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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportonadminis03statgoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''General Report on the administration of the Bombay Presidency for the Year 1875-1876'']  1876 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportonadminis03statgoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''General Report on the administration of the Bombay Presidency for the Year 1875-1876'']  1876 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/selectionsfromtr00forr#page/n5/mode/2up ''Selections from the Travels and Journals Preserved in the Bombay Secretariat''] [http://archive.org/stream/selectionsfromtr00forr#page/n9/mode/2up Contents] Edited by George W. Forrest, C.I.E., ex-Director of Records, Government of India. 1906 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/selectionsfromtr00forr#page/n5/mode/2up ''Selections from the Travels and Journals Preserved in the Bombay Secretariat''] [http://archive.org/stream/selectionsfromtr00forr#page/n9/mode/2up Contents] Edited by George W. Forrest, C.I.E., ex-Director of Records, Government of India. 1906 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/pts_historyofkathiaw_3721-1226 ''The History of Kathiawad from the Earliest Times''] by Capt H Wilberforce-Bell, late Political Agent, Sorath. 1916 Archive.org. Kathiawad is situated on the West of India, between the Gulfs of Kachh and Cambay
*[https://archive.org/details/bombaylandrevenu029748mbp ''The Bombay Land Revenue Manual 1934''] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/bombaylandrevenu029748mbp ''The Bombay Land Revenue Manual 1934''] Archive.org



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An administrative subdivision of British India. The Bombay Presidency covered much of western and central India, as well as parts of Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula.

See Presidencies in the Beginners' Guide.

Maps

External Links

Historical Books Online

Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency
All volumes are from Archive.org, except Volume 7

Other

  • A Gazetteer of the Province of Sind by AW Hughes 1876 Archive.org
  • The following volumes are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website: Gazetteer of the Province of Sind by EH Aitken 1907. This contains matters of a permanent character and general interest. ('A' volume) There are also additional 'B' volumes (probably seven) containing statistical tables and matters of local interest, published in 1919 and 1926-1928. The first six are available to read online on DLI
Volume I- Karachi District, 1919, Volume II- Hyderabad District 1927, Volume III -Sukkur District 1928 (catalogued as b vol.iii (karachi district)), Volume IV- Larkana District 1927, Volume V- Nawabshah District 1926, Volume VI-Thar and Parkar District 1926 (Not available online: B Volume VII Upper Sind Frontier District, but it is probably available at the British Library).