Letter from Maharajah Shirajee Rao Holkar to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

Scope and Content

The Maharajah writes enclosing a few "tilli [sesame] seeds" for SCC to eat on the occasion of the Hindu New Year. He writes that by eating the seeds the "bonds of friendship will be strengthened". Sent from: Indore Palace.

Arrangement

Arranged in accordance with ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, Second Edition, Ottawa 2000 and The Devonshire Collection Cataloguing Guidelines.

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