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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_in_India Wikipedia]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_in_India Communications in India] Wikipedia
* This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1261337069 thread] indicates that telegraph communication with England did not commence until 1870.
 
* [http://www.iranica.com/articles/indo-european-telegraph-department  Indo-European Telegraph Department in Iran] Encyclopaedia Iranica. While the IETD was an autonomous department for much of its existence, between February 1888 and April 1893, it was under direct auspices of the Director General of Indian Telegraphs. The IETD was dissolved in March 1931. There was significant intermarriage with Iranian Armenians.
===Indo-European Telegraph===
====Indo-European Telegraph Department====
*[http://www.iranica.com/articles/indo-european-telegraph-department  Indo-European Telegraph Department in Iran] Encyclopaedia Iranica. While the IETD was an autonomous department for much of its existence, between February 1888 and April 1893, it was under direct auspices of the Director General of Indian Telegraphs. The IETD was dissolved in March 1931. There was significant intermarriage with Iranian Armenians.
** "Scientific Instrument with a Story to Tell" by John Packer ''Bulletin of the Scientific Instruments Society'' No. 92 (2007), pages 17-18. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Cf2W-vME38AJ:www.sis.org.uk/bulletin/92/Packer.pdf+British+Raj+Telegraph+Baghdad&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShGH8XAHtbY8D0csv7zFY5xPGhGTwFY9zHWU_E2naeRgl8WfV2OKVL8ea4XonbuVzCiGvUz6yvZdrUM_yuw1TZLaoGycOJlai7bnhKy0K9K_oX84t-rF1tw8VjcrX0qGD6xbxQ1&sig=AHIEtbQp2F9jb0L6nPbTQs2Tlyi46CFweA html version], [http://www.sis.org.uk/bulletin/92/Packer.pdf original pdf]
*[http://atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1859SuezKarachi/index.htm 1859 Suez - Aden - Karachi Cable] atlantic-cable.com
*[http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/India/index.htm Indian Cables] by Bill Glover  atlantic-cable.com includes
**Persian Gulf cables of 1864
**1869 Duplicate Cable
:The through line to London opened to the public in March 1865
*[http://atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1864KarachiBushire/index.htm 1864 Karachi - Bushire Cable] atlantic-cable.com
*[http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/TelegraphIsland/index.htm Telegraph Island The Indo-European Telegraph 1863-65] atlantic-cable.com
*[http://myphilately.com/fil_view.php?file_id=61062&t=science&tfr= First Day cover: Indo-European Telegraph Line- centenary]  9 November 1967. It is not clear what event occurred 9 November 1867.
====The Indo-European Telegraph Company====
*[http://www.iranica.com/articles/indo-european-telegraph-company Indo-European Telegraph Company]  (iranica.com) was privately owned and operated by the Siemens Company. Telegrams along this route commenced from India to London in January 1870
*[http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/Indo-Eur/index.htm The Indo-European Telegraph Company] by Steven Roberts  Also includes brief information about the Indo-European Telegraph Department atlantic-cable.com
*"Europe-India Telegraph “Bridge” via the Caucasus" by Andre Karbelashvili ''Indian Journal of History of Science 26 (3) 1991'' ,pages 277-281 [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:pksIrogONZgJ:www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005ac0_277.pdf+Indo-European+Telegraph&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShtxjwfrd1x_leBI-su18ieytDcM63JeJ6FUA4nE11vh6m2BxnZD-aI72c02a-En7-hGHomSSLeTVFd5SNL4yZif-ng_Np4CIZ9zuhcGHOxgQix4bn8eczDCKeZhpVk8deG5mwf&sig=AHIEtbQADc_S_biDpSq2w909i0wn_JThfw html version], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005ac0_277.pdf original pdf]
==== Bombay - Aden – Suez Cable====
*[http://www.atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1870BritishIndian/index.htm 1870 British - Indian Cable (Bombay - Aden - Suez)] by Bill Glover atlantic-cable.com


