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Synopsis The following 'Sketch of the History of Cutch since its connexion with the British Government' was compiled from public documents some years ago, as a supplement to a short history of that country by Captain Charles Walter, and in order to gratify the curiosity of a few friends, who expressed a strong desire to know something of the life and proceedings of the Ex-Rao, Bharmuljee, a state prisoner in Bhooj. Not having Captain Walter's papers to refer to, I have prefixed a short outline of the early history of Cutch, which consists simply of extracts from official reports by the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, colonel Henry Poottinger, political resident at Bhooj, and captain James Holland, deputy quarter-master general of the Bombay Army. A brief account of cutch and its Inhabitants has also been inserted as an introductory chapter, although the subject has been almost exhausted by the late captain M 'Murdo and others.