SUMMARY: This diary spans the period of 1 April, 1919 through 31 March, 1920, with entries for almost every day and with some text written in Urdu, one of the co-official languages in the general area today. The front pages of this diary look different from those in the earlier ones. One page has the calendar for 1919 glued onto it and the other has "RML Mathur's DIARY 1ST APRIL, 1919 to 31ST MARCH, 1920" ornamentally and colorfully written on it. The significant occurrences of this diary were Nazim’s son’s return from the front in August of 1919, most probably from the Suez with the 137 Indian Stationery Hospital he was commanding. Besides WWI's end, other significant historical events were the Third Afghan War in the North-West frontier in 1919 and the unrest caused by the Satyagraha movement led by Ghandi. The movement started gaining more and more strength following WWI (1919) and caused much unrest in many areas leading to the institution of martial laws regionally in 1919. The Nazim continued to be stationed in Jaipur as a magistrate without significant changes in his professional life. He continued to have the most professional contact with 'the Minister' and 'the Resident'. There was continuity in his personal life as well - he participated in his family life, attended public religious functions, invested via Promissory Notes and wrote about deaths and other significant events in the life of the Jaipur region. *** DETAIL: The Nazim did not hear from Hargobind for an unusually long time, from 3 April to 23 May, and because of that, the Nazim wrote to General Shea, Colonel Lang, and the censor in Bombay complaining and inquiring about the lack of correspondence from Hargobind. On 30 April the Nazim was told that Hargobind might return from the front between 10-14 June. On 1 June, the Nazim wrote that Hargobind was in Mansoura with the 123rd Field Ambulance and on 16 June that Hargobind was with the 121st Ambulance and that he was returning home. However, as of the 22 June cablegram from Hargobind, his return to India was still not settled. Then the 25th and 28th communications from Hargobind read that he would go to Lucknow with the 137 Stationery Hospital, not 121 Ambulance, as formerly announced. His 30 June letter reads that he was in command of the 137 Indian Stationery Hospital and that there were from 6,000 to 7,000 men at Suez awaiting embarkation for India. Later, one also learns that according to the Gazette of India, on 30 June 1918 Hargobind was made Temporary Captain. Hargobind left for India from the Suez docks via the Chikdara ship on 19 August and reached Bombay on 31 August where he was greeted by the Nazim, friends and family. The Nazim also continued receiving pay from the D.D.o. (Deputy Director of Operations or Director of Operations?) of the 7th Meerut Division on account of Hargobind's service. The particular payments in this diary mention service from 1 October 1917 to 30 April 1918 signifying that Hargobind was in the military well prior to being deployed in May of 1918. The correspondence from Hargobind to the Nazim continued being censored by the censor in Bombay "who still exists to delay letters & to justify his existence." (11 August 1919) Following Hargobind's return from the war, he continued serving in the military and as such was leading field hospitals in various conflict areas of India. In October of 1919 he was posted with a Hospital to Bannu close to Peshawar on the North-Western frontier, the border area with Afghanistan and asked the Nazim to mail him his revolver (25 October 1919 entry). In light of this, the Nazim kept urging him to resign from the military service in altogether. The Satyagraha movement led by Ghandi, another significant development in this diary, interrupted His Highness's movements. HH arrived in Jaipur on 28 March. On 5 April the Nazim presented him with sugarcanes and Nazar. Later that month he canceled his travels to Brindaban (in today's state of Uttar Pradesh in northeastern India bordered by Rajasthan to the west) due to the social unrest in British India in general, caused by the Satyagraha movement. "Owing to Satyagraha movement, strikes, hartals, mob-fighting and all sort of nuisance have taken place in many towns in Br India. Military assistance was requisitioned in lots of places to put down this rising movement." (15 April, 1919). However, His Highness did reach Brindaban on 20 April. He returned to Jaipur on 25 April. During his stay there, on 22 April, the Nazim mentioned the unrest in India again writing that all "sorts of conveyances" were stopped and marshal and curfew laws were instituted in several districts. In addition to the domestic unrest, there