Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
E x t e r n a l . F i l e s |
Country Profiles | Links, Portals | Organizations | Accounts of History | Politics | Military History | Economic History |
Social History | Ethnography | History of Religion | Regional History | Local History | Institutions | Culture |
Biography | Others |
D o c u m e n t s |
Historical Data | Documents | Institutions | National Symbols |
P r i n t e d . R e f e r e n c e |
Bibliographies | Online Libraries | Online Journals | General Accounts | Specific Topics | Historical Dictionaries | Others |
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
Country Profiles | Current |
from Wikipedia;
from Webindia 123 from BBC Country Profiles, from Nations Encyclopedia; from World Desk Reference; from Worldwide Gazetteer CIA World Factbook, click for India Library of Congress Country Study : India |
Historic |
Links | General |
India Virtual Library from Library of Congress, Portals to the World; from BUBL, from dmoz India Virtual Library; List of India-related Topics, Category : India, from Wikipedia; India, from Post-Colonial Web |
on History |
from Virtual Library Labour History,
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World,
from Virtual Library India,
from Best Indian Sites,
from India Focus;
from BBC Family History, India Category : History of India, from Wikipedia Republic of India, Historical Context Overview, from Post-Colonial Web |
Organizations |
Asiatic Society Mumbai Asiatic Society Kolkata Archaeological Survey of India |
Historical Dictionaries |
The Sikh Encyclopedia |
Timelines |
Timeline of Indian History, from
BBC News India to 1991, India 1992-2003, India since 2004, from timelines.ws Clickable Timeline of Indian History, from kamat.com |
Accounts of History | Current |
from Wikipedia;
from Itihaas, 5 chapters,
from Manas, 7 chapters,
from historyofindia.com;
from Lonely Planet |
Historical |
Specific Periods |
Politics | Links |
Political Resources on the Net : India Governments on the WWW : India Category : Politics of India, from Wikipedia |
General |
For the Record 2000 : India, from UN Human Rights System Politics of India, from Wikipedia |
Institutions |
History of Lok Sabha Elections, from
SME Times |
Political Parties, Movements |
List of Political Parties in India, from Wikipedia |
Foreign Relations |
Relations between India and Russia, from Axis India-Bangladesh Relations, from IPCS Robie I. Samantha Roy, India-Bangladesh Water Dispute, ICE Case Studies 2002 Yuki Kawaguchi, Arunachal Pradesh Territorial Dispute between India and China ICE Case Studies 2005 |
Military |
List of Wars of British India, at this site Wars of India 1800-1999, from ACED Orders, Decorations and Medals of India, from ODM India Military Guide, from Global Security India Assessment, from SATP CASCON Case KAS : Kashmir 1947-, by L.P. Bloomfield, L. Moulton Lionel Baixas, Case Study : The Anti-Sikh Pogrom of October 31 to November 4, 1984, in New Delhi , from Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence |
Economy & Finances |
Global History of Currencies : India, by Bryan Taylor Economic History of India, from Wikipedia The Economic History and the Economy of India, by Thayer Watkins India, from Technological Independence - The Asian Experience, by S. Chamarik and S. Goonatilake National Overview India, Textile History Conference IISH, by Tirthankar Roy India, from Showcaves, has historical mines History of Indian Science and Technology, outline of a 20 volume publication Origins and Growth of the Software Industry in India, by Rafiq Dossani (2005) History of Tata Steel A History of Diamonds in India, from De Beers; Historical Gem Cutting Regions : Gujarat, India, from Khulsey History of Paper Technology in India, by Lalit Tiwari Coal Mining in India : the Past, from www.coal.nic.in; Mines and Communities : India Article Atomic Energy Commission of India, from Wikipedia Geoffrey Jones, Managing Governments : Unilever in India and Turkey, 1950-1980 (2006) Bas van Leeuwen, The Role of Human Capital in Endogenous Growth in India, Indonesia, and Japan 1890-2000, IEHC 2006 Mishra, Palai, Das, Social Cleavages, Multiculturalism and Emerging Space for State in India under Globalisation Regime, IEHC 2006 Company Histories : State Bank of India, Steel Authority of India, Jet Airways (India), Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation of India, Tata Iron & Steel Company, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Ranbaxy Laboratories, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Air India, from Funding Universe Global Integrity : India 2004, India 2006, India 2007 Enterprise India, from Economy Point India Crafts First Online Information Center on India's Handicraft Legacy and Tradition |
