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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]
 
*[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]
 
*[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)
 
*[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)
*[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)
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=CI0cAAAAMAAJ ''Political and Military Events in British India: From the Years 1756 to 1849: Vol 1 (to 1814)] by William Hough (1853) and [http://books.google.com/books?id=CI0cAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA371  Vol 2 (1814-49)]
 
*''History of India'' published 1906-07 (Archive.org):
 
*''History of India'' published 1906-07 (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/historyofindia01jackiala Volume 1]  ''From the earliest times to the sixth century B.C''., by R.C. Dutt.

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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