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*[https://archive.org/stream/andthatremindsme00coxo#page/120/mode/2up ''And that reminds me 
being incidents of a life spent at sea, and in the Andaman Islands, Burma, Australia, and India''] Part III India (page 123) 
by Stanley W. Coxon 1915 Archive.org. The author, probably born c late 1850s commenced with the Civil Service in India in 1892, having previously been with the Police in [[Burma]]. He was appointed as Deputy Commissioner at [[Chanda]], the most southerly District of Central Provinces, part of the Nagpur Division [https://archive.org/stream/andthatremindsme00coxo#page/154/mode/2up page 154] He retired on medical grounds in 1906.
*[https://archive.org/details/ignorantinindia00vernrich ''An Ignorant in India''] by R E Venede 1911 Archive.org The author was visiting a friend who was a Collector in an indigo region in Bengal
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/527927 ''Diversions of an Indian Political''] by Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Lloyd Kennion 1932. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Experiences of a political officer in Northern India from 1892. He also wrote [https://archive.org/details/cu31924012420240 ''Sport and Life in the Further Himalaya''] 1910, serving in Kashmir, Gilgit and Leh, and a further book on [[Iran|Eastern Persia]].
*''Trials in Burma'' by Maurice Collis 1938 may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/528179 Pdf download]. The author was a member of the Civil Service in Burma from 1912, and his autobiography covers the years 1928-1931, particularly his role as District Magistrate of Rangoon, and the riots of 1930.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/278879 ''Impressions of an Indian Civil Servant''] by Roderick Donald Macleod 1938 is available as a pdf download on the Digital Library of India.
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