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*[https://archive.org/details/rthonmresmontagu00mont ''The Rt. Hon. Mr. E. S. Montagu on Indian Affairs''], published 1917. Archive.org. Mr Montagu was Secretary of State for India, in  Britain. Includes the Indian Budgets 1910-1913 and Mr Montagu’s views of the inefficiencies of the structure of Indian Government, as revealed by the Mesopotamian Commission.
*[https://archive.org/details/rthonmresmontagu00mont ''The Rt. Hon. Mr. E. S. Montagu on Indian Affairs''], published 1917. Archive.org. Mr Montagu was Secretary of State for India, in  Britain. Includes the Indian Budgets 1910-1913 and Mr Montagu’s views of the inefficiencies of the structure of Indian Government, as revealed by the Mesopotamian Commission.
*[https://archive.org/details/reportsed00indi ''Sedition Committee 1918 Report''] Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta. 1918. Archive.org. There was also a ''Secret Edition'' ref: IOR/V/26/262/1 British Library. One of the aims of the Committee was to “investigate and report on the nature and extent of the criminal conspiracies connected with the revolutionary movement in India.”
*[https://archive.org/details/reportsed00indi ''Sedition Committee 1918 Report''] Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta. 1918. Archive.org. There was also a ''Secret Edition'' ref: IOR/V/26/262/1 British Library. One of the aims of the Committee was to “investigate and report on the nature and extent of the criminal conspiracies connected with the revolutionary movement in India.”
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/209606 ''Sedition Committee 1918 Appendices''] Pdf  download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209606 Archive.org version[.
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/209606 ''Sedition Committee 1918 Appendices''] Pdf  download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209606 Archive.org version].  
*[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2027793 ''Histories Of The Non-Co-Operation And Khilafat Movements''] by P C Bamford 1925. Pdf download, KrishiKosh: An Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research System. Also available as pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.
*[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2027793 ''Histories Of The Non-Co-Operation And Khilafat Movements''] by P C Bamford 1925. Pdf download, KrishiKosh: An Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research System. Also available as pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/statistics/ ''Statistical Abstract relating to British India''] HMSO . A broken range of various editions covering the period 1840 to 1920.  dsal.uchicago.edu.
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/statistics/ ''Statistical Abstract relating to British India''] HMSO . A broken range of various editions covering the period 1840 to 1920.  dsal.uchicago.edu.
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:[https://archive.org/details/indianrecorderap033569mbp  ''April-June 1932'']; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.513939 ''July-September,1932'']; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.513940 ''October-December,1932'']; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.513938 ''January- March 1933''].
:[https://archive.org/details/indianrecorderap033569mbp  ''April-June 1932'']; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.513939 ''July-September,1932'']; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.513940 ''October-December,1932'']; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.513938 ''January- March 1933''].
*[https://archive.org/details/politicalsystemo029395mbp ''The Political System Of British India''] by E.A. Horne 1922 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/politicalsystemo029395mbp ''The Political System Of British India''] by E.A. Horne 1922 Archive.org.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/209387 ''Report Of The Administration Of Lord Reading Viceroy And Governor General Of India (1921-1926)''] by J Coatman 1927
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/209387 ''Report Of The Administration Of Lord Reading Viceroy And Governor General Of India (1921-1926)''] by J Coatman 1927. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209387  Archive.org version].
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/146303 ''Years Of Destiny India 1926-1932''] by J C Coatman 1932. Reprinted in 1985 as ''India The Years Of Struggle For Freedom''
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/146303 ''Years Of Destiny India 1926-1932''] by J C Coatman 1932. Reprinted in 1985 as ''India The Years Of Struggle For Freedom''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.146303 Archive.org version]
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/76920 ''The Indian Riddle''] by John Coatman 1932. Full title: ''The Indian Riddle: a Solution Suggested''  
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/76920 ''The Indian Riddle''] by John Coatman 1932. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.76920 Archive.org version]. Full title: ''The Indian Riddle: a Solution Suggested''  
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/101141 ''India The Road To Self Government'']  by John Coatman  1942. All are pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/101141 ''India The Road To Self Government'']  by John Coatman  1942. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.101141 Archive.org version]. Initial links are pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/177667  ''Turmoil & Tragedy in India 1914 and After''] by Lt Gen Sir George MacMunn  1935.  Pdf download,  Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/177667  ''Turmoil & Tragedy in India 1914 and After''] by Lt Gen Sir George MacMunn  1935.  Pdf download,  Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177667 Archive.org version].
