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*''Life in the Mofussil; or, The Civilian in Lower Bengal'' by G Graham (1878) Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/lifeinmofussilor01grah#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/lifeinmofussilor02grah#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 2]. The author went to India c 1860.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/sirrobertgsandem00tuckrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Sir Robert G. Sandeman K.C.S.I., peaceful conqueror of Baluchistan''] by A.L.P. Tucker 1921 Archive.org. Born 1835, he joined the Bengal Army in 1856 and the Civil Service in 1859, working in the North West from 1861 until his death in 1892.
*[https://archive.org/details/leavesfromdiaryi00clay ''Leaves from a Diary in Lower Bengal''] by C. S. [Arthur Lloyd Clay] 1896 Archive.org. He joined the Bengal Civil Service 1862 and the diary covers the years to 1870. He retired 1890.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-FjmQ4xTgkQC&pg=PA59 Page 59] ''Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge'' edited by John Venn Google Books</ref>
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/99022 ''Memoirs of a Bengal Civilian''] by John Beames is available as a pdf download on the Digital Library of India website. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.99022 Archive.org version]. He served as Collector of Cuttack from 1875 to 1878 and earlier as Collector of Balasore District from 1869 to 1873. For more details about this book, and John Beames, see the [[Cuttack]] page.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/amongindianrajah00frasiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Among Indian rajahs and ryots; a civil servant's recollections & impressions of thirty-seven years of work & sport in the Central Provinces & Bengal''] by Andrew H. L Fraser 1912 Archive.org. He joined the Civil Service in 1871 and became Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Fraser_(civil_servant) Wikipedia]
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/527927 ''Diversions of an Indian Political''] by Lieutenant-Colonel Roger Lloyd Kennion 1932. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.276384 Archive.org version] (different file). 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]].
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/209125 ''Jungle Trails in Northern India: Reminiscences of Hunting in India''] by John Hewett. With 24 plates and a map 1938. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209125 Archive.org version]. Sir John was Governor of United Provinces with many royal friends. Hunting largely between 1907 and 1912, including tiger hunting in the jungles of Tarai, Cooch Behar, the Central Provinces, and up north in Kumaon and Garhwal. The author joined the Indian Civil Service c 1877 when he was posted to the North-Western Provinces.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209652 ''SW Persia: A Political Officers Diary 1907-1914''] by Sir Arnold Wilson 1941 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*''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://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/528179 Pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528179 Archive.org version]. 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://www.new.dli.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. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278879 Archive.org version].
