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Following territorial acquisitions made by the [[East India Company]] as part of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, the '''Straits Settlements''', as a territory, was established in 1826.  In South-East Asia, it consisted of:
|partof=[[:Category:2nd Afghan War|2nd Afghan War 1878-80]]
*[[Malacca]]
|date=27 July 1880
*[[Penang]] (Prince of Wales Island)
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiwand Meivand Kariz, Afghanistan]
*[[Singapore]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.733066,65.138988&z=12&t=h&hl=en 31.733066°N 65.138988°E] 
|result=British defeat
|territory=
|combatant1=British & Indians
|combatant2=Various Afghan tribes
|commander1=Maj Gen George Burrows
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayub_Khan_%28Afghan_commander%29 Ayub Khan]
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== British Forces ==
'''British Army'''
*[[66th Regiment of Foot]]
*[[Royal Horse Artillery]] E/B Battery


'''Indian Army'''
The Straits Settlements came under the [[Bengal Presidency]].
*[[1st Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Grenadiers)]]
*[[30th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry]] (Jacob's Rifles)
*[[33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry|3rd Bombay Light Cavalry]]
*[[3rd Scinde Irregular Horse|3rd Sind Horse]]
*[[Bombay Sappers and Miners]]


== External Links ==
==Records==
[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/articles/Maiwand66th_introduction.php Battle of Maiwand] Garen Ewing<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878.htm 2nd Afghan War 1878-80] The British Empire<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/campafghan1878maiwand.htm Battle of Maiwand] British Empire<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maiwand Battle of Maiwand] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/afghan14.htm List of 30th Bombay Native Infantry killed] www.angelfire.com<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/narratives/khushk-i-nakhud.php Battle of Khushk-i-Nakhud] Garen Ewing<br>[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/waroffice/map_south.php Map showing Khushk-i-Nakhud] Garen Ewing<br>[http://www.everypoet.com/Archive/Poetry/Rudyard_Kipling/kipling_that_day.htm That Day by Rudyard Kipling] www.everypoet.com
Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the  [[British Library]]. Prince of Wales Island [Penang], Malacca and Singapore 1799-1829 in '''IOR N/8'''. The LDS film number for these records is 498606, item 2. Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868.


== Recommended Reading ==
The Straits Settlements factory records can be viewed at the British Library.  The reference is '''IOR/G/34'''.  The contents can be viewed on [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorg_4&cid=1-15&kw=Factory%20Records%20Straits%20Settlements%20%20British%20Library,%20Asia,%20Pacific%20and%20Africa%20Collections#1-15 Access to Archives]. These records have been microfilmed, along with other related India Office holdings, and are available at various international locations, including the [http://www.nla.gov.au/ National Library of Australia].
"''Road to Kabul''" by Brian Robson 1986 ISBN 1862271968


A good list of official records held in various collections can be found on the [http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/bib/sh/officialrecords.html A Sense of History: a select bibliography on the history of Singapore] page on the National University of Singapore's website.


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==External Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_Settlements Straits Settlements] Wikipedia
*[http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1174_2006-08-31.html Straits Settlements Association] - online article on National Library of Singapore's [http://infopedia.nl.sg/ Infopedia]
*[http://portal.unesco.org/ci/photos/showgallery.php/cat/951 Straits Settlements Postcards (1890 - 1946)] 20 colonial era postcards nominated for inclusion in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register (from the National Archives of Malaysia)
*Straits Settlements, [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA718 page 718] ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore'' by Pharoah &Co 1855
*[http://www.dutchmalaysia.net/lang_en/ Official website of the Malaysian Dutch Descendants Project] includes [http://www.dutchmalaysia.net/lang_en/press/paper_20080527_history_of_the_dutch_and_dutch_eurasians_in_malaysia.html  History of the Dutch and Dutch-Eurasians in Malaysia]


[[Category:Battles|Maiwand, Battle of]]
 
[[Category:2nd Afghan War|Maiwand, Battle of]]
 
[[Category:General Roberts' March from Kabul to Kandahar|Maiwand, Battle of]]
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Straits Settlements]]

Revision as of 10:36, 27 December 2010

Following territorial acquisitions made by the East India Company as part of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, the Straits Settlements, as a territory, was established in 1826. In South-East Asia, it consisted of:

The Straits Settlements came under the Bengal Presidency.

Records

Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library. Prince of Wales Island [Penang], Malacca and Singapore 1799-1829 in IOR N/8. The LDS film number for these records is 498606, item 2. Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868.

The Straits Settlements factory records can be viewed at the British Library. The reference is IOR/G/34. The contents can be viewed on Access to Archives. These records have been microfilmed, along with other related India Office holdings, and are available at various international locations, including the National Library of Australia.

A good list of official records held in various collections can be found on the A Sense of History: a select bibliography on the history of Singapore page on the National University of Singapore's website.

External Links

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