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'''PLEASE NOTE:''' This is a '''temporary''' holding page for titles submitted without review. These titles will be removed from this page once a review is submitted or if they are not reviewed within six months.
  
Contributors are implored not to add further titles to the Recommended Reading section without including a review. Please take the time to say what the title is about and why it is recommended using  [[Guidelines for contributing to the Recommended Reading Lists | the guidelines]] as a basis for your entry.
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If you have read any of the following titles and are prepared to submit a review this would be most appreciated, as the entry can then be moved to the appropriate reading list. .  
  
If you have read any of the following titles and are prepared to add a review this would be most appreciated, as the entry can then be moved to the appropriate reading list.
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Contributors wishing to add titles to the Recommended Reading Lists should send these  together with a short review to the [mailto:fibis-webmaster@fibis.org Webmaster] for consideration. Please take the time to say what the title is about and why it is recommended using the [[Guidelines for contributing to the Recommended Reading Lists | the guidelines]] as a basis for your entry
  
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====Biographical====
  
* Bennett, Mary
 
''Who was Dr Jackson? : two Calcutta families, 1830-55''.
 
London: BACSA, 2002
 
  
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====General History====
  
* ''The Asiatic annual register, or, A view of the history of Hindustan, and of the politics, commerce and literature of Asia''. [Online version]  London: Cadell & Davies, 1799-1811
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====Locations====
  
In addition to standard information, these include many items about shipping, including ships hired for the season, and loss of ships.
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====Architecture====
  
All editions are fully available at Google Books. See [[Directories_online#Asiatic_Annual_Register|our index to volumes]].
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====Military History ====
  
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====Railway Interest====
  
* ''The Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany/register''. [Online version] London: W.H. Allen, 1816-1845.
 
  
In addition to standard information, these include many items about shipping, including ships hired for the season, and loss of ships.
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====Miscellaneous====
  
Google Books provides many editions (there were two per year until 1829, then three)  to view online or download.  FIBIwiki has an [[Asiatic Journal|index to available editions]].
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== References ==
 
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* ''The Calcutta annual register 1821''. [Online version] Calcutta: Government Gazette Press, 1823
 
 
 
Available to view or download on [http://books.google.com/books?id=26sEAAAAQAAJ Google Books].
 
 
 
 
 
*''The Oriental magazine, and Calcutta review'' [Online version] 1823
 
 
 
Available to view or download on Google Books: [http://books.google.com/books?id=0hkoAAAAYAAJ Volume 1, Jan-June 1823] [http://books.google.com/books?id=HRooAAAAYAAJ Volume 2, July-December 1823]
 
 
 
 
 
* ''The Oriental herald and colonial review'' / edited by James Silk Buckingham. [Online version]  London: Sandford Arnot
 
 
 
Available to view or download on Google Books.  See [[Directories_online#Oriental_Herald_and_Colonial_Review|our index to volumes]].
 
 
 
 
 
* ''Parbury's  oriental herald and colonial intelligencer''. [Online version] London: Parbury & Co
 
 
 
Available to view or download on Google Books.  See [[Directories_online#Parbury.27s_Oriental_Herald_and_Colonial_Intelligencer|our index to volumes]].
 
 
 
 
 
* ''The Quarterly oriental magazine, review and register''. [Online version] Calcutta: Thacker
 
 
 
Available to view or download on Google Books.  See [[Directories_online#Quarterly_Oriental_Magazine.2C_Review_and_Register|our index to volumes]].
 
 
 
 
 
* ''The Calcutta Christian observer''. [Online version] Calcutta: Thacker & Co. 
 
 
 
Volumes 1-5 include listings of births, marriages, deaths, however the later volumes seem to be limited to missionaries etc. Available to view or download on Google Books.  See [[Directories_online#Calcutta_Christian_Observer|our index to volumes]].
 
 
 
 
 
* ''Calcutta magazine and monthly register''. [Online Version]  Calcutta: S. Smith & Co.
 
 
 
Available to view or download on Google Books.  See [[Directories_online#Calcutta_Magazine_and_Monthly_Register|our index to volumes]].  Note that page numbers in some of  volumes seem not to be consecutive, perhaps due to the way they have been bound or filmed.
 
 
 
 
 
* ''Calcutta monthly journal and general register''. [Online version] Calcutta: Samuel Smith & Son
 
 
 
Several editions are available on Google Books.  See [[Directories_online#Calcutta_Monthly_Journal|our index to volumes]].
 
 
 
 
 
* ''The Calcutta monthly register''.  [Online version] Vol 1, November 1790.
 
 
 
This is one of a number of directories from the late 1700’s available on the website [http://www.gale.cengage.com/DigitalCollections/products/ecco/index.htm Eighteenth Century Collections Online] (ECCO - a part of Gale Digital Collections).The access is restricted to library card holders (usually residents) of participating libraries, including the National Libraries of [http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/er/index.html Scotland], [http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=otherresourcesa-z Wales], [http://www.nli.ie/en/eresources.aspx Ireland], [http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/list/licenced/e Australia], [http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/databases/athome.cfm State Library of NSW], and many Universities.
 
Most of the original books are in the British Library. ECCO may also be accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms.
 
