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*[[Madras (Presidency)#External links|''Madras District Gazetteers'']]
*[[Madras (Presidency)#External links|''Madras District Gazetteers'']]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/andamanandnicob00unkngoog#page/n8/mode/1up ''The Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Local Gazetteer''] 1908 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/andamanandnicob00unkngoog#page/n8/mode/1up ''The Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Local Gazetteer''] 1908 Archive.org
*''Baluchistan District Gazetteer Series: Volumes VII and VIIA: Makran and Kharan'' is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. ''Makran'' Contents, computer page 14. ''Volume VIIA Kharan'' commences computer page 386, Contents computer page 390
*[http://www.archive.org/details/gazetteerforhai01lyalgoog  ''Gazetteer for the Haidarabad Assigned Districts Commonly Called Berar'']  1870 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/details/gazetteerforhai01lyalgoog  ''Gazetteer for the Haidarabad Assigned Districts Commonly Called Berar'']  1870 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteercentra01grangoog    ''The Gazetteer of the Central Provinces of India''] by Charles Grant 1870 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteercentra01grangoog    ''The Gazetteer of the Central Provinces of India''] by Charles Grant 1870 Archive.org

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A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory.

Imperial Gazetteer of India

The Imperial Gazetteer of India was created by Sir William Wilson Hunter in 1881.

The third edition, published between 1909 and 1931, is available online, at the Digital South Asia Library, consisting of 24 volumes of text, and 1 volume of maps. It was first published, due to the efforts of Sir William Wilson Hunter, in 9 volumes in 1881 with a second edition of 14 volumes in 1885–1887.

Other gazetteers

India

General

  • The East Indian Gazetteer by Walter Hamilton,
  • A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical description of Hindostan, and the Adjacent Countries by Walter Hamilton 1820 Volume 1, Volume 2 Google Books

Regional

Mysore and Coorg : A gazetteer compiled for the government of India by Lewis Rice Archive.org
Mysore: a Gazetteer compiled for Government Revised Edition
Mysore Gazetteer edited by C. Hayavadana Rao published 1927-1930 in 5 volumes (Volume 2 is in 4 parts) (total 8). Volume 1, Descriptive; Volume 2, Historical (in 4 Parts); Volume 3, Economic; Volume 4, Administrative; Volume 5, Gazetteer; is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. One volume is available on Archive.org Mysore Gazetteer Volume 2 Part 4:Historical, Modern Period c 1930
Volume I- Karachi District, 1919, Volume II- Hyderabad District 1927, Volume III -Sukkur District 1928 (catalogued as b vol.iii (karachi district)), Volume IV- Larkana District 1927, Volume V- Nawabshah District 1926, Volume VI-Thar and Parkar District 1926 (Not available online: B Volume VII Upper Sind Frontier District, but it is probably available at the British Library).

Burma

  • Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States (1900-1901) Archive.org

Ceylon

Volume 1, A-K 1896, Volume 2, L-Z 1898