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:This book is thought to include at least some entries from ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs Or Monuments in Assam'' published in 1902 at Shillong (120 pages) available online, refer below.
:[[BACSA]] have put indexes to the majority of their cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1902-list-of-inscriptions-on-tombs-or-monuments-in-assam-by-francis-pdf/ ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Assam''] 1902. Pdf download, PAHAR-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1592/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Zek2AQAAMAAJ Google Books version] now appears to be available full view.
==Passport application records at the Assam State Archives==
*[http://archive.org/stream/astatisticalacc31huntgoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''A Statistical Account of Assam Volume II''] by W W Hunter 1879 (archive.org)<br>
*''Assam District Gazetteers''. Published 1905-1928, Volumes 1-10 by B.C. Allen, 1905-06; Volume 11 written anonymously, 1928. Supplementary volumes published c 1915.
:There is a download available as a pdf file from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset as [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1905-assam-district-gazetteers-vols-1-to-10-by-allen-s-pdf/ ''1905 Assam District Gazetteers Vols 1 To 10''] [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1674 Archive.org mirror version].
:The following are mainly originally from Digital Library of India, with mirror editions on Archive.org: ''Cachar Vol. 1'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463827 Archive.org] 1905; ''Sylhet Vol. 2'' 1905, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463814 Archive.org], later reprint edition, ''Sylhet Supplement'' [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463803 Archive.org] 1915; ''Goalpara Vol.3'' [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.2969/mode/2up Archive.org] 1905, ''Supplement to Goalpara'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55772 Archive.org] 1914; ''Kamrup Vol. 4'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463813 Archive.org] 1905; ''Darrang Vol. 5'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463808 Archive.org] 1905, ''Darrang Supplement'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463805 Archive.org] 1915; ''Nowgong Vol. 6'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210366 Archive.org] 1905, ''Nowgong Supplement'' [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3224/mode/2up Archive.org] 1915; ''Sibsagar Vol. 7'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206853 Archive.org] 1906, ''Sibsagar Supplement'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.55771 Archive.org] 1915; ''Lakhimpur Vol. 8'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206852 Archive.org] 1905, ''Lakhimpur Supplement'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463809 Archive.org] 1916; ''Naga Hills And Manipur Vol. 9'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463818 Archive.org] 1905; [https://archive.org/details/assamdistrictga00allegoog ''The Khasi and Jaintia Hills, the Garo Hills and the Lushai Hills Vol.10''] 1906 Archive.org., [http://eap.bl.uk/database/overview_item.a4d?catId=183535;r=8723 ''Volume10 Supplement''] 1915. British Library EAP file (Tiff images, may require a plug-in); ''Vol.11'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463820 Archive.org] The Sadiya and Balipara Frontier Tract ? 1928.
* ''Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series: Eastern Bengal and Assam'' 1908. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281526 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. .
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023498367 ''The Mishmee Hills : an account of a journey made in an attempt to penetrate Thibet from Assam to open new routes for commerce''] by T.T. Cooper 1873 Archive.org. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000003594C British Library Digital Collection] with possibly better images (rotatable)
*''Sport in British Burmah, Assam and the Cassyah and Jyntiah Hills : with notes of sport in the hilly districts of the Northern Division, Madras Presidency ...'' by Lieut.-Colonel Pollok, Madras Staff Corps. (Fitzwilliam Thomas Pollok) 1879. [https://archive.org/details/sportinbritishb01pollgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/sportinbritishb00pollgoog Volume II] Archive.org
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1883-north-east-frontier-of-india-topographical-political-and-military-report-s-pdf/ ''The North-East Frontier of India (A topographical, political and military report)''] by Captain St John F Michell, Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department, [possible 1973 reprint of] 1883 original, may be downloaded as a pdf from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1883-confidential-report-topographical-political-and-military-on-the-north-east-frontier-of-india-by-michell-s-pdf/ ''1883 Confidential Report (Topographical Political and Military) on the North-East Frontier of India''] by Michell. Pdf from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset, (if download does not display, located in Books/Indian Subcontinent). [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1024/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. Note, it is not known if these digital files differ, or are in fact the identical publication.
