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Country Profiles | Current |
Here exclusively sites dealing with British India are listed. Many sites dealing with the Republic of India, in the section on history, deal with British India. Article : British India, from Wikipedia |
Historical |
Links |
Category : British Rule in India, from Wikipedia Virtual Library History : India Links to sites in Indian History, from India Focus British Empire in India, from India Net Zone |
Organizations | on Asian History |
International Association of Historians of Asia (IAHA) Asiatic Society, Kolkata FIBIS (Families in British India Society) |
Historical Dictionaries |
Banglapedia, National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh Digital South Asia Library, UChicago : Imperial Gazetteer of India, 25 vol., 1909-1931 E. Balfour, Cyclopaedia of India, 3rd ed. 1885, IA vol.1 A-G, vol.2 H-N, vol.3 O-Z |
Timelines |
Timeline of Indian History, from BBC News Clickable Timeline of Indian History, from kamat.com |
Accounts of History | General, Current |
Article : British India, from Wikipedia Library of Congress Country Study : India History of India, from Itihaas, 5 chapters, from Manas, 7 chapters, from historyofindia.com |
General, Historical |
Specific Periods |
Sanderson Beck, British India's Wars 1848-1881,
India's Renaissance 1881-1905,
India's Freedom Struggle 1905-1918,
Gandhi and India 1918-1933,
Liberating India and Pakistan, 1934-1950 |
Historiography |
Muhammad, Shafique, British Historiography of Muslim India, thesis, no date Tahiri, Shabir Ahmad, Synopsis and Bibliography of History of Urdu Historiography, diss. no date H.G. Keene, Primary history of India for schools 1892, IA; Text-book of Indian history for Indian schools 1891, IA G.U. Pope, A Text-book of Indian History 3rd ed., 1880, IA |
Administration |
Article British Raj, from Wikipedia British Indian Acts, from India Net Zone (subchapters) Policy of Equal Federation, British Administration in India [1935-], from India Net Zone Morley Minto Reforms Act [1909], from India Net Zone Delhi Durbar of 1911, British India, from India Net Zone British Policy in India [1917-], from India Net Zone Hunter Committee 1919-1920, British India, from India Net Zone Public Services Commission 1886-1892, British India, from India Net Zone Policy of Subordinate Union, British Administration in India [1859-], from India Net Zone The Decentralization Commission Report, 1908, from India Net Zone Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, 1916-1919, British India, from India Net Zone Welby Commission, 1895-1900, British India, from India Net Zone Dyarchy in India, from India Net Zone The Resolution of 1918, from India Net Zone Growth of Representative Government in India, from India Net Zone British Administration during Second World War, from India Net Zone Imperial Service Troops 1889, British India, from India Net Zone Islam, Zafar ul, Growth of Muslim Political Consciousness in Indo-Pakistan Sub-Continent 1898-1940 , diss. 1974 |
Military |
Wars of India 1800-1999, from ACED India, from Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth (British) India Index, from Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence The Calcutta Riots of 1946, from Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence |
Economy & Finances |
Global History of Currencies : India,
by Bryan Taylor; Indian Financial Reform of 1858-1861, British India, from
India Net Zone National Overview India, Textile History Conference IISH, by Tirthankar Roy; History of Establishment of Cotton Industry in India, British India, from India Net Zone Roman Studes, India and the Great Divergence : Assessing the Efficiency of Grain Markets in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century India (2007) Bas van Leeuwen, The Role of Human Capital in Endogenous Growth in India, Indonesia, and Japan 1890-2000, IEHC 2006 Jonathan Eacott, Manufacturing India : British Producers, Colonial Consumers, and Curious Collectors 1750-1830, IEHC 2006 Yoshifumi Usami, Change in the Work Force in British India, 1881-1921, IEHC 2006 Article : History of Tea in India, from Wikipedia Article : Indian Rupee, from Wikipedia Article : Economic History of India, from Wikipedia Article : List of South Asian Stock Exchanges, Bombay, Calcutta, Ahmdabad, Madras, Hyderabad, from Wikipedia History of Indian Science and Technology, from Indian Science Indian Factory Legislation 1890-1891, British India, from India Net Zone Royal Commission, Agriculture In India Abridged Report (1928), posted on Internet Archive J. Mandis, Report on the Cultivation and Preparation of Tobacco in India (1871), posted on Internet Archive Report of the Indian Tariff Board (1928), posted on Internet Archive Indian Industrial Commission 1916-18 Report, posted on Internet Archive Report of the Indian Cotton