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*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024059705 ''Early English Adventurers in the East''] by Arnold Wright 1917 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024059705 ''Early English Adventurers in the East''] by Arnold Wright 1917 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.9987 ''The First Englishmen in India. Letters and Narratives of sundry Elizabethans...''] by J  Courtenay Locke 1930 Archive.org. Part of the series ''The Broadway Travellers''.
*''A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies'' by Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 1804 edition, first published in an English translation 1783 [http://books.google.com/books?id=Qqw1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3  Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=2as1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 2] (out of 6 volumes) Google Books
*''A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies'' by Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 1804 edition, first published in an English translation 1783 [http://books.google.com/books?id=Qqw1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3  Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=2as1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 2] (out of 6 volumes) Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=MnUIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover  ''Transactions in India, from the commencement of the French War in seventeen hundred and fifty-six, to the conclusion of the late peace, in seventeen hundred and eighty-three: Containing a history of the British interests in Indostan, during a period of near thirty years; distinguished by two wars with France, several revolutions and treaties of alliance, the acquisition of an extensive territory, and the administration of Governor Hastings''] by John Moir 1786 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=MnUIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover  ''Transactions in India, from the commencement of the French War in seventeen hundred and fifty-six, to the conclusion of the late peace, in seventeen hundred and eighty-three: Containing a history of the British interests in Indostan, during a period of near thirty years; distinguished by two wars with France, several revolutions and treaties of alliance, the acquisition of an extensive territory, and the administration of Governor Hastings''] by John Moir 1786 Google Books

Revision as of 05:17, 17 December 2017

Scope of FIBIS' Interest

The main focus of FIBIS activities is the ‘sub-continent’ of India but we are also interested in all areas and activities of the British in South Asia including the following between the founding of the East India Company in 1599 to Indian Independence in 1947:

Also included are the activities of the East India Company in London and St. Helena.

See also

External links

Historical online books

The FIBIS Google Books Library
has books tagged:
History of India

Some general histories available as online books. Please note the dates that these have been written in order to be aware that some of the content may be outdated or incompatible with modern sensibilities.

  • Volume 1 From the earliest times to the sixth century B.C., by R.C. Dutt.
  • Volume 2 From the sixth century B.C. to the Mohammedan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great, by V.A. Smith.
  • Volume 3 Mediaeval India from the Mohammedan conquest to the reign of Akbar the Great, by S. Lane-Poole.
  • Volume 4 From the reign of Akbar the Great to the fall of the Moghul empire, by S. Lane-Poole
  • Volume 5 The Mohammedan period as described by its own historians, by Sir H.M. Elliot.
  • Volume 6 From the first European settlements to the founding of the English East India company, by Sir W.W. Hunter
  • Volume 7 The European struggle for Indian supremacy in the seventeenth century, by Sir W.W. Hunter.
  • Volume 8 From the close of the seventeenth century to the present time, by Sir A.C. Lyall.
  • Volume 9 Historic accounts of India by foreign travellers, classic, oriental, and occidental, by A.V.W. Jackson
The Economic History of India in the Victorian Age: From the Accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.... Original title was India in the Victorian Age; an Economic History of the People 1904 edition, 3rd edition 1908 Archive.org.
[Volume 1] The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province and Kashmir by Sir James Douie 1916. [Volume 2] Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, Sikkim by L S S O’Malley 1917. [Volume 3] The Madras Presidency with Mysore, Coorg and the Associated States by Edgar Thurston 1913. [Volume 4] Burma by Sir Herbert Thirkell White 1923 Archive.org
Sedition Committee 1918 Appendices Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.
India in 1922-23 (1923), Contents, Index; India in 1923-24 (1924), Contents, Index; India in 1925-26 (1926) Contents, Index; India in 1930-1931 (1932), Contents, Index.
The following books on Archive.org may require either a DjVu or Torrent (BitTorrent) plug-in: India in 1917-18; India in 1934-35
The following are available as pdf downloads, Digital Library of India, with mirror versions on Archive.org: 1917-18, Archive.org 1917-18; 1919, Archive.org 1919; 1920, Archive.org 1920; 1921-22; Archive.org 1921-22; 1924-25, Archive.org 1924-25, 1926-27, Archive.org 1926-27; 1927-28, Archive.org 1927-28; 1928-29, Archive.org 1928-29; 1929-30, Archive.org 1929-30; 1931-32, Archive.org 1931-32; 1932-33, Archive.org 1932-33; 1933-34, Archive.org 1933-34; 1934-35, Archive.org 1934-35. Additional files are also available for these years.
  • The Indian Recorder was intended to be a reference book for the period. Archive.org, including Digital Library of India Collection.
April-June 1932; July-September,1932; October-December,1932; January- March 1933.
Years Of Destiny India 1926-1932 by J C Coatman 1932. Reprinted in 1985 as India The Years Of Struggle For Freedom. Archive.org version
The Indian Riddle by John Coatman 1932. Archive.org version. Full title: The Indian Riddle: a Solution Suggested
India The Road To Self Government by John Coatman 1942. Archive.org version. Initial links are pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.