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An adminsitrative 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.

External Links

Bombay Presidency 1608-1756 Google Books
Bombay Presidency Wikipedia
Bombay Presidency www.1911encyclopedia.org

Historical Books Online

Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency

All volumes are from Archive.org

Volume 1, Part 1, History of Gujarat 1896
Volume 1, Part 2, History of the Konkan, Dakhan and Southern Maratha Country 1896
Volume 2 Gujarat, Surat and Broach 1877
Volume 3 Kaira and Panch Mahals 1879
Volume 4 Ahmedabad 1879
Volume 5, Cutch, Palanpur and Mahi Kantha 1883
Volume 6 Rewa Kantha, Narukot, Cambay and Surat States 1880
Volume 8 Kathiawar 1884
Volume 9 Part 1 Gujarat Population Hindus 1901
Volume 9 Part 2 Gujarat Population Musalmans and Parsis 1899
Volume 10 Ratnagiri and Savantvadi 1880
Volume 11, Kolaba and Janjira 1883
Volume 12, Khandesh 1880
Volume 13 Thana 1882
Volume 13, Part 2 Thana 1882
Volume 14 Thana Places of Interest 1882
Volume 15, Part 1, Kanara 1883
Volume 15, Part 2, Kanera 1893
Volume 16, Nasik 1883
Volume 17, Ahmadnagar 1884
Volume 18, Part 1 Poona 1885
Volume 18, Part 2 Poona 1885
Volume 18, Part 3, Poona 1885
Volume 19 Satara 1885
Volume 20, Sholapur 1884
Volume 21 Belgaum 1884
Volume 22 Dharwar 1884
Volume 23 Bijapur 1884
Volume 24 Kolhapur 1886
Volume 25 Botany 1886
Volume 26, Part 1 Materials towards a statistical account of the Town and Island of Bombay - History 1893
Volume 26, Part 2 Materials towards a statistical account of the Town and Island of Bombay - Trade and Fortifications 1894
Volume 26, Part 3 Materials towards a statistical account of the Town and Island of Bombay - Administration 1894
Volume 27 General Index 1904

Other

Itinerary and directory for Western India, being a collection of routes through the provinces subject to the Presidency of Bombay by Captain John Clunes 1826 (archive.org)
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
Handbook of the Bombay Presidency with an account of Bombay City by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 2nd edition, ("for the most part rewritten") 1881 Archive.org
The following volumes are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website.
- The Times of India Directory
  - The Times of India Calendar and Directory for 1907. Contains information for India generally. Contents, computer page 51
  - The Times of India Directory of Bombay (City and Presidency) Karachi-Poona- Ahmedabad etc. 1932. Index, computer page 42
  - The Times of India Directory of Bombay (City and Presidency) Karachi-Poona- Ahmedabad etc. 1935. Index, computer page 26
  - The Times of India Directory of Bombay (City and Provincial) including Karachi and Hyderabad State 1939. Index, computer page 13
- The Palanpur Agency Directory Volume 1 1908. Palanpur was one of three Political Agencies in the Northern Division of the Bombay Presidency. Contents , computer page 16.
General Report on the administration of the Bombay Presidency for the Year 1875-1876 1876 Archive.org

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 *** ''The Times of India Directory of Bombay (City and Provincial) including Karachi and Hyderabad State 1939''. Index, computer page 13
 **''The Palanpur Agency Directory Volume 1'' 1908. Palanpur was one of three Political Agencies in the Northern Division of the Bombay Presidency. Contents , computer page 16.
+*[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
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