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**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1kY9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5  ''No CLXXXIV New Series: Khoti Tenure'']  1873 Google Books
**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1kY9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5  ''No CLXXXIV New Series: Khoti Tenure'']  1873 Google Books
**[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/21663  ''No CLXXXIX New Series: Account of a trip to Mount Eilo on the northern frontier of the Gadafursi country with a sketch map showing the routes''] by Captain J S King,  Assistant Political Resident, Zaila 1886. Zaila (Zeila)  is a port city in the northwestern Salal region of Somalia. Pdf download, Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune].  
**[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/21663  ''No CLXXXIX New Series: Account of a trip to Mount Eilo on the northern frontier of the Gadafursi country with a sketch map showing the routes''] by Captain J S King,  Assistant Political Resident, Zaila 1886. Zaila (Zeila)  is a port city in the northwestern Salal region of Somalia. Pdf download, Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune].  
*''Illustrations of the Rock-cut Temples of India: selected from the best examples of the different series of caves at Ellora, Ajunta, Cuttack, Salsette, Karli, and Mahavellipore. Drawn on stone by Mr. T. C. Dibdin, from sketches ... made on the spot ... in the years 1838-9'' by James Fergussson 1845
:[https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008543106/page/n3 The Illustrations] Archive.org, [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/gri.ark:/13960/t0bw0ht8p?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 HathiTrust Digital Library version with rotatable pages]
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.151365  ''Illustrations of the Rock-cut Temples of India. Text to Accompany the Folio Volume of Plates''] by James Fergussson 1845 Archive.org
*''Chow-Chow; being selections from a journal kept in India, Egypt and Syria'' by Amelia Cary 1857 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=avhAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3  Volume I], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bvhAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP11 Volume II].  The author was the wife of Lord Falkland the Governor of Bombay 1848-1853
*''Chow-Chow; being selections from a journal kept in India, Egypt and Syria'' by Amelia Cary 1857 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=avhAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3  Volume I], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bvhAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP11 Volume II].  The author was the wife of Lord Falkland the Governor of Bombay 1848-1853
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qvkNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''A Handbook for India: Being an Account of the Three Presidencies, and of the Overland Route; intended as a guide for Travellers, Officers and Civilians. Part II Bombay''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1859 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qvkNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''A Handbook for India: Being an Account of the Three Presidencies, and of the Overland Route; intended as a guide for Travellers, Officers and Civilians. Part II Bombay''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1859 Google Books
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:''Life in Western India'' by Mrs Guthrie published 1881 [https://archive.org/details/lifeinwesternin00guthgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/lifeinwesternin01guthgoog Volume II] Archive.org
:''Life in Western India'' by Mrs Guthrie published 1881 [https://archive.org/details/lifeinwesternin00guthgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/lifeinwesternin01guthgoog Volume II] Archive.org
:The author is stated to be Katharine [or more accurately Katherine] Blanche Guthrie. It appears she was staying in India with her daughter Margaret and her daughter's husband, Major William Augustus Gillespie,<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/historyoforigina02whit#page/155/mode/1up Page 155] ''An history of the original Parish of Whalley, and honor of Clitheroe, to which is subjoined an account of the Parish of Cartmell, Volume 2'',  4th ed. rev. and enl. by Thomas Whitaker 1876 Archive.org.</ref>  Staff Corps, Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (for Musketry), Belgaum.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Tw8LAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA414 Page 414] ''The India List Civil and Military January 1876'' Google Books.</ref>
:The author is stated to be Katharine [or more accurately Katherine] Blanche Guthrie. It appears she was staying in India with her daughter Margaret and her daughter's husband, Major William Augustus Gillespie,<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/historyoforigina02whit#page/155/mode/1up Page 155] ''An history of the original Parish of Whalley, and honor of Clitheroe, to which is subjoined an account of the Parish of Cartmell, Volume 2'',  4th ed. rev. and enl. by Thomas Whitaker 1876 Archive.org.</ref>  Staff Corps, Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (for Musketry), Belgaum.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Tw8LAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA414 Page 414] ''The India List Civil and Military January 1876'' Google Books.</ref>
*The following volumes are available to read online, see [[Directories online#The Times of India Directory| Directories online - The Times of India Directory]]
*The following volumes are available online, see [[Directories online#The Times of India Directory| Directories online - The Times of India Directory]]
**''The Times of India Calendar and Directory for 1907''. Contains information  for India generally. Contents, digital page 51
**''The Times of India Calendar and Directory for 1907''. Contains information  for India generally. Contents, digital page 51
** ''The Times of India Directory of Bombay (City and Presidency) Karachi-Poona- Ahmedabad etc. 1932''. Index, digital page 42
** ''The Times of India Directory of Bombay (City and Presidency) Karachi-Poona- Ahmedabad etc. 1932''. Index, digital page 42
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35702 ''The Palanpur Agency Directory Volume 1'']  by F. Sorabji 1908. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Palanpur was one of three Political Agencies in the Northern Division of the Bombay Presidency. Contents , computer page 16.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35702 ''The Palanpur Agency Directory Volume 1'']  by F. Sorabji 1908. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Palanpur was one of three Political Agencies in the Northern Division of the Bombay Presidency. Contents , computer page 16.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AAcoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 ‪''The Indian Official Thesaurus‬: ‪Being Introductory to Annals of Indian Administration''] Compiled by Meredith Townsend 1858‬ ‪Google Books.  A guide to records.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AAcoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 ‪''The Indian Official Thesaurus‬: ‪Being Introductory to Annals of Indian Administration''] Compiled by Meredith Townsend 1858‬ ‪Google Books.  A guide to records.
*''The Annals of Indian Administration'', edited by Meredith Townsend and later George Smith. Selected extracts from the Records of the Indian, Bengal, Madras Bombay, NWP, and Punjab and perhaps other Governments. Google Books. Many additional volumes up to Volume 19 1873-74 may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*''The Annals of Indian Administration'', edited by Meredith Townsend and later George Smith. Selected extracts from the Records of the Indian, Bengal, Madras Bombay, NWP, and Punjab and perhaps other Governments. Google Books.  
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OqsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 Part I 1856], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=YrAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR6 Part VI 1858], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jrAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7  Volume 3, Part 2 June 1859], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=p7AEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR4 Volume 4, Part 1 March 1860], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=frIEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 14 1868-69].
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OqsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 Part I 1856], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=YrAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR6 Part VI 1858], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jrAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7  Volume 3, Part 2 June 1859], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=p7AEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR4 Volume 4, Part 1 March 1860], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=frIEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 14 1868-69].
*:Additional volumes to Volume 19 1873-74 are available on [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Annals+of+Indian+Administration%29&sort=-date 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://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://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035E32 ''A Handbook to the Ports on the Coast of India between Calcutta and Bombay, including the Island of Ceylon'']  by Herbert Samuel Brown, Lieutenant, R.N.R. Port and Customs Officer, Mangalore. 1897. British Library Digital Collection.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035E32 ''A Handbook to the Ports on the Coast of India between Calcutta and Bombay, including the Island of Ceylon'']  by Herbert Samuel Brown, Lieutenant, R.N.R. Port and Customs Officer, Mangalore. 1897. British Library Digital Collection.
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*[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
*Monograph Series. Republished in 1976 as  ''Art in industry through the ages: monograph series on Bombay Presidency'', with this [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/898370 catalogue record for  contents] nla.gov.au.
*Monograph Series. Republished in 1976 as  ''Art in industry through the ages: monograph series on Bombay Presidency'', with this [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/898370 catalogue record for  contents] nla.gov.au.
**[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/34719 ''A Monograph On Dyes And Dyeing In The Bombay Presidency''] by    C G H Fawcett. [Sir Charles Gordon Hill Fawcett] 1896.  Uniform Title: ''Miscellaneous Official Publications''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34719 Archive.org version]. 
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34719 ''A Monograph On Dyes And Dyeing In The Bombay Presidency''] by    C G H Fawcett. [Sir Charles Gordon Hill Fawcett] 1896.  Uniform Title: ''Miscellaneous Official Publications''. Archive.org, mirror file from Digital Library of India.  
**[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/25311 ''Monograph on Woollen Fabrics of the Bombay Presidency''] by B A  Brendon, 1899. Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune]. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35090 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection], however the print quality is poor.
**[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/25311 ''Monograph on Woollen Fabrics of the Bombay Presidency''] by B A  Brendon, 1899. Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune]. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35090 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection], however the print quality is poor.
**[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/25318 ''Monograph upon the Silk Fabrics of the Bombay Presidency''] by S M Edwardes,  1900.                Digital Repository of GIPE
**[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/25318 ''Monograph upon the Silk Fabrics of the Bombay Presidency''] by S M Edwardes,  1900.                Digital Repository of GIPE
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**[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/19557 ''Monograph on the art and practice of Carpet-Making in the Bombay Presidency''] by H J R Twigg,  1907. Digital Repository of GIPE
**[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/19557 ''Monograph on the art and practice of Carpet-Making in the Bombay Presidency''] by H J R Twigg,  1907. Digital Repository of GIPE
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*[https://archive.org/details/bearsdacoitsothe00hentiala  ''Bears and Dacoits  and Other Stories''] by G A Henty c 1901. Archive.org. Includes "Bears and Dacoits. A Tale of the Ghauts".
*[https://archive.org/details/bearsdacoitsothe00hentiala  ''Bears and Dacoits  and Other Stories''] by G A Henty c 1901. Archive.org. Includes "Bears and Dacoits. A Tale of the Ghauts".
 
