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==History==
'''Secunderabad''' was founded during the reign of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Akbar_Ali_Khan_Sikander_Jah,_Asaf_Jah_III Nizam Sikander Jah] on land ceded by him to the British in 1800. Despite being located in [[Hyderabad State]], it remained under British control. The town had a large military garrison and the British stationed a Subsidiary Force there, complimented by the [[:Category:Hyderabad Contingent|Nizam's Contingent]] who were stationed at Bolarum.
==FIBIS Resources==
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1094&s_id=332 Transcriptions of Gravestones in Secunderabad] FIBIS Database
==Records==
*An 1871 Marriage was noted to be in the Madras Ecclesiatical Returns at the [[British Library]], indicating these Returns are a source of records.<ref>Charles Partridge married 13 September 1871 in Secunderabad, Madras, India [https://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search] LDS film 521859</ref>
*[[LDS]] film: Names from Secunderabad Cemetery, Hyderabad, India ca. 1820-1990 - film 795981 Item 6 which is a microfilm of an unnamed “manuscript (photocopy)”- (but also note transcriptions in FIBIS Resources above).
*Probably most of the church records are part of the Madras Returns, but it is not known whether any can be found in the Indian States N5 Series at the British Library from 1890. Refer [[Hyderabad State]].
