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====Regional====
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*Various ''Bengal District Gazetteers'' are available as searchable pdf files on [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library] under the subject category [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in/dspace/items-by-subject?subject=GAZETTEERS  Gazetteers] and [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in/dspace/items-by-subject?subject=GAZEETEERS Gazeeteers], the latter includes ''Bengal District Gazetteers: 24-Parganas''  1914 by  L.S.S. O'Malley
*[[Bombay (Presidency)#External links|''Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency'']] Volumes 1-27, (missing Volume 7 Baroda),  1877-1904 Archive.org
*[[Bombay (Presidency)#External links|''Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency'']] Volumes 1-27, (missing Volume 7 Baroda),  1877-1904 Archive.org
*[[Madras (Presidency)#External links|''Madras District Gazetteers'']]
*[[Madras (Presidency)#External links|''Madras District Gazetteers'']]
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:''Mysore: a Gazetteer compiled for Government Revised Edition''
:''Mysore: a Gazetteer compiled for Government Revised Edition''
:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/mysoregazetteerc01rice#page/n5/mode/2up  Volume 1, Mysore in General] 1897, [http://www.archive.org/stream/mysoreagazettee04ricegoog#page/n8/mode/1up  Volume 2 Mysore by Districts] 1897
:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/mysoregazetteerc01rice#page/n5/mode/2up  Volume 1, Mysore in General] 1897, [http://www.archive.org/stream/mysoreagazettee04ricegoog#page/n8/mode/1up  Volume 2 Mysore by Districts] 1897
:''Mysore Gazetteer'' edited by C. Hayavadana Rao published 1927-1930 in  5 volumes (Volume 2 is in 4 parts) (total 8). Volume 1, Descriptive; Volume 2, Historical (in 4 Parts); Volume 3, Economic; Volume 4, Administrative; Volume 5, Gazetteer is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. One volume is available on Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/mysoregazetteerv035381mbp#page/n9/mode/2up  ''Mysore Gazetteer Volume 2 Part 4:Historical, Modern Period''] c 1930
:''Mysore Gazetteer'' edited by C. Hayavadana Rao published 1927-1930 in  5 volumes (Volume 2 is in 4 parts) (total 8). Volume 1, Descriptive; Volume 2, Historical (in 4 Parts); Volume 3, Economic; Volume 4, Administrative; Volume 5, Gazetteer; is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. One volume is available on Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/mysoregazetteerv035381mbp#page/n9/mode/2up  ''Mysore Gazetteer Volume 2 Part 4:Historical, Modern Period''] c 1930
*''Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India on the Northwest'' by Edward Thornton (1844).  Includes the [[Sind]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Baluchistan]] and the [[Punjab]].     
*''Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India on the Northwest'' by Edward Thornton (1844).  Includes the [[Sind]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Baluchistan]] and the [[Punjab]].     
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=i58nPEKQgYsC Volume 1, A-K] Google Books  
:*[http://books.google.com/books?id=i58nPEKQgYsC Volume 1, A-K] Google Books  

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A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory.

Imperial Gazetteer of India

The Imperial Gazetteer of India was created by Sir William Wilson Hunter in 1881.

The third edition, published between 1909 and 1931, is available online, at the Digital South Asia Library, consisting of 24 volumes of text, and 1 volume of maps. It was first published, due to the efforts of Sir William Wilson Hunter, in 9 volumes in 1881 with a second edition of 14 volumes in 1885–1887.

Other gazetteers

India

General

  • The East Indian Gazetteer by Walter Hamilton,
  • A-Z 1st edition (1815) Archive.org
  • Volume 2, I-Z 2nd edition (1828) Google Books

Regional

Mysore and Coorg : A gazetteer compiled for the government of India by Lewis Rice Archive.org
Mysore: a Gazetteer compiled for Government Revised Edition
Mysore Gazetteer edited by C. Hayavadana Rao published 1927-1930 in 5 volumes (Volume 2 is in 4 parts) (total 8). Volume 1, Descriptive; Volume 2, Historical (in 4 Parts); Volume 3, Economic; Volume 4, Administrative; Volume 5, Gazetteer; is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. One volume is available on Archive.org Mysore Gazetteer Volume 2 Part 4:Historical, Modern Period c 1930


Burma

  • Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States (1900-1901) Archive.org

Ceylon

Volume 1, A-K 1896, Volume 2, L-Z 1898