was unrest on the North-Western frontier of British India, near the border with Afghanistan, near Peshawar and in Waziristan. The Pioneer reported in May of 1919 that due to the unrest in Afghanistan, "the mobilization of troops [was] being made at the frontier". The Nazim wrote that "in fact, the situation rather look[ed] gloomy (8 April 1919). A couple of days later the Nazim wrote that the "mobilization of the army according to the Pioneer is going on satisfactorily on the frontier" and reported that martial law was declared in Peshawar, the frontier headquarters of British India (11 May 1919). The Nazim reported on 10 August that peace with Afghanistan was signed. However, a couple of months later, the Pioneer reported that the bombing of the villages in that region started prior to the 25 October 1919 (30 October 1919 entry). In April 1919 the Nazim attended a great Pooja/Poojah (or 'Puja'), a prayer ritual performed by Hindus to host, honor and worship one or more deities, or to spiritually celebrate an event. In May his wife and children accompanied by two Sowars, went to Amer (or Amber), a nearby city, to "Mataji's temple to perform the ceremony of Namie Babu." (2 May, 1919). The 10 April 1919 entry lists details of three Promissory Notes (two War Bonds and one War Loan): their rates of return, their numbers, their maturity dates and their redemption values. The Nazim presented them to the Sambhar Treasury for "realization of interest", which he received on 13 April. On the same day, the Nazim also reported an engineer die of phthisis, an archaic name for tuberculosis. On 3 May, he wrote that he received 572 from the Treasury as his pay for the months of March and April. On 9 May, the Nazim met the Nazim of Sambhar. In November of 1919 he realized more interest from the Sambhar Treasury. On 28 May, the Nazim received the news of his uncle, Jai Behari lal, having passed away. Nazim's father was very affected by the news. The Nazim and his daughter-in-law with children traveled to Sherkot for the 13th Day Ceremony to take place on 9 June. A 10th Day Ceremony (on 6 June) also took place. On 19 June 1919, the Nazim mentioned that only 19 boys out of 71 sent from a local college successfully passed a matriculation examination to the University of Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh). He was exasperated about the news. On 7 August, he wrote about his land on Residency Road in Jaipur, how it was being cleared and leveled. There was a change in his professional life on 17 August 1919 when he was officially reassigned from the Girai office back to the Fanjdari office. It seems from the diary entries that this reassignment was not without some drama. Her Highness Dowager Maharani of Gwahir died in September 1919. The Nazim received consignments of sugar canes, which were then presented to HH (31 October 1919). The Nazim attended events at the Christian mission church outside of Chandpole, Purani Basti in Jaipur (31 October 1919). There was an annual holiday surrounding lunar eclipses and the one in 1919 was on 8 November. The Nazim complained that it took place on the day of the eclipse and not the following day "as is the case everywhere else and as it should be." (8 November 1919) The Nazim mentioned the British Resident, Col. Robert Arthur Edward Benn (1915/16 - 1922), on a frequent basis as he has much professional contact with him, but usually the mentions are simply of meetings with him with no further infomation, for example a mention that the Col. went to the Chief's Conference in Dehli, which took place ~27 October - 8 November, also attended by 'the Minister' and Babu Abinash. However, later there was an unusual mention - namely, the Col. delivered a couple of lectures on his overland journey from India to England. These lectures were "illustrated by magic lantern slides" and were given at “the College” (15 November 1919). They were a hit and had non-English speaking audience, which, the Nazim reported, "has assembled to visit the College as if they were going to a cinema" (15 November 1919). In November the Nazim discussed Hargobind’s career and prospects with Col. Deas. December is the start of the betrothal and wedding season in the region during which “feasts take place every day” (30 November 1919) During December of 1919 Peace Celebrations took place with four distinct holidays. The Nazim was on the organization committee, which also included the minister and the Resident. As part of it, thousands of poor were fed, garden parties were held, thanksgiving celebrations were held in churches, temples, and mosques, celebratory gun salvoes were fired, fairs were held, and fireworks and illuminations took place.