Social History |
India, from Crime and Society. A Comparative
Criminology Tour of the World (Robert Winslow) India : History of Philanthropy, from Philanthropy and the Third Sector in Asia and the Pacific |
Ethnography |
Languages of India (428), from Ethnologue Articles Official Languages of India, Languages of India, from Wikipedia Languages and Scripts of India, from Oxford University Center for the Study of Ancient Documents and other institutions Map of Indian Languages, from Maps of India Minorities at Risk - India : Assamese, Bodos, Kashmiris, Mizos, Muslims, Nagas, Scheduled Tribes, Sikhs, Tripuras Country Report : India, from U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants South Asia, from World Cultures Encyclopedia World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : India Search Encyclopedia of Death and Dying for India |
Religion |
Article Religion in India, from Wikipedia Indian Temples Portal, Templenet Encyclopedia Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : India, from Kirken i Norge Islam in India; Vedism (Brahmanism), by Aharon Daniel Articles Parsi, Jainism, Sikh, from Wikipedia Famous India, travel agency site offering historical information & images on Indian temples, cities, shrines etc. India, from Jewish Virtual History Tour; India, from International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project Sacred Groves of India - an Annotated Bibliography, by Malhotra / Gokhale / Das |
History of Regions |
States of India, from www.statoids.com States and Territories of the Republic of India : Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Pondicherry - see under French India, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal at this site |
Local History |
History of Mumbai (Bombay), from The Mumbai Pages;
History of Delhi, from Welcome to Delhi History of Chennai (Madras), from Chennai Best, from Wikipedia |
Institutions |
History of Broadcasting in India, from The Broadcast Archive;
India's Television History, from Indian Television Chronology of Railways in India, from Indian Railways Fan Club India, from Airline History India, from Structurae; Search Lighthouse Depot for India History of University of Delhi, Article History of the University of Calcutta, Madras University : History, from Wikipedia; History of Mumbai University, from Maps of India; Article Indian Academy of Sciences, from Wikipedia |
Culture |
Architecture of India, from Manas Online Publications on the History of Indian Architecture, posted by ArchNet Category Sport in India, Article India at the Olympics, Cricket in India, Field Hockey in India, from Wikipedia |
Biography |
Indians of the Century, 100 biographies from The Times of India Lists of Indian People, from Wikipedia |
Others |
International Boundary Studies, search for India Disaster History by Country : India, from Relief Web; Category Disasters in India, from Wikipedia Alcohol and Drugs History Society : India India Directory, from Peace Corps Online History of Freemasonry in India, from Southern Brotherhood Indo-Malayan Ecoregion, from WWF Intellectual Property Rights & Biotechnology : Indian Seed Conflicts, ICE Case Studies 1997; Jennifer Crook, War in Kashmir and its Effect on the Environment, Talib N. Ellison, The Sardar Sarovar Dam and Ethnic Conflict In India, ICE Case Studies 2005, Samantha Hulkower, Kashmir: Melting Glaciers, Boiling Conflicts, ICE Case Studies 2007 History of Forests in India, from Edugreen History of Conflict over Forests in India : A Market Based Resolution, by Arnab Kumar Hazra, 2002 History, of India Forest Service Forest Policy Research : India; India Environment Portal Sanderson Beck, Liberating India and Pakistan, 1934-1950 |
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
World Statesmen : India, by Ben Cahoon; from
Rulers (B. Schemmel), from
World Rulers (E. Schulz) |
Lists of Ambassadors |
U.S. Ambassadors to India, from NNDB;
Chinese Ambassadors to India, from PRC MOFA;
Liste der Botschafter der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Neu-Delhi (Indien), from
Wikipedia German edition;
Lista över Sveriges ambassadörer i New Dehli, from
Wikipedia Swedish edition;
Embajadores de Mexico en India, from Acervo Historico Diplomatico |
Statistical Data | Responsible Institution |
Census of India |
Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : India, from Population Statistics, Univ. Utrecht Population of Cities : India, from City Population Historical Abortion Statistics, India, from Johnston's Archive |
Exchange Rates |
Historical Exchange Rates, from Oanda, since 1990 Federal Reserve (U.S.) : Foreign Exchange Rates, Historic |
Election Results |
from Psephos (since 1999);
from IFES Election Guide (since 1998) India Election Database, results since 1989 Election Database, from Election Commission of India, results since 1977 |
