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:*[http://nstyabji.wordpress.com/2009/03/ “Back in Bombay”] British attitude to the marriage of a British woman to an Indian man, and [http://nstyabji.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/the-wedding/ “The Wedding], a Moslem marriage ceremony in November, probably 1936, but possibly 1937 (conflicting dates). “Retroblog of Najm Tyabji (1930+)”. He was an Indian engineer born 1912, who studied in London where he met his Scottish future wife, Mona Knight. (Archive.org links [https://web.archive.org/web/20090513043218/http://nstyabji.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/back-in-bombay/ 1] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120729044008/http://nstyabji.wordpress.com/2010/01/03/the-wedding 2]}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131116111055/http://www.tajmahalfoxtrot.com/?p=1672 Maxine Steller’s Bombay]. Born in 1930, daughter of Bill Taylor who was in the Bombay Police Force, they lived in quarters behind the various police stations he was assigned to. She describes her early life, including becoming the female singer in a band, and the conditions before and after independence, until she left in 1950 for Australia. tajmahalfoxtrot.com
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:*[http://www.indianmemoryproject.com/104/ Mabel Henderson and her husband Dr. Bharat Chandra Ghosh, Indian Medical Service] who were married in Scotland in 1905, including a photograph dated 1928. indianmemoryproject.com
:*[http://www.indianmemoryproject.com/20/ Photograph: Shanta Bhandarkar as a baby with her English Mother Louisa Bishop, and father Dr. Vasudev Sukhtankar Bombay 1910] indianmemoryproject.com
*[http://www.royalengineers.ca/femnkid.html On the Strength: Wives and Children of the British Army], a Canadian website. Some of the information, particularly in respect of physical work performed, may not be applicable to India.
*[http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/home.html The Army Children Archive (TACA)] contains information about British Army children and wives, with themes such as [http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/accomm.html Accomodation] and [http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/move.html On the Move]. There are references to India in a number of the themes.
*Two articles [http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=490750 Partition, and Last Days of the Raj] by Duncan Allan. The first article is dated May 1, 2014 .Scroll down to the 2nd post dated September 17 2012. The author was in the 2/1st Gurkha Rifles at the time of Partition and witnessed many dead bodies Koi-Hai website.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131116110725/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letter-massacres-at-the-partition-of-india-1246366.html Letter: Massacres at the partition of India] by F B Manley Wednesday, 20 August 1997 independent.co.uk
*[http://www.mid-day.com/photos/independence-day-special-reliving-history-in-pictures/5861/56226 Photograph: August 17, 1947, soldiers from The Royal Norfolk Regiment embark on the S.S. Georgic bound for Britain] on the quayside in Mumbai, the first British Army unit to leave Indian soil after the country achieved independence. mid-day.com. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znxckDsWPko Video: British Troops Leave India 1947] British Pathe on YouTube . This video appears to be of the same troops as in the photograph although they are unnamed. They are however sailing on the 'Georgic'
:[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19470818&id=a2hAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j5QMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3090,6345664 "British Troops Leave"] The Glasgow Herald August 18, 1947 Google News
