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*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-ra131-s26 1850 Map of the Diocese of Calcutta] ''The Colonial Church Atlas 3rd Edition 1850''. National Library of Australia Digital Collections-Maps [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3667313 Catalogue entry]
===Historical books online===
*Also see [[Calcutta]]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalitschiefsa00danvrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Bengal; its Chiefs, Agents, and Governors''] by Frederick Charles Danvers 1888 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=QXwoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Selections from unpublished records of government for the years 1748-1767 inclusive relating mainly to the social condition of Bengal, with a map of Calcutta in 1784, Volume I''] by Rev J. Long, member of the Government Record Commission. 1869 Google Books. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=QXwoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR9 Index] Note: Map not included
*''Bengal MS. Records. A Selected List of 14,136 Letters in the Board of Revenue, Calcutta 1782-1807'' by William Wilson Hunter 1894 Archive.org
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords00revegoog#page/n7/mode/1up Volume 1, 1782-1793] with a [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords00revegoog#page/n13/mode/1up Dissertation on Landed Property and Land Rights in Bengal at the End of the Eighteenth Century],[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords01revegoog#page/n5/mode/1up Volume 2, 1794-1797], [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords025019mbp#page/n0/mode/2up Volume 3, 1798-1801], [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords00unkngoog#page/n5/mode/ Volume 4, 1802-1807] with an [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalmsrecords00unkngoog#page/n327/mode/1up Index of all four volumes]
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=tEcVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP1 ''Sketches of India; or, Observations descriptive of the scenery, &c., in Bengal. Written in India in the years 1811-14. With notes on the Cape of Good-Hope and St. Helena…''] 1816 Google Books. By an unknown author. Also available as a [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005D8AC#?#loaded&c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0&z=-1439.5689%2C-141.4444%2C4384.1378%2C2828.8889 British Library digital file]. The author has been described as "... certainly not in the services, shows no sign of having been in Company employ (although he is published by the booksellers to the HEIC), and gives no indication as to the purpose of his visit to India. We can only presume that he was a well-informed, and well-connected gentleman of means.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160917063443/https://www.vialibri.net/552display_i/year_1816_600_0.html ViaLibri list of books published in 1816] Scroll to book 13. Retrieved 17 September 2016.</ref>
*Calcutta and Bengal c 1819 commences [https://archive.org/stream/sketchesofindia00sherrich#page/106/mode/2up page 106], ''Sketches of India'' by 'An Officer for Fire-Side Travellers At-Home' [Captain Moyle Sherer] 2nd edition, with additions 1824 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=TeYGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR4 ''The Road Book of India; or, East Indian traveller's guide through the presidencies of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay''] by John B Seely, Captain Bombay Army. 1825 Google Books. Contains many place names.
*''Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire from the Official Records of the Colonial Office'' by Robert Montgomery Martin 1839 Google Books. ''Book IV- Possessions in Asia'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PvtqMe2cxhoC&pg=PA273 "Chapter I-Hindostan"] pages 273-368
*[httphttps://wwwarchive.neworg/details/in.ernet.dli.ernet2015.in/handle22666/2015page/22666 n3 ''Routes In The Bengal Presidency''] by Major Fred. Roberts 1865. Pdf downloadArchive.org, Digital Public Library of IndiaCollection.
*[https://archive.org/details/annalsofruralben00huntuoft ''The Annals of Rural Bengal''] by William Wilson Hunter 1868 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=1HwDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Bradshaw's Hand-book to the Bengal Presidency, and Western Provinces of India''] 1860 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/details/handbookbengalp00eastgoog ''Handbook of the Bengal Presidency. With an account of Calcutta City''] by Edward E Eastwick, published by John Murray 1882 Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc1.0036752355?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Bengal: an account of the country from the earliest time''] by Shoshee Chunder Dutt. 1884 Hathi Trust Digital Library.
*[http://wwwaccess.newbl.dliuk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000358E0 ''Cycling in Bengal. A Guide to Practical Tours''] by W S Burke. The official handbook of the Bengal Cyclists Association. 1898. British Library Digital Collection.ernet*[https://archive.inorg/handledetails/in.ernet.dli.2015.35368/35368 page/n1 ''Routes In The Bengal And Punjab Commands''] Revised Edition 1900. [Quarter] Master General Of India. Pdf downloadArchive.org, Digital Public Library of IndiaCollection.
*''Bengal under the lieutenant-governors; being a narrative of the principal events and public measures during their periods of office, from 1854 to 1898'' by Charles Edward Buckland 1901 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalunderlieut01buckiala#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalunderlieut02buckiala#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2]
*''Annual Report on the Administration of the Bengal Presidency for ...'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=6H4IAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1860-61], [http://books.google.com/books?id=6H4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA157 1861-62],[http://books.google.com/books?id=6H4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR31 1862-63], [http://books.google.com/books?id=yIcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 1863-64] , [http://books.google.com/books?id=yIcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR81 1864-65],[http://books.google.com/books?id=yIcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PR55 1865-66], [http://books.google.com/books?id=yIcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA2-PR51 1866-67], [http://books.google.com/books?id=Xn8IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 1867-68] , [http://books.google.com/books?id=Xn8IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR69 1868-69] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AAcoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 ''The Indian Official Thesaurus: Being Introductory to Annals of Indian Administration''] Compiled by Meredith Townsend 1858 Google Books. A guide to records.
