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F.S. Sellek, M.B.E.

1. Map of Bombay and surrounding country: 1st edition 1934, scale- 1inch:2miles, publ. by Survey of India Office.
2. Road map of India: 5th (revised) edition, 1939, scale- 50miles:1inch, publ. by Survey of India Office.
3. Memoirs of F.S. Sellek, 1916-47. (Hand written in 1968, 31pp). He was in the Indian Posts and Telegraph Department:
   • 1918 – Madras, Bangalore, Delhi (Secretariat Telegraph Office ).
   • 1919 – Quetta during Afghan troubles; Karachi.
   • 1923 – Madras; installation of India-Burma radio link.
   • 1927 – Miram Shah and Bannu N.W.F.P.; telegraph system set up between forts; Jandola, South Waziristan; meets T.E. Lawrence.
   • 1930 – Bombay; in charge of Bombay radio.
   • 1931 – Karachi; connection with aviation; problems in communications in early days of commercial flying.
   • 1935 – transmission and the Quetta earthquake.
   • 1937 – installation of radio facilities for sea-plane base at Gwalior.
   • 1938 – Karachi; wireless facilities in the control tower of new aerodrome; Superintendent of Aeronautical Wireless, HQ. Karachi.
   • 1939 – women’s war-work, with wounded troops from North Africa.
   • 1942 – in control of civil facilities of Civil and Service Aeronautical Wireless.