Documents | Historical Newspapers | Hemerotheques |
Wikipedia : List of Online Newspaper Archives : India ICON, International Coalition on Newspapers, Newspaper Digitization Projects, scroll down for India |
Selected Articles |
Documents for the history of India, World History Archives Life Magazine, 1936-1972, Search for "India", search all issues; 3830 India articles, GB |
Modern Newspapers |
links from World Newspapers,
from Online Newspapers,
from ABYZ News Links,
from IPL |
Newsreels |
British Pathe Wochenschau-Archiv (in German) Archief Beeld en Geluid : Polygoon (in Dutch) |
Image Databanks |
Systematic Collections General |
Old Indian Photos |
Systematic Collections Specialist |
Gandhi Photos,
from Digital Collection, Univ. of Hawai'i at Manoa Heidelberger Bilddatenbank, register as guest; search for Database of G.D. Sontheimer's images from India 1950-1992 Mahatma Gandhi Photo Gallery Balaji153, Old Photos of India (before independent) |
Accidental Collections |
Category : Historical Images of India, from Wikimedia Commons |
Oriental Collections Items on India |
India, from Images of Asia AGSL Digital Photo Archive : Asia and Middle East Asian Historical Architecture, a Photographic Survey |
Universal Collections Items on India |
License Plates, from World License Plates,
Wikipedia,
from Olav's Plates Passport, from World Passports Airline Timetable Images : India Medals of India, from OMSA |
Archival Deposits |
Search National Archives (UK) for India The U.S. and the South Asia Crisis of 1971, from National Security Archive U.S. Intelligence and the Indian Bomb, from National Security Archive India / Pakistan - on the Nuclear Threshold, from National Security Archive Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (Mofa, NL ; enter "India" in field : "Lijst samenstellen op land of regio", 11 entries; sources posted in Dutch language India, from British Library (Guide to Sources) Registers, Documents, Photos from Communities in Alibag, Bombay, Cochin, Nangon, Panvel, Parur, Poinad, Poona, Revdanda, Thana, at Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem Indian Council of Historical Research, Microfiche Catalogue |
Constitutions, Laws |
The Constitution of India, official site posted by India's Parliament List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by India, from ILO, 39 docs. since 1919 Internet Law Library : India |
Treaties |
Peace Agreements Digital Collection : India-Pakistan, from
United States Institute of Peace India - Bilateral Treaties and Agreements, 1947-1975, from Ministry of External Affairs |
Document Surveys | British Library, Guide to Current South Asian Official Publications; scroll down for India |
Document Collections |
Indian History Sourcebook Documents for the history of India, from Project South Asia Kalasampala, Survey of Manuscripts in India |
Historical Maps | responsible institutions |
Survey of India |
collections |
WHKMLA Historical Atlas India page Maps of India, from Maps of India, from Maps-India Historical Maps of India by Ian Poyntz India maps, from PCL, UTexas Maps from the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1909-1931), posted by DSAL Schwartzberg, Historical Atlas of South Asia, posted by DSAL Historical and Political Maps of India 1805-1995, J. de Salas Vara del Rey |
India, hindsight |
India, contemporary |
India, from Asian Linguistic Maps Languages of India, map by Stephen Huffman Maps : Indic Languages from Titus |
detail, hindsight |
detail, contemporary |
Bangladesh & Bhutan, from Asian Linguistic Maps,
covers Eastern India |
Parliamentary Debates |
Hansard (British Parliament) Parliament of India, Constituent Assembly of India, Debates 1946-1950; Lok Sabha, Debates 1996-, alternative site, in Hindi |
Tour Guides, Travelogues |
Residence Memoirs |
Institutions | Archives |
National Archives of India; also from
Archives Wiki A Handbook of Information, from National Archives of India National Film Archives of India; also from Archives Wiki Sound and Picture Archives for Research on Women, from Archives Wiki India Office Records, from British Library; Asiatic Society (Archive, Kolkata), from Archives Wiki Archives of Indian Labour |
Musea |
Museums of India, from GISTNIC |
Monuments |
Tentative List : India;
World Heritage List, scroll down for India;
World Heritage in Danger, scroll down for India; from UNESCO World Heritage |
Libraries |
Libraries in India, from LibDex National Library, India, from Archives Wiki |
National Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW : India; coat of Arms, from
International Civic Heraldry |
Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of India, from World Currency Museum,