Committee (1919), posted on Internet Archive A. Mukhtar, Report on Labour Conditions in Sugar Factories (1946), posted on Internet Archive Kh.T. Shah, Sixty years of Indian finance (1921), posted on Internet Archive A. Dhari, The growth of currency organisations in India (1915), posted on Internet Archive P.A. Wadia, G.N. Joshi, A plea for an effective gold standard in India (1924), posted on Internet Archive Electricity in India : being a history of the Tata hydro-electric project (1912), posted on Internet Archive U.R. Bansal and B.B. Bansal, Industries in India during 18th and 19th century, Indian Journal of History of Science 19 (3) 1984 pp.215-223 B.E. Fernow, Forest policies and forest management in Germany and British India 1899, IA C.G. Rogers, A Manual for Forest Engineering in India, 1901, IA |
Social History |
Articles Famine in India,
Timeline of major famines
in India during British rule (1765 to 1947), from Wikipedia Laxman D. Satya, The British Empire, Ecology and Famines in Late 19th Century Central India; Famine in India and the Colonial World, from Indic Studies; Famines in India, from India Net Zone History of Indian Census, from Census of India Medical History of British India : Cholera, Malaria, Plague, from NLS Cholera and Colonialism in British India, 1986 article accessible through Past and Present, Oxford Journals Medical Conditions during the 19th Century, British India, from India Net Zone Caste Stystem in India, from India Net Zone, scroll down for "British Impact" |
Ethnography |
Category Languages of India,
Languages of Pakistan, from Wikipedia Ethnologue : India, Pakistan Minorities at Risk : Asia, scroll down for India, Pakistan Languages and Scripts of India Richard White, Changing Perceptions : British Reaction to the Development of an Indian National Identity, 1858-1914, Selected Papers in Asian Studies 1995 Michael Katten, Colonial Lists / Indian Power, Identity Politics in Nineteenth Century Telugu-Speaking India India, pp.2705-2882 in vol.4B of J.A. Hammerton, Peoples of All Nations, c.1920, illustrated, IA |
Religion |
Islam in India, by Aharon Daniel;
Vedism (Brahmanism) Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : India, from Kirken i Norge Missionary Activities of British in India, from India Net Zone Meer Hassan Ali, Observations on the Mussulmans of India, 1917, online book posted by authorama |
History of Regions |
See files on the history of modern states of India : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh,
Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh,
Delhi, Gujarat,
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir,
Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep,
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa,
Punjab (East),
Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura,
Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Anchal, West Bengal See files on the history of modern states of Pakistan : Baluchistan, Punjab (West), Sindh, North West Frontier Province |
Local History |
The number of files on the history of cities in what was British India is too large to list below. Students are advised to be aware of spelling varieties and name changes when searching, or to go into the state files linked above. |
Institutions |
A Short History of British India Steam Navigation Article : Grand Trunk Road, from Wikipedia Article : History of Rail Transport in India, from Wikipedia Indian Railway Board, Report on India's Railways (1879), posted on Internet Archive Article : History of Education in India, from Wikipedia Article : All India Radio, from Wikipedia |
Culture |
Architecture of India, from Manas |
Biographies |
Indians of the Century, 100 biographies from The Times of India |
Others |
History of Indian Vegetarian Societies, from IVU Medical History of British India (44 vols.), posted by National Library of Scotland |
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
World Statesmen : India, by Ben Cahoon |
Lists of Consuls |
Foreign consulates in British Colonies, 1867 ed. pp.121-130, GB |
Population Figures |
Digital Colonial Documents (India) at La Trobe; many censi Memorandum on the Census of British India of 1871-1872 (1875), posted by Latrobe |
Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Kranten Historisch [historical newspapers] Search Papers Past for India (Collection of New Zealand Newspapers 1839-1920) Life Magazine, 1936-1972, Search for "India", search all issues; 3830 India articles, GB Old Magazine Articles : Mahatma Gandhi |
Newsreels |
India News Parade; see here |
Image Databanks |
Systematic Collections General |
Indian Raj, British Indian Photography 1857-1947 Old Indian Photos |
Systematic Collections Specialist |