*[https://archive.org/details/aglimpseassam00wardgoog ''A Glimpse of Assam''] by Susan R Ward 1884 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024089744 ''My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills''] by Major General Sir James Johnstone 1896 Archive.org. The account concerns the period 1873 to the operations in 1885-1886, at the time of the [[3rd Burma War]], when he retired with nearly 28 years’ service in India. Mainly he seems to have worked as a Political Agent, or similar.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistoryassam00gaitgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''A History of Assam''] by Sir Edward Albert Gait 1906 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas04indi#page/n9/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: Volume 4 North and North-Eastern Frontier tribes''] by Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters India 1907 Archive.org
**''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India: [Volume 7]'' [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1913-official-account-of-the-abor-expedition-1911-12-s-pdf/ ''Official Account of the Abor Expedition, 1911-1912''] by General Staff, India published 1913, is available to download as a pdf file from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1969/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. It is also available in a reprint edition [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.500051 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/lifeinindianoutp00cassiala/page/n9 ''Life in an Indian Outpost''] [Buxa Duar, North East India] by Major Gordon Casserly, Indian Army, first published c 1910. Archive.org.
*''Eastern Bengal and Assam Police Manual'' 1911 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/lusheikukiclans00shak/page/n7 ''The Lushei Kuki Clans''] by Lt.-Colonel J Shakespear [John] 1912. Published under the orders of the Government of Eastern Bengal and Assam. Archive.org
*''Bibliotheca Indosinica: Dictionnaire bibliographique des ouvrages relatifs à la péninsule indochinoise [Biblioteca Indosinica: Bibliographic dictionary of books on the Indochinese Peninsula]'' by Henri Cordier 1912 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecaindos01cord#page/258/mode/2up "Assam"] Volume I, page 515-518, digital file page 259. Includes English publications. [https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecaindos01cord#page/n557/mode/2up Contents]; [https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecaindos04cord#page/1524/mode/2up Index of authors]; [https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecaindos04cord#page/112/mode/2up Alphabetical Index for all volumes]
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1912-the-north-eastern-frontier-of-india-by-holdich-s-pdf/ ''The North-Eastern Frontier of India''] by Holdich 1912. A paper presented by Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich at a meeting of the Indian section of the Royal Society of Arts on February 8 1912.<ref>[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19120309.2.3.aspx ''The Straits Times'', 9 March 1912, Page 2] nlb.gov.sg</ref> Pdf download from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1955 Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/details/ExplorationOnTheNorthEastFrontier1913 ''Report on an Exploration on the North East Frontier 1913''] by Captain HT Morshead ([https://archive.org/stream/ExplorationOnTheNorthEastFrontier1913/Exploration%20on%20the%20North%20East%20Frontier%201913#page/n0/mode/2up Report 1]) and Captain F M Bailey Political Department ([https://archive.org/stream/ExplorationOnTheNorthEastFrontier1913/Exploration%20on%20the%20North%20East%20Frontier%201913#page/n25/mode/2up Report 2)] 1914 Archive.org. With [https://archive.org/stream/ExplorationOnTheNorthEastFrontier1913/Exploration%20on%20the%20North%20East%20Frontier%201913#page/n29/mode/1up Map], Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofupperas00shak#page/n7/mode/2up ''History of Upper Assam, Upper Burmah and North-Eastern Frontier''] by Leslie Waterfield Shakespear 1914 Archive.org
*[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. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2835 Archive.org mirror version]. 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].
*[http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOADI10470/00001 ''Tour diaries of the Special Officer Subansiri, 1944-45''] by Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf 1947 Calcutta. SOAS University of London Digital. [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1946-tour-diaries-of-special-officer-subansiri-1944-46-by-von-furer-haimendorf-from-microfiche-pdf/ Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset version], catalogued 1944-46, [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2861/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].*[https://archive.org/details/enchantedfrontie0000rust/page/n7 ''Enchanted Frontiers: Sikkim, Bhutan, and India's Northeastern Borderlands''] by Nari Rustomji 1971. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Also available [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1971-enchanted-frontiers-sikkim-bhutan-and-indias-north-eastern-borderlands-by-rustomji-s-pdf/ PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD)](link to a pdf download). If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent/1971. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3398/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]. An Indian born c 1918, he was educated in England, and returned, appointed to the ICS, in 1942.
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1983-imperilled-frontiers-indias-north-eastern-borderlands-by-rustomji-s-pdf/ ''Imperilled Frontiers–India’s North-Eastern Borderlands''] by Nari Rustomji 1983. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD). If the download button does not display, locate under Books/Indian Subcontinent/1983.
* Industry and Industrial Arts series of Monographs. Pdf downloads, Digital Repository of GIPE Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune].
