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==Scope of FIBIS' Interest==
 
==Scope of FIBIS' Interest==
  
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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:  
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*[[Afghanistan]]
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*[[Aden]]
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*[[Andaman Islands]]
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*[[Bangladesh]]
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*[[Benkulen]] (Sumatra)
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*[[Burma]] (Myanmar)
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*[[Ceylon]] (Sri Lanka)
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*[[China]], [[Macao]] & [[Hong Kong]]
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*[[Indonesia]] (Borneo, Labuan etc.)
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*[[Malaysia]]
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*[[Mauritius]]
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*[[Persia]]
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*[[Singapore]]
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*[[Straits Settlements]]
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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:
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Also included are the activities of the East India Company in [[Home Establishment | London]] and [[St. Helena]].
  
[[Afghanistan]], [[Aden]], [[Andaman Islands]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Benkulen]] (Sumatra), [[Burma]] (Myanmar), [[Ceylon]] (Sri Lanka), [[China]], [[Macao]] & [[Hong Kong]], [[Indonesia]] (Borneo, Labuan etc.), [[Malaysia]], [[Mauritius]], [[Persia]], [[Singapore]], [[Straits Settlements]].
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===See also===
 
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*[[Presidencies]]
Also included are the activities of the East India Company in [[Home Establishment | London]] and [[St. Helena]].
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*[[:Category:Locations|Browse British India locations]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
===Historical online books===
 
===Historical online books===
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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 sensibilites.
 
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 sensibilites.
*''The History of British India'' by James Mill 1817 [http://books.google.com/books?id=1ncIAAAAQAAJ Volume 1, (Books 1, 2, 3)], [http://books.google.com/books?id=zv8LAAAAYAAJ Volume 2, (Books 4, 5,1708-1784)], [http://books.google.com/books?id=gXgIAAAAQAAJ Volume 3 (Book 6,1784-1805)]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=1ncIAAAAQAAJ ''The History of British India''] Vol 1, by James Mill (1817) [http://books.google.com/books?id=zv8LAAAAYAAJ Vol 2 (1708-84)], [http://books.google.com/books?id=gXgIAAAAQAAJ Vol 3 (1784-1805)]
*''The History of British India 1805 to 1835'' by Horace Hayman Wilson 1848 [http://books.google.com/books?id=wxINAAAAYAAJ Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=cBINAAAAYAAJ Volume 2 from 1813], [http://books.google.com/books?id=8swNAAAAIAAJ Volume 3 from 1823]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=wxINAAAAYAAJ ''The History of British India 1805 to 1835''] Vol 1, by Horace Hayman Wilson (1848), [http://books.google.com/books?id=cBINAAAAYAAJ Vol 2 from 1813], [http://books.google.com/books?id=8swNAAAAIAAJ Vol 3 from 1823]
*''The History of the British Empire in India'' by George Robert Gleig [http://books.google.com/books?id=05ADAAAAQAAJ Volume 1], pub. 1830, [http://books.google.com/books?id=61YOAAAAQAAJ Volume 2], pub. 1835, [http://books.google.com/books?id=HFcOAAAAQAAJ Volume 3], pub. 1835, [http://books.google.com/books?id=_5ADAAAAQAAJ Volume 4], pub. 1835
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=u4MfAAAAYAAJ ''The History of the British Empire in India''] Vol 1, by Edward Thornton (1841) [http://books.google.com/books?id=yYYfAAAAYAAJ Vol 2, 1766-98], [http://books.google.com/books?id=B4MfAAAAYAAJ Vol 3, 1797-1805], [http://books.google.com/books?id=rQRXAAAAMAAJ Vol 4, 1805-19], [http://books.google.com/books?id=kB4NAAAAYAAJ Vol 5, 1823-33], [http://books.google.com/books?id=GGYBAAAAQAAJ Vol 6, 1833-43]
*''Chapters of the Modern History of British India'' by Edward Thornton 1840 [http://books.google.com/books?id=nzhYz6Et_VAC  Google Books ]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=zIMfAAAAYAAJ ''The History of the British Empire in India...1844 to 1862: Forming a Sequel to Thornton's History of India''] Vol 1, by Lionel James Trotter (1866), [http://www.archive.org/stream/historybritishe00trotgoog#page/n7/mode/1up Vol 2] (Archive.org)
*''The History of the British Empire in India'' by Edward Thornton [http://books.google.com/books?id=u4MfAAAAYAAJ Volume 1], pub. 1841,[http://books.google.com/books?id=yYYfAAAAYAAJ Volume 2, 1766-1798], pub. 1842, [http://books.google.com/books?id=B4MfAAAAYAAJ Volume 3, 1797-1805], pub. 1842, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rQRXAAAAMAAJ Volume 4, 1805-1819], pub. 1843, [http://books.google.com/books?id=kB4NAAAAYAAJ Volume 5, 1823-1833], pub. 1843 [http://books.google.com/books?id=GGYBAAAAQAAJ Volume 6], pub. 1845. 2nd edition  1859 [http://books.google.com/books?id=GYpCAAAAIAAJ  Google Books] with an “entirely new and enlarged [http://books.google.com/books?id=GYpCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR3  glossary"],  [http://books.google.com/books?id=GYpCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR17 chronological index], and [http://books.google.com/books?id=GYpCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA609  index]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=CI0cAAAAMAAJ ''Political and Military Events in British India: From the Years 1756 to 1849''] by William Hough (1853) Vol 1 (to 1814) and Vol 2 (1814-49)
*''The History of the British Empire in India: From the Appointment of Lord Hardinge to the Political Extinction of the East-India Company, 1844 to 1862 : Forming a Sequel to Thornton's History of India'' by Lionel James Trotter 1866 [http://books.google.com/books?id=zIMfAAAAYAAJ Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/historybritishe00trotgoog#page/n7/mode/1up Volume 2] (Archive.org)
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*''History of India'' published 1906-07 (Archive.org):
*''Political and Military Events in British India: From the Years 1756 to 1849'' by William Hough 1853 .Volume 1 (to 1814) and Volume  2 (1814-1849) are in the same link; index for Volume 2 is at page 371 (following on from Volume 1), then Volume 2 page numbers recommence from page 1. [http://books.google.com/books?id=CI0cAAAAMAAJ Google Books]
 
*History of India, published 1906-1907 Archive.org
 
 
:*[http://www.archive.org/details/historyofindia01jackiala Volume 1]  ''From the earliest times to the sixth century B.C''., by R.C. Dutt.
 
:*[http://www.archive.org/details/historyofindia01jackiala Volume 1]  ''From the earliest times to the sixth century B.C''., by R.C. Dutt.
 
:*[http://www.archive.org/details/historyofindia02jackiala Volume 2] ''From the sixth century B.C. to the Mohammedan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great'', by V.A. Smith.
 
:*[http://www.archive.org/details/historyofindia02jackiala Volume 2] ''From the sixth century B.C. to the Mohammedan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great'', by V.A. Smith.

Revision as of 15:18, 25 March 2010

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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

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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 sensibilites.

  • 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