Mahatma Gandhi Photo Gallery Historic Camel Photos - China, Mongolia and India DSAL, Keagle Photograph Library WW II Mahatma Gandhi Research and Media Service Historic Karachi 1918-1930s New York State Archives : Gallery : India (British India) Balaji153, Old Photos of India (before independent) |
Accidental Collections |
Oriental Collections Items on British India |
India : Bombay, Calcutta, Cawnpore, Delhi, Madras, from Tram Views of Asia Digital South Asia Library, Bond Photograph Collection, 1944-1945 Early Postcards of India and Ceylon British Library, Online Gallery, Asia, Pacific and Africa Collection (mostly on India) |
Universal Collections Items on British India |
Historic Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, commercial site Search Bridgeman Art, Culture & History Images License Plates of India, plaque.free.fr, License Plates of the World Historic Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, commercial site |
Archival Deposits |
India Office Records, Home Miscellaneous Series 1600-1900,
published by ProQuest India Office Records, India Office elect Materials, held at the British Library Search Janus (catalogues of archives and manuscript collections held throughout Cambridge) Tamil Nadu Archives, from TANAP National Archives of India, Press-list of Records Belonging to the Foreign Department of the Government, 1784, 1970, typoscript, GB The Cabinet Papers 1915-1978 : India, from The National Archives,/A> |
Constitutions, Laws |
Laws 1836-1872, from Bangladesh Laws Indian Legislation 1836-2007 |
Treaties |
C.U. Aitchison, A Collection of treaties, engagements, and sunnuds, relating to India and neighbouring countries,
vol.1 (1892),
vol.2 (1892),
vol.3 (1863),
vol.3 (1909),
vol.4 (1893),
vol.5 (1876),
vol.5 (1892),
vol.6 (1892),
vol.7 (1862),
vol.7 (1892),
vol.8 (1892),
vol.9 (1892),
vol.10 (1892),
vol.11 (1892),
vol.13 (1909), posted on Internet Archive W. Logan, A collection of treaties, engagements and other papers of importance relating to British affairs in Malabar (1879), posted on Internet Archive India, pp.1209-1250 in vol.8 of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America 1776-1949, 1971, GB |
Document Collections |
Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908-1931, posted by DSAL Digital Colonial Documents (India posted at La Trobe Univ. Documents for the history of India, from Project South Asia; Indian History Sourcebook Foreign Office (British) : Peace Handbooks (1919-1920), posted on IA; vol.14. Dutch and British possessions in Asia, no.82-88 Search Hansard for India Indian National Congress, Civil Disobedience Enquiry Committee, Report (1922), posted on Internet Archive Annals of Indian Administration 1858, 1859, 1860, 1868-1869, posted on Internet Archive |
Historical Maps | collections |
WHKMLA Historical Atlas, British India page Maps of India; Historical Maps of India, links from Rootsweb Schwartzberg, Historical Atlas of South Asia, posted by DSAL Historical Maps of India by Ian Poyntz Maps from the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1909-1931), posted by DSAL Historical and Political Maps of India 1805-1995, J. de Salas Vara del Rey |
British India, hindsight |
British India, contemporary |
Languages of India, map by
Stephen Huffman India 1896, 1898, 1900, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1911, 1922, 1932, 1936, 1938, Ethnographic 1906, Industries 1922, Railways 1922, Probert Encyclopedia |
detail, hindsight |
detail, contemporary |
Bombay 1907,
1922,
Calcutta 1907,
Delhi 1932,
Madras 1906,
1907, Probert Encyclopedia |
Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
Article Retro Bibliothek, search Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892,
Brockhaus Konversationslexikon 1893-1897 for India-related articles, in German Classic Encyclopedia (Online edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911 edition; numerous entries on India) |
Religious |
Article India,
Agra,
Allahabad,
Assam,
Bombay,
Changanacherry,
Diocese of Cochin,
Diocese of Coimbatore,
Dacca,
Diocesis of Hyderabad-Deccan,
Kafiristan and Kashmir,
Lahore,
Madras,
Madura Mission,
Malabar,
Mangalore,
Mysore,
Nagpur,
Poona,
Diocese of Quilon,
Rajpootana,
Trichur,
Archdiocese of Verapoly,
Diocese of Vizagapatam,
Archdiocese of Calcutta, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1908 edition;
Article India,
Calcutta,
Cochin, from Jewish Encyclopedia 1901-1906 |
Economic |
Ottomar Haupt, Währungs-Politik und Münz-Statistik, Berlin : Walther & Apolant 1884, in German, posted by
DTBSWS, chapter Indien E.G. Balfour, The cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, commercial, industrial, and scientific; products of the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, useful arts and manufactures (1885), vol.1, vol.2, vol.3, posted on Internet Archive W.H. Weed, The Copper Mines of the World 1907, India pp.142-144 |
Geographical |
Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908-1931, posted by DSAL India pp.220-247 in J. MacFarlane, Economic geography, c. 1910, GB Hindostan, pp.371-373, 374-376 in A. Harris, A geographical hand book, 1862, GB |
Historical |
India pp.324-344, in vol.2 of S. Maunder,
The history of the world: comprising a general history, 1856, GB |
Other |
Article : Indische Eisenbahnen, from Röll,
Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens (Encyclopedia of Railroads) 2nd ed. 1912-1923, in German |
Parliamentary Debates |
Hansard (British Parliament) |
Tour Guides, Travelogues |
Institutions | Archives |
National Archives of India National Archives of Pakistan |
Musea |
Monuments |
Article : Gateway of India (Mumbai),
India Gate (Delhi),
Nicholson's Obelisk (Tarnol Pass, Pakistan),
Victoria Memorial (Kolkata), from Wikipedia |
Libraries |
Official Symbols | Flags |
India : Historical Flags, from FOTW |
Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of India, from World Currency Museum,
from Ron Wise's World Paper Money,
from Zeno Coins of British India, from Zeno, from Coin Pictures; Search Coin Archives for British India |
Stamps |
Rare Stamps of India,
of the Indian States, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery Stamps of India 1854-1902, of India 1902-1935, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer |
PRINTED REFERENCE |
Bibliographies | general |
RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library ISBN Database |
on British India |
India, from The Online Books Page Bibliography of India, History up to 1750, by Hermann Kuhlke David Steinberg, British-Ruled India 1757-1947, Bibliography of Books, Articles and Dissertations D. Ludden, Bibliography on South Asian Agrarian History (c.1990) Bibliography on Topics Relevant to Indic Civilization, from Indic Studies Labor in South Asia, a Bibliography, from UC Berkeley Library South Asia 1800-1950 Bibliography, by Sanderson Beck Indian Biographic Archive, Selected Sources, from Saur |
Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archive ;
Project Gutenberg e-corpus Gallica |
on British India |
Digital Library of India History of India Digital Library Indcat, Online Uinion Catalogue of Indian Universities, from INFLIBNET, click Union Database Pakistan Research Repository Panjab Digital Library Buddhist ELibrary ; Jain ELibrary |
Online Journals | Guides |
Electronic Journals Online |
on British India |
Historiography |
Article : Indian Historiography - Colonial Period, by I. Capland, pp.458-460, in vol.1 of A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, NY 1998 [G] |
General Accounts |
B.D. Metcalf and T.R. Metcalf, A Concise History of India, Cambridge : UP 2002, 321 pp., KMLA Lib. Call Sign 954 M588c Vincent A. Smith, The Oxford History of India, (1919) Oxford : UP 2001, 945 pp., KMLA Lib. Call Sign 954 S642b Francis Watson, India. A Concise History, London : Thames & Hudson (1974) 1996, 192 pp. [G] Robin J. Moore, Imperial India 1858-1914, in : Andrew Porter (ed.), The Oxford History of the British Empire, Vol.III : The Nineteenth Century, Oxford : UP 1999, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 909.0971241 O98o v.3 |
Specific Topics |
H.S. Bhatta, Military History of British India (1607-1947), New Delhi : Deep & Deep 1977, 256 pp. [G] G. Kaushal, Economic History of India 1757 to 1966, New Delhi : Kalyani 1979, 713 pp. [G] V.B. Singh, Economic History of India 1857-1956, New Delhi : Allied Publishers 1975, 795 pp. [G] British India, in : Lilian Charlotte, Economic History of Asia and Africa, New Delhi (c. 1926) reprint 1998, pp.258-466 [G] Ian Copland, The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917-1947, Cambridge : UP, South Asian edition 1999, 302 pp. [G] Mushirul Hasan (ed.), The Partition Omnibus, Oxford : UP 2002, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 954.03 P132p P. Spear, India 1840-1905, pp.411-436 in F.H. Hinsley, The New Cambridge History, vol.XI : Material Progress and World-wide Problems 1870-1898, Cambridge : UP (1962) 1978 [G] |
Statistical Data |
IHS : B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics. Africa, Asia & Oceania 1750-2000, London : Palgrave 2003 [G] |
Atlasses |
Gordon Johnson, Cultural Atlas of India,
NY : Facts on File 1996, 240 pp., illustrated, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 954 J66c |
Biographies |
David Gilmore, Curzon, Imperial Statesman, NY : Farra, Straus and Giroux 1994, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 954.03 G488c |
Historical Dictionaries |
Surjit Mansingh, Historical Dictionary of India, New Delhi : Vision Books (1998) 2005 [G] S. Bhattachariya, A Dictionary of Indian History, NY : George Braziller 1967 [G] C. Baxter & E. Rahman, Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh, Lanham Md. 4th edition : Scarecrow 2004 E. Balfour, Cyclopaedia of India, 2nd ed. n.d. [1873], [G] |
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