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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) Google Books, [http://www.archive.org/stream/historybritishe00trotgoog#page/n7/mode/1up Vol 2] (Archive.org)*[https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.741/page/n1/mode/2up ''History of British India with Continuation comprising the Afghan War- The Conquest of Sinde and Gwalior-War in the Punjaub Etc''] by Hugh Murray 1851. Originally published 1832. Archive.org, K.K. Venugopal Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.95909/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Lost Dominion''] by Al. Carthill (pseudonym) 1922. Archive.org. Some editions may have had the additional title ''A review of recent political events in India'', 1925 additional title ''The story of England's abdication in India''. The author's full name was Bennet Christian Huntingdon Calcraft-Kennedy (1871–1935), sometimes seen as B C Kennedy, who went to India in 1891 and worked as a Collector and Judge in Bombay Presidency, retiring in 1926.<ref>[https://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/papers/item/kennedy-papers-box-1/ Kennedy papers] s-asian.cam.ac.uk; [https://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/papers/item/kennedy-papers-box-2/ s-asian.cam.ac.uk link 2]; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=OZI1aojDb1QC&pg=PA263 Page 263] ''Delusions and Discoveries: India in the British Imagination, 1880-1930'' by Benita Parry, Michael Sprinker</ref>
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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 Please note the dates that these have been written in order to be aware that some of the content may be outdated or incompatible with modern sensibilities.
*Also see [[East India Company#Historical books online|East India Company]].
*Also see [[Governor-General]].
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024059705 ''Early English Adventurers in the East''] by Arnold Wright 1917 Archive.org
*[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] Google Books
*[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=GYpCAAAAIAAJ 2nd edition 1859] 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] Google Books
*[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)] Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/charlesgrantbrit0000embr/page/n5 ''Charles Grant and British Rule in India''] by Ainslie Thomas Embree 1962 Archive.org Lending Library. Grant (1746-1823) used his influential position as a director of the East India Company to advance the evangelical chaplains and defended the Baptist Missionaries in India.
:[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.
*[https://archive.org/details/indiahistory0000keay/mode/2up ''India : a History''] by John Keay 2000. [https://archive.org/details/indiahistory00keay/mode/2up 2nd file]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[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/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.
: ''Sedition Committee 1918 Appendices'' [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209606 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.117736/mode/2up ''Disorders Inquiry Committee 1919-1920 : Report''] published 1920. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Collection. Also see [[Massacre at Amritsar]] for volumes of evidence considered by this Committee.
*''Punjab Unrest Before And After'' by H N Mittra [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173517/page/n3 1920 edition], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.214674/page/n5 2nd edition 1921] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.95909/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Lost Dominion''] by Al. Carthill (pseudonym) 1922. Archive.org. Some editions may have had the additional title ''A review of recent political events in India'', 1925 additional title ''The story of England's abdication in India''. The author's full name was Bennet Christian Huntingdon Calcraft-Kennedy (1871–1935), sometimes seen as B C Kennedy, who went to India in 1891 and worked as a Collector and Judge in Bombay Presidency, retiring in 1926.<ref>[https://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/papers/item/kennedy-papers-box-1/ Kennedy papers] s-asian.cam.ac.uk; [https://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/papers/item/kennedy-papers-box-2/ s-asian.cam.ac.uk link 2]; <br>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=OZI1aojDb1QC&pg=PA263 Page 263] ''Delusions and Discoveries: India in the British Imagination, 1880-1930'' by Benita Parry, Michael Sprinker</ref>
*[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]
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12160/page/n5 ''Communism In India [by<nowiki>]</nowiki> Sir Cecil Kaye with Unpublished Documents from National Archives of India (1919-1924)''] compiled and edited by Subodh Roy 1971 Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. ''Communism In India'' first published 1925. The author had been Director of the Department of Central Intelligence. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Kaye Cecil Kaye] Wikipedia. His daughter was the author [[M M Kaye]], see her autobiographies.
*[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.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishinasia033318mbp ''The British In Asia''] by Guy Wint 1947 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/britishoversease0000carr/page/n5/mode/2up ''The British Overseas : Exploits of a Nation of Shopkeepers''] by C E Carrington 1950. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Includes many chapters about India, from the early days of the East India Company to 1947.
*[https://archive.org/details/1950-while-memory-serves-by-tuker/mode/2up ''While Memory Serves''] by Lieut.-General Sir Francis Tuker. Digital reprint edition reproduced by Sani H Panhwar, originally published 1950. Archive.org. Covers the two years 1946 and 1947, "told by one who watched events from the Headquarters of Eastern Command" of the Indian Army, (he was G.O.C. in C.), including riots and bloodshed in Calcutta, the Punjab and elsewhere.
* ''India and the Passing of Empire'' by Sir George Dunbar 1951. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.526521 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
* ''The British Impact on India'' by Sir Percival J Griffiths 1952. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.526461 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12619/page/n7 ''Asia In The European Age 1498-1955''] by Michael Edwardes 1961. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
:[https://archive.org/details/westinasia18501900edwa/page/n7 ''The West in Asia, 1850-1914''] by Michael Edwardes 1967. Archive.org Lending Library. Covers European powers and Great Britain, including India, Burma, Malaya, North Borneo.
*[https://archive.org/details/illusionofperman0000unse/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Illusion of Permanence : British Imperialism in India''] by Francis G Hutchins 1967. [https://archive.org/details/illusionofperman0000unse/page/n19/mode/2up Contents]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*A trilogy about the rise and decline of Queen Victoria’s Empire by James, who became, Jan Morris, published 1968-78. Includes chapters about India. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library unless otherwise indicated.
:[https://archive.org/details/heavenscommandim00morr ''Heaven's Command : an Imperial Progress''] by James Morris 1980, first published 1973.
:[https://archive.org/details/paxbritannicacli0000morr/page/n9/mode/2up ''Pax Britannica : the Climax of an Empire''] by James Morris 1968. [https://archive.org/details/paxbritannicacli0000morr_g9y5/page/n3/mode/2up File 2].
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.553288/page/n3/mode/2up ''Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat''] by James Morris 1979, first published 1978. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/farewelltrumpets00janm/page/n11/mode/2up File 2] 1978. [https://archive.org/details/farewelltrumpets00morr/page/n3/mode/2up File 3] 1980.
*[https://archive.org/details/greatdividebrita0000hods/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Great Divide: Britain, India, Pakistan''] by H V Hodson 1969 Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/administrativehi0000misr/page/n5 ''The Administrative History of India, 1834-1947; General Administration''] by B B Misra 1970. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2Wx9DQAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 ''Partition: The story of Indian independence and the creation of Pakistan in 1947''] by Barney White-Spunner 2017. Sample pages only, Google Books.
*Also see [[Life in India#Historical books online 6|Life in India-Departure and Connections]] for books about independence in 1947.
*[https://archive.org/details/thearabianfrontierofthebritishrajmerchantsrulersandthebritishinthenineteenthcenturygulf/mode/2up ''The Arabian Frontier Of The British Raj: Merchants, Rulers, And The British In The Nineteenth Century Gulf''] by James Onley 2007. Archive.org.
:Article [https://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/downloads/Onley_Raj_Reconsidered.pdf "The Raj Reconsidered: British India’s Informal Empire and Spheres of Influence in Asia and Africa"] by James Onley. ''Asian Affairs, vol. XL, no. I, March 2009'' socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk.
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