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Biographical

• Allen, Charles

Duel In the Snows: The True Story of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa by Charles Allen (2004)

• Bennett, Mary

Who was Dr Jackson? : two Calcutta families, 1830-55. London: BACSA, 2002

• Pears, Walford

Schreyvogel's Mission: Lindau to Trichinopoly Pub 2011. Daniel Schreyvogel was a missionary in Tranquebar from 1803 to 1826.

Directories and Journals

• The Asiatic annual register, or, A view of the history of Hindustan, and of the politics, commerce and literature of Asia. [Online version] London: Cadell & Davies, 1799-1811

In addition to standard information, these include many items about shipping, including ships hired for the season, and loss of ships. All editions are fully available at Google Books. See our index to volumes.

• The Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany/register. [Online version] London: W.H. Allen, 1816-1845.

In addition to standard information, these include many items about shipping, including ships hired for the season, and loss of ships. Google Books provides many editions (there were two per year until 1829, then three) to view online or download. FIBIwiki has an index to available editions.

• The Oriental magazine, and Calcutta review [Online version] 1823

Available to view or download on Google Books: Volume 1, Jan-June 1823 Volume 2, July-December 1823

• The Oriental herald and colonial review / edited by James Silk Buckingham. [Online version] London: Sandford Arnot

Available to view or download on Google Books. See our index to volumes.

• Parbury's oriental herald and colonial intelligencer. [Online version] London: Parbury & Co

Available to view or download on Google Books. See Newspapers and journals online for index to online volumes.

• The Quarterly oriental magazine, review and register. [Online version] Calcutta: Thacker

Available to view or download on Google Books. See our index to volumes.

• The Calcutta Christian observer. [Online version] Calcutta: Thacker & Co.

Volumes 1-5 include listings of births, marriages, deaths, however the later volumes seem to be limited to missionaries etc. Available to view or download on Google Books. See our index to volumes.

• Calcutta magazine and monthly register. [Online Version] Calcutta: S. Smith & Co.

Available to view or download on Google Books. See our index to volumes. Note that page numbers in some of volumes seem not to be consecutive, perhaps due to the way they have been bound or filmed.

• Calcutta monthly journal and general register. [Online version] Calcutta: Samuel Smith & Son

Several editions are available on Google Books. See our index to volumes.

• The Calcutta monthly register. [Online version] Vol 1, November 1790.

This is one of a number of directories from the late 1700’s available on the website Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO - a part of Gale Digital Collections).The access is restricted to library card holders (usually residents) of participating libraries, including the National Libraries of Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, State Library of NSW, and many Universities. Most of the original books are in the British Library. ECCO may also be accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms.

• The Oriental magazine; or, Calcutta amusement. [Online version] 1785.

These is one of a number of directories from the late 1700’s available on the website Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO- A part of Gale Digital Collections).The access is restricted to library card holders (usually residents) of participating libraries, including the National Libraries of Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, State Library of NSW, and many Universities. Most of the original books are in the British Library. ECCO may also be accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms.

General History

• The History of the British Empire in India by George Robert Gleig Volume 1, pub. 1830, Volume 2, pub. 1835, Volume 3, pub. 1835, Volume 4, pub. 1835

• Chapters of the Modern History of British India by Edward Thornton 1840 Google Books

• Political and Military Events in British India: From the Years 1756 to 1849 by William Hough 1853 .Volume 1 (to 1814) and Volume 2 (1814-1849) are in the same link; index for Volume 2 is at page 371 (following on from Volume 1), then Volume 2 page numbers recommence from page 1. Google Books

• Grey, C.

European Adventurers Of Northern India 1785 to 1849 by C. Grey first published in 1929 and reprinted by the Languages Department, Punjab, Patiala, in 1970, contains biographical sketches of over one hundred Europeans who came to or served in the Punjab during Sikh times. Available as Limited View Google Books Index Bibliography

• Pick up your Parrots and Monkeys: The Life of a Boy Soldier in India by William Pennington 2003. amazon.co.uk.

Locations

• Bhasin Raaja

Simla - the summer capital of British India. Reprinted Rupa and Co 2011. Review in Deccan Herald

Regimental histories

• Moreman, Tim The NW Frontier of India - The Army in India and the Development of Frontier Warfare, 1939-1947 (London: Palgrave/Macmillan, 1998)

• History Of The Guides 1846-1922 originally published 1938, which is available as a reprint.
• History Of The Guides 1922-1947 by Lieut. General Sir George McMunn originally published 1950, which is available as reprint.

Miscellaneous

• Allen, Charles

The Buddha and the Sahibs (2002). A review by William Dalrymple, author of the White Mughals, in the Guardian, states “As Charles Allen shows in his book, under Sir William Jones, the Asiatic Society of Bengal became the scholarly nerve centre that brought together all the different amateur enthusiasts busily working at uncovering the deepest roots of India's lost pre-Islamic history. In the society's Calcutta premises were collated reports sent in from a huge range of eccentric figures working away at translating Buddhist scrolls or ancient rock inscriptions, Gandharan coins or Tibetan mythologies, far separated from each other in remote outposts between the highest peaks of the Himalayas in Tibet and Nepal, through the arid plains of the Deccan to the thickest jungles of 18th-century Burma and Ceylon.” Also reviewed in the Spectator and available from Amazon.co.uk.

• Axelby, Richard and Savithra, Preetha Nair

Science and the Changing Environment in India 1780-1920: A Guide to Sources in the India Office Records 2009. The guide is arranged in eleven chapters: plants; agriculture; forests; animals; geology; meteorology; health and disease; water; communication networks and the built environment; ethnography; landscape and topography.

• Bevan, Amanda (2006)576 pages.

Tracing your Ancestors in The National Archives is stated by The National Archives to be the only exhaustive guide to TNA’s holdings. It is to be noted that Chapter 8 details 'Births, marriages and deaths of Britons overseas or in the armed services'

• Spencer, William (2008)

Army Records: A Guide for Family Historians. Mainly about records in the TNA and the India Office at the British Library. Contains chapters 'Royal Artillery' and 'The British Army in India' and the 'Indian Army'.

• Yeo, Geoffrey (1995)

'The British Overseas, A Guide to Records of Their Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials Available in the United Kingdom