IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0102 MS 95022
Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies
Title: Higgins, John Comyn
Date(s): Created c1838-1946
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 2 boxes
Name of creator(s): Higgins | John Comyn | 1882-1952 | Indian administrator
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
John Comyn Higgins was born on 21 May 1882. He was educated at Bradfield, and Brasenose College, Oxford. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1905. From 1907-1908 he was Assistant Magistrate and Collector, Bakarganj, Bengal. He became Sub-Divisional Officer, firstly in Jahat, Assam, 1908-1909 and then at Madaripur, Bengal, 1909-1910. From 1910-1917 Higgins was Vice-President and then President of the Manipur State Darbar. He became a Political Agent for the Manipur State (1917-1933) and worked as a political officer on the Kuki Punitive Operation, 1917-1919. From 1920-1923 he was Deputy Commissioner for Nowgong, Assam, and in 1934 became Commissioner for the Assam valley. In 1939 he was a Member of the Assam Revenue Tribunal. He retired in 1942 from the Civil Service and took a Commission with the Indian Engineers. He resigned from the Commission in September 1942. From 1942-1944 he was a Civil Liaison Officer with the Army and subsequently joined the Assam Public Service Commission, 1944-1945. He died on 8 December 1952.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of John Comyn Higgins, comprising notes and narratives, c1838-1946, of political and social significance regarding the Manipur State, India.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The material has been arranged chronologically.
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Unpublished handlist.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Includes material previously accessioned under separate manuscript numbers, all of which concerns the Manipur State.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated in 1953.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: 15 May 2000