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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=CI0cAAAAMAAJ ''Political and Military Events in British India: From the Years 1756 to 1849: Vol 1'' (to 1814)] by William Hough (1853)  and [http://books.google.com/books?id=CI0cAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA371  Vol 2 (1814-49)] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=CI0cAAAAMAAJ ''Political and Military Events in British India: From the Years 1756 to 1849: Vol 1'' (to 1814)] by William Hough (1853)  and [http://books.google.com/books?id=CI0cAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA371  Vol 2 (1814-49)] Google Books
*''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 [http://www.google.com/books?id=XLUIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3  Volume 1( -1767) (Books 1, 2, 3)], [http://www.google.com/books?id=hRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3  Volume 2 (1762 -1803) (Books 4, 5, 6)], [http://www.google.com/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP15  Volume 3 (1808-) (Books 7, 8,9)], [http://www.google.com/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA711  Index to all Volumes]
*''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 [http://www.google.com/books?id=XLUIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3  Volume 1( -1767) (Books 1, 2, 3)], [http://www.google.com/books?id=hRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3  Volume 2 (1762 -1803) (Books 4, 5, 6)], [http://www.google.com/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP15  Volume 3 (1808-) (Books 7, 8,9)], [http://www.google.com/books?id=wRENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA711  Index to all Volumes]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=mwRSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''‪India in 1858‬: ‪A Summary of the Existing Administration, Political, Fiscal, and Judicial, of British India, Together with the Laws and Public Documents Relating Thereto, from the Earliest to the Present Time‬''] by Arthur Mills 1858 Google Books
*''The Administration of India from 1859-1868: the First Ten Years of Administration under the Crown'' by Iltudus Thomas Prichard 1869  [http://books.google.com/books?id=YFUuAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 1],[http://books.google.com/books?id=YFUuAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR6-IA1 Contents]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=s1MuAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2], [http://books.google.com/books?id=s1MuAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR5 Contents] Google Books
*''The Administration of India from 1859-1868: the First Ten Years of Administration under the Crown'' by Iltudus Thomas Prichard 1869  [http://books.google.com/books?id=YFUuAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 1],[http://books.google.com/books?id=YFUuAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR6-IA1 Contents]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=s1MuAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2], [http://books.google.com/books?id=s1MuAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR5 Contents] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9FMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3  ''The Englishman in India''] by Charles Raikes 1867 (Google Books)
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=9FMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3  ''The Englishman in India''] by Charles Raikes 1867 (Google Books)

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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:

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

See also

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.

  • 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
India in 1922-23 (1923), Contents; India in 1923-24 (1924) Contents; India in 1930-1931 (1932), Contents. Editions for most years from 1917 to 1935 are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website.