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The main focus Also included are the activities of FIBIS activities is the ‘sub-continent’ of East India but we are also interested Company in all areas [[Home Establishment | London]] and activities of the British in South Asia including the following between the founding of the [[East India CompanySt. Helena]] in 1599 to ‘Indian Independence’ in 1947: .
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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 [[imageEast India Company]] in 1599 to Indian Independence in 1947:BritIndia<div style="column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3">*[[Afghanistan]]*[[Aden]]*[[Andaman Islands]]*[[Bangladesh]]*[[Benkulen]] (Sumatra)*[[Burma]] (Myanmar)*[[Ceylon]] (Sri Lanka)*[[China]], [[Macao]] & [[Hong Kong]]*[[Indonesia]] (Borneo, Labuan etc.jpg|right)*[[Malaysia]]*[[Mauritius]]*[[Persia]]*[[Singapore]]*[[Straits Settlements]]</div>
===See also===*[[Afghanistan]], [[Aden]], [[Andaman Islands]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Benkulen]] (Sumatra), [[Burma]] (Myanmar), [[Ceylon]] (Sri Lanka), [[China]], [[Macao]] & [[Hong Kong]], [[Indonesia]] (Borneo, Labuan etc.), [[Malaysia]], [[Mauritius]], [[PersiaPresidencies]], [[Singapore]], [[Straits Settlements]]. Also included are the activities of the East India Company in *[[Home Establishment :Category:Locations| London]] and [[St. HelenaBrowse British India locations]].
==External links==
===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 Please note the dates that these have been written in order to be aware that some of the content may be outdated or incompatible with modern sensibilites.
*''The History of British India'' by James Mill 1817 [http://books.google.com/books?id=1ncIAAAAQAAJ Volume ''The History of British India''] Vol 1, by James Mill (Books 1, 2, 31817)], [http://books.google.com/books?id=zv8LAAAAYAAJ Volume Vol 2, (Books 4, 5,1708-178484)], [http://books.google.com/books?id=gXgIAAAAQAAJ Volume Vol 3 (Book 6,1784-1805)]*''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]*''The History of the British Empire in India1805 to 1835'' by George Robert Gleig [http://books.google.com/books?id=05ADAAAAQAAJ Volume ] Vol 1], pub. 1830by Horace Hayman Wilson (1848), [http://books.google.com/books?id=61YOAAAAQAAJ Volume cBINAAAAYAAJ Vol 2from 1813], pub. 1835, [http://books.google.com/books?id=HFcOAAAAQAAJ Volume 8swNAAAAIAAJ Vol 3from 1823], pub. 1835, [http://books.google.com/books?id=_5ADAAAAQAAJ Volume 4], pub. 1835*''Chapters of the Modern History of British India'' by Edward Thornton 1840 [http://books.google.com/books?id=nzhYz6Et_VAC Google Books ] *u4MfAAAAYAAJ ''The History of the British Empire in India'' ] Vol 1, by Edward Thornton [http://books.google.com/books?id=u4MfAAAAYAAJ Volume 1], pub. (1841,) [http://books.google.com/books?id=yYYfAAAAYAAJ Volume Vol 2, 1766-179898], pub. 1842, [http://books.google.com/books?id=B4MfAAAAYAAJ Volume Vol 3, 1797-1805], pub. 1842, [http://books.google.com/books?id=rQRXAAAAMAAJ Volume Vol 4, 1805-181919], pub. 1843, [http://books.google.com/books?id=kB4NAAAAYAAJ Volume Vol 5, 1823-183333], pub. 1843 [http://books.google.com/books?id=GGYBAAAAQAAJ Volume Vol 6], pub. 1845. 2nd edition 1859 [http://books.google.com/books?id=GYpCAAAAIAAJ Google Books1833-43] 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]*zIMfAAAAYAAJ ''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'' ] Vol 1, 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 Vol 2] (Archive.org)*[http://books.google.com/books?id=CI0cAAAAMAAJ ''Political and Military Events in British India: From the Years 1756 to 1849'' ] by William Hough (1853 .Volume ) Vol 1 (to 1814) and Volume Vol 2 (1814-184949) 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 07 (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/historyofindia02jackiala Volume 2] ''From the sixth century B.C. to the Mohammedan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great'', by V.A. Smith.