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278381 ''The White Sahibs in India''] by Reginald Reynolds 1937. Full title  : ''The White Sahibs in India. An examination of British rule in India''. Pdf download,  Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278381 ''The White Sahibs in India''] by Reginald Reynolds 1937. Full title  : ''The White Sahibs in India. An examination of British rule in India''. Pdf download,  Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278381 Archive.org version].
*[https://archive.org/details/budgetfor1941194033334mbp ''Budget For 1941-1942''] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/budgetfor1941194033334mbp ''Budget For 1941-1942''] Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/526463 ''The British In India''] by  Sir Percival  J  Griffiths 1946. Pdf download,  Digital Library of India
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/526463 ''The British In India''] by  Sir Percival  J  Griffiths 1946. Pdf download,  Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015. 1526463 Archive.org version].
*[https://archive.org/details/britishinasia033318mbp ''The British In Asia''] by Guy Wint 1947 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/britishinasia033318mbp ''The British In Asia''] by Guy Wint 1947 Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/526521 ''India and the Passing of Empire''] by Sir George  Dunbar 1951. Pdf download,  Digital Library of India
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/526521 ''India and the Passing of Empire''] by Sir George  Dunbar 1951. Pdf download,  Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.526521 Archive.org version].
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/526461 ''The British Impact on India''] by  Sir Percival  J  Griffiths 1952. Pdf download,  Digital Library of India
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/526461 ''The British Impact on India''] by  Sir Percival  J  Griffiths 1952. Pdf download,  Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.526461  Archive.org  version].
*''The Men Who Ruled India'', published in three volumes, [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/126942 ''The Founders''] (1953), [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/127071 ''The Guardians, Volume I''] and [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/127070  ''The Guardians, Volume lI''] (1954) by Philip Woodruff (pseudonym) are available as pdf downloads on the Digital Library of India. The author was Philip Mason who joined the Indian Civil Service in 1928.
*''The Men Who Ruled India'', published in three volumes, [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/126942 ''The Founders''] (1953), [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126942  Archive.org version]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/127071 ''The Guardians, Volume I''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127071 Archive.org version];  and [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/127070  ''The Guardians, Volume lI''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127070 Archive.org version] (1954) by Philip Woodruff (pseudonym). Initial links are available as pdf downloads on the Digital Library of India. The author was Philip Mason who joined the Indian Civil Service in 1928.
*[https://archive.org/details/LastYearsOfBritishIndia ''The Last Years Of British India''] by Michael Edwardes 1963 Archive.org. Also available on the Digital Library of India as pdf downloads (multiple files) including [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/449456  Pdf download 1]  and [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/65392 Pdf download 2]
*[https://archive.org/details/LastYearsOfBritishIndia ''The Last Years Of British India''] by Michael Edwardes 1963 Archive.org. Also available on the Digital Library of India as pdf downloads (multiple files) including [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/449456  Pdf download 1], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.449456 Archive.org version]; and [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/65392 Pdf download 2]
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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 sensibilities.

  • 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
The Economic History of India in the Victorian Age: From the Accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.... Original title was India in the Victorian Age; an Economic History of the People 1904 edition, 3rd edition 1908 Archive.org.
  • Provincial Geographies of India 1913-23.
[Volume 1] The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province and Kashmir by Sir James Douie 1916. [Volume 2] Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, Sikkim by L S S O’Malley 1917. [Volume 3] The Madras Presidency with Mysore, Coorg and the Associated States by Edgar Thurston 1913. [Volume 4] Burma by Sir Herbert Thirkell White 1923 Archive.org
Sedition Committee 1918 Appendices Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.
India in 1922-23 (1923), Contents, Index; India in 1923-24 (1924), Contents, Index; India in 1925-26 (1926) Contents, Index; India in 1930-1931 (1932), Contents, Index.
The following books on Archive.org may require either a DjVu or Torrent (BitTorrent) plug-in: India in 1917-18; India in 1934-35
The following are available as pdf downloads, Digital Library of India: 1917-18, Archive.org 1917-18; 1919, Archive.org 1919; 1920, Archive.org 1920; 1921-22; Archive.org 1921-22; 1924-25; 1926-27; 1927-28; 1928-29; 1929-30; 1931-32; 1932-33; 1933-34; 1934-35. Additional files are also available for these years.
  • The Indian Recorder was intended to be a reference book for the period. Archive.org, including Digital Library of India Collection.
April-June 1932; July-September,1932; October-December,1932; January- March 1933.
Years Of Destiny India 1926-1932 by J C Coatman 1932. Reprinted in 1985 as India The Years Of Struggle For Freedom. Archive.org version
The Indian Riddle by John Coatman 1932. Archive.org version. Full title: The Indian Riddle: a Solution Suggested
India The Road To Self Government by John Coatman 1942. Archive.org version. Initial links are pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.