from Ron Wise's World Paper Money Indian Coins, from Coin India, from Reserve Bank of India British Indian Coins, from Wikipedia Modern Indian Coins, from Wikipedia Indian Coins, from World Coin Gallery |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Bibliographies | general |
Search ISBN Database RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library |
on India | survey of bibliographies |
bibliographic database |
general bibliographies |
India, from The Online Books Page NNDB Bibliography : India B.K. Gupta, D.S. Kharbas, World Bibliographical Series 26 : India, Oxford : Clio 26 [G] |
annual bibliographies |
Annual Bibliography of Indian History and Indology
vol.4 IA |
specialist bibliographies |
Marcus Lindemann, Bibliography
on Economic Reforms in India (1995) David Steinberg, British-Ruled India 1757-1947, Bibliography of Books, Articles and Dissertations Hermann Kulke, Bibliography of India, History up to 1750 2005 Sacred Groves of India - an Annotated Bibliography, by Malhotra / Gokhale / Das V. Lal, Select Research Bibliography on the Partition of India J.J. Gotthold, World Bibliographical Series 85 : Indian Ocean, Oxford : Clio 1988 [G] |
serial publications |
Oxford University Press, India Indian Biographic Archive, Selected Sources, from Saur New Asia Books : India |
general bibliographies India entries |
D. Wujastyk, Online South Asian Bibliographies D. Milobar, South Asia History Bibliography Bibliographies on South Asian Topics, from Columbia University Library, South & Southeast Asian Studies Search Asian Development Bank (ADB) Publications for India Food and Culture (Bibliography) : South Asia 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 A Select Bibliography on Population Policies and Reproductive Rights, from Gendwaar Bibliography, from South Asia Coin Group |
booksellers |
Oxford University Press, India Books on India, from Orchid Press |
Online Libraries | general |
Project Gutenberg, Online Catalogue, keywords Ceylon Internet Archive e-corpus International Boundary Studies Center for Research Libraries (CRL) |
on India |
Digital Library of India Digitial Library of Indian History Books, from Indic Studies Buddhist ELibrary Jain ELibrary Tamil Electronic Library |
Theses Server |
Indcat, Online Union Catalogue of Indian Universities, from INFLIBNET, click Union Database |
Online Journals | full text online |
Search Parameters, US Army War College Quarterly 1971- for
India Asia Insights, from NIAS, 2002- Journal Asiatique 1822-1940 The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, JSTOR : 1835-1865 Indian Journal of the History of Science 1966- |
Table of Contents online |
Historiography |
Article : Indian Historiography - Postcolonial, by J. Masselos, pp.461-463, in vol.1 of A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, NY 1998 [G] |
General Accounts |
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.21, pp.1-175 Article India. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.21 B.D. Metcalf and T.R. Metcalf, A Concise History of India, Cambridge : UP 2002, 321 pp., KMLA Lib.Sign. 954 M588c Francis Watson, India. A Concise History, London : Thames & Hudson (1974) 1996, 192 pp. [G] |
Specific Topics |
Ian Copland, The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917-1947, Cambridge : UP, South Asian edition 1999, 302 pp. [G] Paul R. Brass, The Politics of India since Independence, Cambridge : UP 1990 [G] Edna Fernandes, Holy Warriors. A Journey into the Heart of Indian Fundamentalism, NY " Penguin 2006, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 294 F353h Mushirul Hasan (ed.), The Partition Omnibus, Oxford : UP 2002, KMLA Lib. Call Sign 954.03 P132p Gordon Johnson, Cultural Atlas of India, NY : Facts on File 1996, 240 pp., illustrated, KMLA Lib.Sign. 954 J66c 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] M. Krishna, Poverty Alleviation and Rural Poor, New Delhi : Mittal 2003 [G] Chr.V. Hill, South Asia : an Environmental History, Santa Barbara : ABC Clio 2008, 329 pp., KMLA Lib. Call Sign 304.2 H645s |
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] Articles : Assam pp.44-46, in : James Minahan, Nations without States, A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements, Westport CT : Greenwood 1996 [G] |
Historical Atlasses |
C. Collin Davies, An Historical Atlas of the Indian Peninsula, Oxford : UP, 2nd edition, 1959 [G] Historical and Cultural Maps, National Atlas of India Vol.8, published by National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation, Calcutta 1983, edited by G.K . Dutt, S.K. Biswas [G] J.E. Schwartzberg, A Historical Atlas of South Asia, Chicago : UP 1978 [G] |
Statistical Data |
IHS : B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics. Africa, Asia & Oceania 1750-2000, London : Palgrave 2003 [G] |