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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 | + | *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. Also, many editions for various districts are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]] website, under the title ''Bengal District Gazetteers'' including districts in East Bengal. |
*[[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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:*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024153987#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 1 A-G], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073057345#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2 H-M], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073057352#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 3 N-Z] | :*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024153987#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 1 A-G], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073057345#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2 H-M], [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924073057352#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 3 N-Z] | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerofulwur00powliala#page/n5/mode/2up ''Gazetteer of Ulwur''] by PW Powlett 1878. ([[Princely states|Princely State]] of Alwar , Ulwar or Ulwur (Rajputana Agency)) | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerofulwur00powliala#page/n5/mode/2up ''Gazetteer of Ulwur''] by PW Powlett 1878. ([[Princely states|Princely State]] of Alwar , Ulwar or Ulwur (Rajputana Agency)) | ||
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===Burma=== | ===Burma=== | ||
Revision as of 03:34, 7 December 2010
A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory.
Contents
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
- A Gazetteer of the Territories under the Government of the East-India Company, and of the Native States on the Continent of India A-PUTTA by Edward Thornton (1857) OOJ-Z (1854) Google Books
Regional
- Various Bengal District Gazetteers are available as searchable pdf files on DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library under the subject category Gazetteers and Gazeeteers, the latter includes Bengal District Gazetteers: 24-Parganas 1914 by L.S.S. O'Malley. Also, many editions for various districts are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, under the title Bengal District Gazetteers including districts in East Bengal.
- Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency Volumes 1-27, (missing Volume 7 Baroda), 1877-1904 Archive.org
- Madras District Gazetteers
- The Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Local Gazetteer 1908 Archive.org
- Gazetteer for the Haidarabad Assigned Districts Commonly Called Berar 1870 Archive.org
- The Gazetteer of the Central Provinces of India by Charles Grant 1870 Archive.org
- Gazetteers of Central Provinces and Berar. Digital reprints by Maharashtra State Gazetteers Department, of some individual Districts, including Nagpur
- A supplement to the Fatehpur Gazetteer 1887 Archive.org
- Mysore was a Princely State
- Mysore and Coorg : A gazetteer compiled for the government of India by Lewis Rice Archive.org
- Volume 2, Mysore by Districts 1876, Volume 3, Coorg 1878
- 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
- Gazetteer of the Countries Adjacent to India on the Northwest by Edward Thornton (1844). Includes the Sind, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and the Punjab.
- Volume 1, A-K Google Books
- Rajputana Gazetteer Volume 2 1879 Archive.org
- The Gazetteer of Sikkim 1894 Archive.org . (Sikkim was a Princely State)
- A Gazetteer of the Province of Sind by AW Hughes (1876) Archive.org
- A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore Pharoah and Co (1855) Google Books
- Gazetteer of the Province of Oudh (1877-1878) Archive .org
- Gazetteer of Ulwur by PW Powlett 1878. (Princely State of Alwar , Ulwar or Ulwur (Rajputana Agency))
Burma
- The British Burma Gazetteer Volume 2, A-Z (1879) Archive.org
- Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States (1900-1901) Archive.org
- Part 1, Volume 1 includes Chapter 10, Ethnology with Vocabularies
- Part 2, Volume 1 A-K, Part 2, Volume 2 L-P, Part 2, Volume 3 R-Z
Ceylon
- The Ceylon Gazetteer; containing an accurate account of the districts, provinces, cities, towns, principal villages, harbours, rivers, lakes &c. of the Island of Ceylon, together with sketches of the manners, customs, institutions, agriculture, commerce, manufactures, revenues, population, castes, religion, history of its various inhabitants 1834 Google Books
- A Gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane) by Archibald Campbell Lawrie Archive.org
- Volume 1, A-K 1896, Volume 2, L-Z 1898