===Individuals===
===Individuals===
[http://antiquecannabisbook.com/chap1/Shaughnessy.htm Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (1809-1889)] - laid the first telegraph system in Asia in addition to his work as a doctor who discovered a modern treatment for cholera, and introduced cannabis to Western medicine.<br>
*[http://antiquecannabisbook.com/chap1/Shaughnessy.htm Dr. William Brooke O'Shaughnessy (1809-1889)] - laid the first telegraph system in Asia in addition to his work as a doctor who discovered a modern treatment for cholera, and introduced cannabis to Western medicine.
''Memoir of Surgeon-Major Sir W. O'Shaughnessy Brooke ... in connection with the early history of the telegraph in India'' by M Adams 1889 [http://www.archive.org/details/memoirofsurgeonm00adamrich Archive.org]
:''Memoir of Surgeon-Major Sir W. O'Shaughnessy Brooke ... in connection with the early history of the telegraph in India'' by M Adams 1889 [http://www.archive.org/details/memoirofsurgeonm00adamrich Archive.org]
*[http://atlantic-cable.com/CablePioneers/Stewart/index.htm Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Stewart, R.E. Director-General of the Indo-European Telegraph] atlantic-cable.com<br>
:As part of the Telegraph Department, he played a significant role in the Indian Mutiny. He left England, at the close of 1863, to superintend the laying of the Indo-European sea-cable along the coast of Beloochistan and Persia. He died 16 January 1865 having just accomplished the most difficult part of his task by the completion of the telegraphic line from Bagdad, to Bushire.
*[http://www.kilmarnockacademy.co.uk/famousrsmith.htm Major-General Sir Robert Murdoch Smith 1835-1900] an officer in the Royal Engineers who was seconded at the time to work on the development of the Persian telegraph, and became its Director.  kilmarnockacademy.co.uk
*'"A chronological  biography of Edward Graves" of the IETD, murdered 2 December 1897 [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:cqHn52lf-CUJ:www.dandadec.co.uk/page2/files/T%2520GravesE%2520Bio.pdf+%22Royal+Engineers%22+Tehran&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiqv-7kNGtwedSeSqLp5fOUik6mLByVaJJ-lWSpA5WBsW7trXrQcx26gudZ01NAiMzbhHLvXPPtloX1RWW9H3cFFVuGNJBtZK1bSxqgBN1m6t5FolZjBQ47WTv4EHPsrXsoZGV0&sig=AHIEtbQPQhCDoUduAlD1IbIfcF5wXX1L0g html version], [http://www.dandadec.co.uk/page2/files/T%20GravesE%20Bio.pdf original pdf]  dandadec.co.uk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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Revision as of 05:24, 8 March 2011

External links

Indo-European Telegraph

Indo-European Telegraph Department

  • Indo-European Telegraph Department in Iran Encyclopaedia Iranica. While the IETD was an autonomous department for much of its existence, between February 1888 and April 1893, it was under direct auspices of the Director General of Indian Telegraphs. The IETD was dissolved in March 1931. There was significant intermarriage with Iranian Armenians.
    • "Scientific Instrument with a Story to Tell" by John Packer Bulletin of the Scientific Instruments Society No. 92 (2007), pages 17-18. html version, original pdf
  • 1859 Suez - Aden - Karachi Cable atlantic-cable.com
  • Indian Cables by Bill Glover atlantic-cable.com includes
    • Persian Gulf cables of 1864
    • 1869 Duplicate Cable
The through line to London opened to the public in March 1865

The Indo-European Telegraph Company

  • Indo-European Telegraph Company (iranica.com) was privately owned and operated by the Siemens Company. Telegrams along this route commenced from India to London in January 1870
  • The Indo-European Telegraph Company by Steven Roberts Also includes brief information about the Indo-European Telegraph Department atlantic-cable.com
  • "Europe-India Telegraph “Bridge” via the Caucasus" by Andre Karbelashvili Indian Journal of History of Science 26 (3) 1991 ,pages 277-281 html version, original pdf

Bombay - Aden – Suez Cable

Individuals

Memoir of Surgeon-Major Sir W. O'Shaughnessy Brooke ... in connection with the early history of the telegraph in India by M Adams 1889 Archive.org
As part of the Telegraph Department, he played a significant role in the Indian Mutiny. He left England, at the close of 1863, to superintend the laying of the Indo-European sea-cable along the coast of Beloochistan and Persia. He died 16 January 1865 having just accomplished the most difficult part of his task by the completion of the telegraphic line from Bagdad, to Bushire.
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