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Revision as of 06:51, 21 January 2019

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

Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series 1908

Other

  • A Gazetteer of the Province of Sind by AW Hughes 1876 Archive.org
  • The following volumes were originally available on the Digital Library of India website, now with mirror editions on Archive.org: Gazetteer of the Province of Sind by EH Aitken 1907. Archive.org version. This publication 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.
Volume I- Karachi District 1919 Archive.org; Volume II- Hyderabad District, 1927 Archive.org version; Volume III -Sukkur District 1919 Archive.org version; 1928 Archive.org version; Volume IV- Larkana District, 1927 Archive.org version; Volume V- Nawabshah District 1926 Archive.org version; Volume VI-Thar and Parkar District 1919 Archive.org version. (Not available online: B Volume VII Upper Sind Frontier District, but it is available at the British Library IOR/V/27/63/110).
The Illustrations Archive.org, HathiTrust Digital Library version with rotatable pages
Illustrations of the Rock-cut Temples of India. Text to Accompany the Folio Volume of Plates by James Fergussson 1845 Archive.org
Life in Western India by Mrs Guthrie published 1881 Volume I, Volume II Archive.org
The author is stated to be Katharine [or more accurately Katherine] Blanche Guthrie. It appears she was staying in India with her daughter Margaret and her daughter's husband, Major William Augustus Gillespie,[1] Staff Corps, Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (for Musketry), Belgaum.[2]

Fiction

References

  1. Page 155 An history of the original Parish of Whalley, and honor of Clitheroe, to which is subjoined an account of the Parish of Cartmell, Volume 2, 4th ed. rev. and enl. by Thomas Whitaker 1876 Archive.org.
  2. Page 414 The India List Civil and Military January 1876 Google Books.