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:*[http://www.archive.org/details/historyofindia08jackiala Volume 8] ''From the close of the seventeenth century to the present time'', by Sir A.C. Lyall.
:*[http://www.archive.org/details/historyofindia09jackiala Volume 9] ''Historic accounts of India by foreign travellers, classic, oriental, and occidental'', by A.V.W. Jackson
*''The Cambridge History of India'' published 1922-1932.
:[https://archive.org/details/cambridgehistory05raps/page/n8 ''Volume V British India 1497-1858''] edited by H H Dodwell 1928
:[https://archive.org/details/cambridgehistory06raps/page/n6 ''Volume VI The Indian Empire 1858-1918. With chapters on the development of Administration 1818-1858''] edited by H H Dodwell 1932
:[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Cambridge+history+of+India%29&sort=-publicdate Earlier volumes in the series] All Archive.org.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=NVQOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Dictionary of British-Indian dates: being a compendium of all the dates essential to the study of the history of British rule in India''] 1866 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=h2APAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Slave Trade (East India). [Also<nowiki>]</nowiki> Slavery in Ceylon'']. Correspondence between the Directors of the East India Company and the Company's Government in India, on the subject of Slavery. Communications relating to Slavery in the Island of Ceylon. House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 31 July 1838. Google Books
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.45679/page/n15 1973 reprint of 1917 original] with "About this book" by Jamna Das Akhtar. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/reportsed00indi ''Sedition Committee 1918 Report''] Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta. 1918. Archive.org. There was also a ''Secret Edition'' ref: IOR/V/26/262/1 British Library. One of the aims of the Committee was to “investigate and report on the nature and extent of the criminal conspiracies connected with the revolutionary movement in India.” See previous item for the book by James Campbell Ker.
:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/209606 ''Sedition Committee 1918 Appendices''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209606 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/2027793 ''Histories Of The Non-Co-Operation And Khilafat Movements''] by P C Bamford 1925. Pdf download, KrishiKosh: An Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research System. Also available on [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111310 Archive.org Digital Library of India Collection]
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/statistics/ ''Statistical Abstract relating to British India''] HMSO . A broken range of various editions covering the period 1840 to 1920. dsal.uchicago.edu.
*''The Indian Year Book. A Statistical and Historical Annual of the Indian Empire. With an explanation of the principal topics of the day''. First issued 1914. Edited by Sir Stanley Reed. [https://archive.org/details/indianyearbook6191unse '''1919''': Sixth year of issue] [https://archive.org/stream/indianyearbook6191unse#page/n51/mode/2up Contents], [https://archive.org/stream/indianyearbook6191unse#page/809/mode/2up Index]; [https://archive.org/details/indianyearbook7192unse '''1920'''], [https://archive.org/stream/indianyearbook7192unse#page/n59/mode/2up Contents], [https://archive.org/stream/indianyearbook7192unse#page/832/mode/2up Index] Archive.org. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Indian+&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Year&filtertype_3=title&filter_relational_operator_3=contains&filter_3=Book&filtertype_4=author&filter_relational_operator_4=contains&filter_4=Reed&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=dc.title_sort&order=asc ''The Indian Year Book'': Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India], filtered to show author Reed. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Indian+Year+Book+%29+AND+creator%3A%28reed%29&sort=date Archive.org versions, filtered to show author Reed] There may be additional volumes showing other authors, or no author.
*''India in 19**-19**'': A statement prepared for presentation to Parliament, at least some editions by L F Rushbrook Williams. Government of India Central Publication Branch
:[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/22031 ''Report on the Administration of India for the year 1916-17''] Pdf download Digital Repository of GIPE-Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune India].
:[http://archive.org/stream/indiain19221923031956mbp#page/n5/mode/2up ''India in 1922-23''] (1923), [http://archive.org/stream/indiain19221923031956mbp#page/n13/mode/2up Contents], [http://archive.org/stream/indiain19221923031956mbp#page/n395/mode/2up Index]; [http://archive.org/stream/indiain192324035446mbp#page/n3/mode/2up ''India in 1923-24''] (1924), [http://archive.org/stream/indiain192324035446mbp#page/n13/mode/2up Contents], [http://archive.org/stream/indiain192324035446mbp#page/n395/mode/2up Index]; [https://archive.org/details/indiain19252600jcoa ''India in 1925-26''] (1926) [https://archive.org/stream/indiain19252600jcoa#page/n11/mode/2up Contents], [https://archive.org/stream/indiain19252600jcoa#page/430/mode/2up Index]; [http://archive.org/stream/indiain19301931032269mbp#page/n5/mode/2up ''India in 1930-1931''] (1932), [http://archive.org/stream/indiain19301931032269mbp#page/n11/mode/2up Contents], [http://archive.org/stream/indiain19301931032269mbp#page/n759/mode/2up Index].
