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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.52854 ''The Romance of the Indian Frontiers''] by Lt-Gen Sir George MacMunn, Colonel-Commandant Royal Artillery 1931 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofthefron035444mbp ''History of the Frontier Areas Bordering on Assam: from 1883-1941''] by Sir Robert Reid 1942. Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/yearsofchangeinb0000reid/page/n5 ''Years of Change in Bengal and Assam''] by Sir Robert Reid 1966. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Sir Robert was 36 years in the ICS 1907-1942, including the years 1937-42 as Governor of Assam. He then worked in wartime Calcutta to mid 1943.
*''Forgotten Frontier'' by Geoffrey Tyson, published 1945. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528129 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. It is also available as a [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1945-forgotten-frontier-by-tyson-s-pdf/ pdf download] from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. The book is about the escape of refugees from Burma in 1942 and the help provided by the tea planters of Assam in assisting the refugees from north Burma into India.
*''Tour diary of Captain A. E. G. Davy, Additional Political Officer, Balipara Frontier Tract, December 1st 1944 to March 30th 1945, in connection with exploration and political work in the Dafla Hills''. [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1945-tour-diary-of-captain-a-e-g-davy-balipara-frontier-tract-dec-1-1944-to-mar-30-1945-from-microfiche-pdf/ Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset version], pdf download - if download link does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent/1945. [http://abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/1433977 Abhilekh-patal.in version].
