
Dated Fort William, 10th August, 1867. Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letters No. 438 and 439, dated 17th ultimo, containing a detailed account of the late occurrences at Indore and Mhow, and reporting that, having been left at Mhow without any political officer to consult, you had assumed political authority to communicate with Holkar.
