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*[http://www.archive.org/details/aparticularacco00goog ''A Particular Account of the European Adventurers of Hindustan 1784 to 1803''] by Herbert Compton (1893) Includes George Thomas. Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/details/aparticularacco00goog ''A Particular Account of the European Adventurers of Hindustan 1784 to 1803''] by Herbert Compton (1893) Includes George Thomas. Archive.org | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/hindustanunderf01keengoog#page/n10/mode/1up ''Hindustan Under Free Lances, 1770-1820: Sketches of Military Adventure in Hindustan''] by Henry George Keene 1907 Archive.org. Includes George Thomas. | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/hindustanunderf01keengoog#page/n10/mode/1up ''Hindustan Under Free Lances, 1770-1820: Sketches of Military Adventure in Hindustan''] by Henry George Keene 1907 Archive.org. Includes George Thomas. | ||
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/14971 ''European Adventurers Of Northern India 1785 to 1849''] by C. Grey first published in 1929 . Pdf download, Digital Library of India. It is also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1929-european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-1849-by-grey-and-garrett-s-pdf/ download as a pdf file] from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. A description of the book says “This is a record of the adventurers, buccaneers, buffoons and entrepeneurs who cut a swathe through the heart of the Raj, before and during the golden age of British-ruled India.”<ref>[http://www.naval-military-press.com/european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-to-1849.html Naval and Military Press]</ref> Read more about the book in this link from [http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/historical-events/the-british-and-sikhs-1849-1947/european-adventurers-of-northern- | *[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/14971 ''European Adventurers Of Northern India 1785 to 1849''] by C. Grey first published in 1929 . Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.14971 Archive.org mirror version]. It is also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1929-european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-1849-by-grey-and-garrett-s-pdf/ download as a pdf file] from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. A description of the book says “This is a record of the adventurers, buccaneers, buffoons and entrepeneurs who cut a swathe through the heart of the Raj, before and during the golden age of British-ruled India.”<ref>[http://www.naval-military-press.com/european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-to-1849.html Naval and Military Press]</ref> Read more about the book in this link from [https://web.archive.org/web/20170909165956/http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/historical-events/the-british-and-sikhs-1849-1947/european-adventurers-of-northern-indiaThe Sikh Encyclopedia], now an archived webpage. It contains biographical sketches of over one hundred Europeans who came to or served in the Punjab during Sikh times. | ||
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/533458 ''European Freebooters In Moghul India''] by Lester Hutchinson 1964, Pdf download, Digital Library of India. | *[https://archive.org/details/soldiertraveller00gardiala ''Soldier and traveller; memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the service of Maharaja Ranjit Singh''] [1785-1877] edited by Major Hugh Pearse 1898 Archive.org. [https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/the-fantastic-adventures-of-the-tartan-turbaned-colonel/# "The fantastic adventures of the tartan-turbaned colonel"] by William Dalrymple 13 May 2017 ''The Spectator''. | ||
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/533458 ''European Freebooters In Moghul India''] by Lester Hutchinson 1964, Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533458 Archive.org mirror version]. For some editions, the full title has the additional wording ''[With special reference to Walter R. Sombre, George Thomas and Benoît de Boigne]'' | |||
===Recommended Reading === | ===Recommended Reading === | ||
Revision as of 11:51, 15 February 2018
External links
- “Desi Irish Raja of Haryana” by Amit Arora July 24, 2016 The Times of India Chandigarh. The story of George Thomas, born 1756. Wikipedia
- Europeans in Sikh History from All About Sikhs
- European adventurers, scholars and officials from The Sikh Encyclopedia
- Dramatis Personae of the History and Exploration of the Greater Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamirs, Hindu-Kush, Tibet, Afghanistan, High Tartary and Surrounding Territories, up to 1921 from BillBuxton.com
Historical books online
- Military Memoirs of Mr. George Thomas; Who, by Extraordinary Talents and Enterprise, Rose from an Obscure Situation to the Rank of a General, in the Service of the Native Powers in the North-West of India by William Francklin 1805. Reprinted in London 1805
- A Particular Account of the European Adventurers of Hindustan 1784 to 1803 by Herbert Compton (1893) Includes George Thomas. Archive.org
- Hindustan Under Free Lances, 1770-1820: Sketches of Military Adventure in Hindustan by Henry George Keene 1907 Archive.org. Includes George Thomas.
- European Adventurers Of Northern India 1785 to 1849 by C. Grey first published in 1929 . Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org mirror version. It is also available to download as a pdf file from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. A description of the book says “This is a record of the adventurers, buccaneers, buffoons and entrepeneurs who cut a swathe through the heart of the Raj, before and during the golden age of British-ruled India.”[1] Read more about the book in this link from Sikh Encyclopedia, now an archived webpage. It contains biographical sketches of over one hundred Europeans who came to or served in the Punjab during Sikh times.
- Soldier and traveller; memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the service of Maharaja Ranjit Singh [1785-1877] edited by Major Hugh Pearse 1898 Archive.org. "The fantastic adventures of the tartan-turbaned colonel" by William Dalrymple 13 May 2017 The Spectator.
- European Freebooters In Moghul India by Lester Hutchinson 1964, Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org mirror version. For some editions, the full title has the additional wording [With special reference to Walter R. Sombre, George Thomas and Benoît de Boigne]
Recommended Reading
- The Maharajah’s Box by Christy Campbell . The story of Duleep Singh, last King of the Sikhs, and his attempts to regain his Kingdom.
References