*''The Annals of Indian Administration'', edited by Meredith Townsend and later George Smith. Selected extracts from the Records of the Indian, Bengal, Madras Bombay, NWP, and Punjab and perhaps other Governments. Google Books. Many additional volumes up to Volume 19 1873-74 may be viewed online on the at [[Online books#Digital Library https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Annals+of India| Digital Library of India+Indian+Administration%29&sort=-date Archive.org]] website.
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OqsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 Part I 1856], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=YrAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR6 Part VI 1858], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jrAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume 3, Part 2 June 1859], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=p7AEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR4 Volume 4, Part 1 March 1860], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=frIEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 14 1868-69].
*[httphttps://wwwarchive.neworg/details/in.ernet.dli.ernet2015.in146786/handle/2015page/146786 n1 '' Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series: Bengal Vol. I''], [httphttps://wwwarchive.org/details/in.newernet.dli.ernet2015.in/handle/2015/280284 '' Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series: Bengal Vol. II''] 1908. Pdf downloads, Digital Archive.org. Public Library of IndiaCollection.*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.233560/page/n7 ''History of The Portuguese in Bengal'' ] by J J A Campos 1919 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] websiteArchive. For barcode 99999990174384org, the Contents is computer page 16. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/5858 Pdf download], Digital Public Library of India. Additional alternative files are also availableCollection.
*[https://archive.org/details/chotanagporelitt00braduoft ''Chota Nagpore, a little-known province of the empire''] by Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt. Second edition 1910 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/GIPE003752 ''Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, Sikkim''] by L S S O’Malley 1917 Archive.org. A volume in the series ''Provincial Geographies of India''.
*[https://archive.org/details/bengalassambehar00playuoft ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their History, People, Commerce and Industrial Resources''] compiled by Somerset Playne, assisted by J. W. Bond, edited by Arnold Wright 1917 Archive.org
*[httphttps://oudlarchive.osmaniaorg/details/in.ernet.dli.ac2015.in/handle81847/OUDLpage/14143 n3 ''The Dutch In Bengal And Bihar 1740-1825 A D''] by Dr Kalikinkar Datta 1948 Osmania University Digital Library [OUDL]. May only be available Indian office hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm), (IST = GMT+5:30). Also available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/533754 pdf download, Digital Library of India]Archive.org
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035E32 ''A Handbook to the Ports on the Coast of India between Calcutta and Bombay, including the Island of Ceylon''] by Herbert Samuel Brown, Lieutenant, R.N.R. Port and Customs Officer, Mangalore. 1897. British Library Digital Collection.
*''Monograph'' Series. Subsequently reissued in 1976 as [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/108019 ''Art in industry through the ages : monograph series on Bengal''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108019 Archive.org version]. This book consists of 11 monographs, listed in this [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1026466 catalogue link] nla.gov.au. The following individual monographs are also available:
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.107091 ''Monograph Of The Brass And Copper Manufactures Of Bengal''] by T N Mukharji 1894 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection
**Not included in the reprint: ''Monograph on the Pottery and Glassware of Bengal'' by T N Mukharji 1895 . [https://archive.org/details/in.ernetgov.dliignca.2015.107092 23064/page/n3 Archive.org, Digital Public Library of India Collection]. Catalogued Classware. Also available as a pdf download [http://www.ignca.nic.in/asp/searchResults.asp?searchTerm=Monograph+on+the+pottery+and+glassware+of+Bengal&searchOption=ti Archaeological Survey of India, Central Archaelogical Library, New Delhi], or if the previous link is not permanent, use the book title in the [http://www.ignca.nic.in/asp/searchBooks.asp Search]
**Not included in the reprint: [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/25679 ''Monograph on the Cotton Fabrics of Bengal''] by N N Banerjei. 1898 Pdf download, Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune]
**Not included in the reprint: [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/35134 ''Monograph on Ivory-Carving in Bengal''] by G C Dutt 1901 Pdf download, Digital Repository of GIPE. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70498 Archive.org, Digital Public Library of India Collection].
**[https://archive.org/details/monographonsilkf00mukerich ''A Monograph on the Silk Fabrics of Bengal''] by Nitya Gopal Mukerji, of the Bengal Provincial Civil Service 1903 Archive.org. Also available as a pdf download, [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/25308 Digital Repository of GIPE]
**[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/25309 ''Tanning and working in Leather in the province of Bengal''] by Rowland N L Chandra 1904 Pdf download, Digital Repository of GIPE