 
 
 
 
* ''The Oriental magazine; or, Calcutta amusement''. [Online version] 1785.
 
 
 
These is one of a number of directories from the late 1700’s available on the website [http://www.gale.cengage.com/DigitalCollections/products/ecco/index.htm Eighteenth Century Collections Online] (ECCO- A part of Gale Digital Collections).The access is restricted to library card holders (usually residents) of participating libraries, including the National Libraries of [http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/er/index.html Scotland], [http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=otherresourcesa-z Wales], [http://www.nli.ie/en/eresources.aspx Ireland], [http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/list/licenced/e Australia], [http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/databases/athome.cfm State Library of NSW], and many Universities.
 
Most of the original books are in the British Library. ECCO may also be accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*''The History of British India'' by James Mill 1817 [http://books.google.com/books?id=1ncIAAAAQAAJ Volume 1, (Books 1, 2, 3)], [http://books.google.com/books?id=zv8LAAAAYAAJ Volume 2, (Books 4, 5,1708-1784)],  [http://books.google.com/books?id=gXgIAAAAQAAJ Volume 3 (Book 6,1784-1805)]
 
*''The History of British India 1805 to 1835'' by Horace Hayman Wilson 1848 [http://books.google.com/books?id=wxINAAAAYAAJ Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=cBINAAAAYAAJ Volume 2 from 1813], [http://books.google.com/books?id=8swNAAAAIAAJ Volume 3 from 1823]
 
 
 
 
 
*''The History of the British Empire in India'' by George Robert Gleig [http://books.google.com/books?id=05ADAAAAQAAJ Volume 1], pub. 1830, [http://books.google.com/books?id=61YOAAAAQAAJ Volume 2], pub. 1835, [http://books.google.com/books?id=HFcOAAAAQAAJ Volume 3], pub. 1835, [http://books.google.com/books?id=_5ADAAAAQAAJ Volume 4], pub. 1835
 
 
 
 
 
*''Chapters of the Modern History of British India'' by Edward Thornton 1840 [http://books.google.com/books?id=nzhYz6Et_VAC  Google Books ]
 
*''The History of the British Empire in India'' by Edward Thornton [http://books.google.com/books?id=u4MfAAAAYAAJ Volume 1], pub. 1841,[http://books.google.com/books?id=yYYfAAAAYAAJ Volume 2, 1766-1798], pub. 1842, [http://books.google.com/books?id=B4MfAAAAYAAJ Volume 3, 1797-1805], pub. 1842, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rQRXAAAAMAAJ Volume 4, 1805-1819], pub. 1843, [http://books.google.com/books?id=kB4NAAAAYAAJ Volume 5, 1823-1833], pub. 1843 [http://books.google.com/books?id=GGYBAAAAQAAJ Volume 6], pub. 1845. 2nd edition  1859 [http://books.google.com/books?id=GYpCAAAAIAAJ  Google Books] with an “entirely new and enlarged [http://books.google.com/books?id=GYpCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3  glossary"],  [http://books.google.com/books?id=GYpCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR17 chronological index], and [http://books.google.com/books?id=GYpCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA609  index]
 
 
 
 
*''The History of the British Empire in India: From the Appointment of Lord Hardinge to the Political Extinction of the East-India Company, 1844 to 1862 : Forming a Sequel to Thornton's History of India'' by Lionel James Trotter 1866 [http://books.google.com/books?id=zIMfAAAAYAAJ Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/historybritishe00trotgoog#page/n7/mode/1up Volume 2] (Archive.org)
 
 
 
 
 
*''Political and Military Events in British India: From the Years 1756 to 1849'' by William Hough 1853 .Volume 1 (to 1814) and Volume  2 (1814-1849) are in the same link; index for Volume 2 is at page 371 (following on from Volume 1), then Volume 2 page numbers recommence from page 1. [http://books.google.com/books?id=CI0cAAAAMAAJ Google Books]
 
 
 
 
 
*''A History of the Mahrattas'' by James Grant Duff 1826 [http://books.google.com/books?id=FKQ9AAAAMAAJ Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=K_cRAAAAYAAJ Volume 2, 1740-1785], [http://books.google.com/books?id=qqU9AAAAMAAJ  Volume 3, 1784-1819] Google Books
 
 
 
 
 
*''The English in Western India: being the early history of the factory at Surat, of Bombay, and the subordinate factories on the western coast'' by Philip Anderson 1854 [http://books.google.com/books?id=RQ8NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP11 Google Books]
 
  
  
  
 
[[Category:Recommended reading]]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:53, 10 December 2021

PLEASE NOTE: This is a temporary holding page for titles submitted without review. These titles will be removed from this page once a review is submitted or if they are not reviewed within six months.

If you have read any of the following titles and are prepared to submit a review this would be most appreciated, as the entry can then be moved to the appropriate reading list. .

Contributors wishing to add titles to the Recommended Reading Lists should send these together with a short review to the Webmaster for consideration. Please take the time to say what the title is about and why it is recommended using the the guidelines as a basis for your entry

Biographical

General History

Locations

Architecture

Military History

Railway Interest

Miscellaneous

References