British India

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:

• Afghanistan
• Aden
• Andaman Islands
• Bangladesh
• Benkulen (Sumatra)
• Burma (Myanmar)
• Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
• China, Macao & Hong Kong
• Indonesia (Borneo, Labuan etc.)
• Malaysia
• Mauritius
• Persia
• Singapore
• Straits Settlements

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

See also

• Presidencies
• Browse British India locations

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 Please note the dates that these have been written in order to be aware that some of the content may be outdated or incompatible with modern sensibilites.

• The History of British India Vol 1, by James Mill (1817) Vol 2 (1708-84), Vol 3 (1784-1805)
• The History of British India 1805 to 1835 Vol 1, by Horace Hayman Wilson (1848), Vol 2 from 1813, Vol 3 from 1823
• The History of the British Empire in India Vol 1, by Edward Thornton (1841) Vol 2, 1766-98, Vol 3, 1797-1805, Vol 4, 1805-19, Vol 5, 1823-33, Vol 6, 1833-43
• The History of the British Empire in India...1844 to 1862: Forming a Sequel to Thornton's History of India Vol 1, by Lionel James Trotter (1866), Vol 2 (Archive.org)
• 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
• Political and Military Events in British India: From the Years 1756 to 1849: Vol 1 (to 1814) by William Hough (1853) and Vol 2 (1814-49)
• A comprehensive History of India, civil, military and social, from the first landing of the English, to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt by Henry Beveridge 1862 editions (first published 1858) Google Books Volume 1( -1767) (Books 1, 2, 3), Volume 2 (1762 -1803) (Books 4, 5, 6), Volume 3 (1808-) (Books 7, 8,9), Index to all Volumes
• History of India published 1906-07 (Archive.org):

• 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

• Dictionary of British-Indian dates: being a compendium of all the dates essential to the study of the history of British rule in India 1866 Google Books