Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai Autographed Governor Of Bombay Card & assistants letter

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Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai Autographed Governor Of Bombay Card & assistants letter. Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS Priority mail.
He entered the
ICS
on 16 October 1915.
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He began his career in the (then) United Provinces as an assistant collector and magistrate, receiving a promotion to joint magistrate in May 1918.
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In April 1921, he was appointed as a secretary to
V. S. Srinivasa Sastri
, and served in this capacity until November 1922.
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He was appointed a Commander of the
Order of the British Empire
(CBE) in the
1923 New Year Honours
list.
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From 1923 to 1930, Bajpai served in the Department of Education, Health and Lands, rising from under-secretary in September 1923 to deputy secretary (officiating) in March 1924 and to deputy secretary in June 1926.
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The secretary of a Government of India delegation to South Africa in 1926, he was appointed a Companion of the
Order of the Indian Empire
(CIE) in that year's Birthday Honours List.
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He was promoted to secretary (officiating) in the department of Education, Health and Lands in December 1927 and to joint secretary in November 1929.
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From November 1930 to January 1931, Bajpai was a member of the British Indian delegation to the
First Round Table Conference
in London, and was promoted to the rank of collector and magistrate in October 1931. After a brief posting to South Africa from December 1931 to August 1932, he was appointed as a full secretary in the Department of Education, Health and Lands,
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and was knighted as a Knight Commander of the
Order of the British Empire
(KBE) in the 1935 Birthday and Silver Jubilee Honours List.
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In March 1940, Sir Girija was appointed as one of the six members of the
Viceroy's Executive Council
, the colonial version of a Cabinet, having previously served as a temporary member of the council from 1935 to 1936.
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In October 1941, he was appointed the
Agent-General
(roughly equivalent to an ambassadorial post) to the USA for India.
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He was appointed a Knight Commander of the
Order of the Star of India
(KCSI) in that year's Birthday Honours List.
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Sir Girija was known for his ethics, oratory, strong will and far-reaching vision. It is said he warned Prime Minister Nehru about the potential for a Chinese invasion more than a decade before it happened.
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He represented India in numerous international forums in the 1930s and 1940s, including at the UN during the Kashmir debate.
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American diplomat Mr Vincent Sheean has mentioned in his book "Nehru – The Years of Power" that it was a technical error on part of the team headed by Mr Girija Bajpai which filed India's appeal to the UN Pakistan's invasion in Kashmir which led to the issue being considered a dispute rather than an act of aggression by Pakistan. The appeal should have been made under Chapter 7 of the UN charter rather than Chapter 6.
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Following the independence of India from the British Raj in 1947, Prime Minister Nehru retained Sir Girija as his principal foreign affairs adviser, appointing him the first Secretary General in the Ministry of External Affairs.
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