:The following books on Archive.org may require either a DjVu or Torrent (BitTorrent) plug-in: [https://archive.org/details/IndiaIn191718 ''India in 1917-18'']; [https://archive.org/details/IndiaIn193435 ''India in 1934-35'']
: The following are available as pdf downloads, mirror versions (from Digital Library of India, '''with mirror versions ) on Archive.org''': [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/132117 ''1917-18''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.132117 Archive.org 1917-18]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/208123 ''1919''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208123 Archive.org 1919]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/209095 1920], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209095 Archive.org 1920]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/39654 ''1921-22'']; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.39654 Archive.org 1921-22]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/32075 ''1924-25''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32075 Archive.org 1924-25], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/11534 ''1926-27''], ; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.11534 Archive.org 1926-27]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/90420 ''1927-28''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.90420 Archive.org 1927-28]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/38551 ''1928-29''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.38551 Archive.org 1928-29]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/11536 ''1929-30''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.11536 Archive.org 1929-30]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/533163 ''1931-32''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533163 Archive.org 1931-32]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/209094 ''1932-33''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209094 Archive.org 1932-33]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/209099 ''1933-34''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209099 Archive.org 1933-34]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/533174 ''1934-35''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533174 Archive.org 1934-35]. Additional files are also available for these years.
*The ''Indian Recorder'' was intended to be a reference book for the period. Archive.org, including Digital Library of India Collection.
*''Indian Annual Register'' and ''Indian Quarterly Register''. 1923 title is ''Indian Annual Register: Being an Annual Chronicle and Digest of Public Affairs of India in Matters Political, Educational, Economic, etc.'' [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Indian+Register%29+AND+creator%3A%28Mitra%29&sort=-date Editions available on Archive.org]. [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Indian+&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Register&filtertype_4=title&filter_relational_operator_4=contains&filter_4=&submit_apply_filter=Apply&query=Indian+Register&scope=%2F Editions available on Digital Repository of GIPE as pdf downloads] Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune]. Broken range 1919-1947.
*[https://archive.org/details/politicalsystemo029395mbp ''The Political System Of British India''] by E.A. Horne 1922 Archive.org.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/209387 ''Report Of The Administration Of Lord Reading Viceroy And Governor General Of India (1921-1926)''] by J Coatman 1927. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209387 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/146303 ''Years Of Destiny India 1926-1932''] by J C Coatman 1932. Reprinted in 1985 as ''India The Years Of Struggle For Freedom''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.146303 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/76920 ''The Indian Riddle''] by John Coatman 1932. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.76920 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Full title: ''The Indian Riddle: a Solution Suggested'' :[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/101141 ''India The Road To Self Government''] by John Coatman 1942. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.101141 Archive.org version]. Initial links are pdf downloads, mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.54058 ''Must England lose India? [The Nemesis of Empire<nowiki>]</nowiki>''] by Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Osburn 3rd edition December 1930 (first published May 1930]. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. [https://archive.org/details/mustenglandlosei00osbu Archive.org Lending Library edition] possibly better print quality. This book was banned in India. The author had been in the RAMC.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/177667 ''Turmoil & Tragedy in India 1914 and After''] by Lt Gen Sir George MacMunn 1935. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177667 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/278381 ''The White Sahibs in India''] by Reginald Reynolds 1937. Full title : ''The White Sahibs in India. An examination of British rule in India''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278381 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/budgetfor1941194033334mbp ''Budget For 1941-1942''] Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/526463 ''The British In India''] by Sir Percival J Griffiths 1946. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015. 1526463 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishinasia033318mbp ''The British In Asia''] by Guy Wint 1947 Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/526521 ''India and the Passing of Empire''] by Sir George Dunbar 1951. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.526521 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/526461 ''The British Impact on India''] by Sir Percival J Griffiths 1952. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.526461 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.*''The Men Who Ruled India'', published in three volumes, [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/126942 ''The Founders''] (1953), [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126942 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/127071 ''The Guardians, Volume I''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127071 Archive.org version]mirror from Digital Library of India; and [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/127070 ''The Guardians, Volume lI''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127070 Archive.org version] mirror from Digital Library of India; (1954) by Philip Woodruff (pseudonym). Initial links are available as pdf downloads on the Digital Library of India. The author was Philip Mason who joined the Indian Civil Service in 1928.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.19551/page/n5 ''The Last Days Of The British Raj''] by Leonard Mosley 1960 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/LastYearsOfBritishIndia ''The Last Years Of British India''] by Michael Edwardes 1963 Archive.org. Also available on the Digital Library of India as pdf downloads (multiple files) including [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/449456 Pdf download 1], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.449456 Archive.org version2]; and [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/65392 Pdf download 2]
*Also see [[Life in India#Historical books online 6|Life in India-Departure and Connections]] for books about independence in 1947.
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