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- Residence location in India
Baptism record for daughter Alice gives the residence location as Saifabad.
Wikipedia indicates that Saifabad Palace was built in late 19th century by the Nizams of Hyderabad. Construction was underway in 1888 when the Nizam went to inspect it but two nobels who didn’t want him to occupy the palace put a lizard to cross his path which is considered a bd omen. the Nizam immediately ordered thepalace tobe locked up (source https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37843825) Re-opened in 1940s it currenty houses the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat and the Telengana Secretariat.
Hyderabad was the capital of Hyderabad State and the seat of the Nizam. It was in the presidency of Madras
Secunderabad Club
Oldest of the clubs in Hyderabad, it was established on the pattern of cantonment clubs in British India and opened on 26 April 1878, meant mainly for the military officers and railway officials in the area. Initially called Secunderabad Public Rooms, it changed name in 1888 to United Services Club, still later it became known as the Secunderabad Club. Its imposing building in hill station style has murals painted by M.M. Kaye of the Far Pavilions fame. The club has a ball room, a Gymkhana, and a library. Salar Jang I donated large sums of money to the Club and ensured the membership of the Hyderabadi nobility, so that it did not become a British-only club.; general view
- Occupation in India
Baptism record for daughter Alice indicates JA’s occupation is examiner of accounts H H The Nigrams, PWD
Wikipedia indicates that Nizam of Hyderabad was a monarch of the Hyderabad State, now divided into Telangana state, Hyderabad-Karnataka region of Karnataka and Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
Nizam, shortened from Nizam-ul-Mulk, meaning Administrator of the Realm, the title of the rulers of Hyderabad State, was the premier Prince of India, since 1724, belonging to the Asaf Jahi dynasty.
When the British achieved paramountcy over India, the Nizams were allowed to continue to rule their princely states as client kings. The Nizams retained internal power over Hyderabad State until the 17 September 1948 when Hyderabad was integrated into the new Indian Union. In 1805, after the British victory in the Second Anglo-Maratha War, Nizam of Hyderabad came under the protection of the British East India Company.[21]
At the time when John Alexander was in Hyderabad,the Nigram was Asaf Jan VI also known as Mir Mahbub Ali Khan who ruled until 29 Aug 1911
Hyderabad State, also referred to as the Nizam's Dominions, was the largest of the Princely states. Not formally a part of British India, the mainly Hindu state was ruled by a series of hereditary Muslim princes called 'Nizam' (from Nizam-ul-Mulk - Administrator of the Realm [1]) from 1724 to September 1948 when it was forcibly integrated into the Indian Union and the Nizam deposed.
The state had borders with the Madras Presidency to the south, the Bombay Presidency to the west and Berar and the Central Provinces to the north. Its capital was the city of Hyderabad: immediately to the capital's north lay Secunderabad, a city in its own right and a military cantonment under direct British rule. Collectively, the two were often referred to as the 'Twin Cities'.
There were also other military cantonment under direct British rule. Records of baptisms, marriages and burials which occurred in the cantonments under British rule, will be found in the usual sources. At least for some periods these cantonments were regarded as part of the Madras Presidency.
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