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*''A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies'' by Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal 1804 edition, first published in an English translation 1783 [http://books.google.com/books?id=Qqw1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=2as1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 2] (out of 6 volumes) Google Books
*''Bengal and Madras papers: recounting the growth of British power in India'' edited by G W Forrest 1928. Published by Imperial Record Department, Calcutta.
:[httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/35331 Volume I [1670-1688<nowiki>]</nowiki>]; [httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/21510 Vol. II [1688-1757<nowiki>]</nowiki>]; [httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/21511 Vol. III [1757-1785<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. Links to pdf downloads Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WK8-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA56 "India, or Hindostan"] page 56 ''The New Universal Traveller: Containing a Full and Distinct Account of All the Empires, Kingdoms, and States, in the Known World'' by J Carver 1779 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=MnUIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Transactions in India, from the commencement of the French War in seventeen hundred and fifty-six, to the conclusion of the late peace, in seventeen hundred and eighty-three: Containing a history of the British interests in Indostan, during a period of near thirty years; distinguished by two wars with France, several revolutions and treaties of alliance, the acquisition of an extensive territory, and the administration of Governor Hastings''] by John Moir 1786 Google Books
*[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/politicalproblem00nunduoft/page/n1/mode/2up ''Political problems and Hunter Committee disclosures''] by Alfred Nundy, Bar-at Law 1920. Archive.org. Most of the chapters originally appeared in the ''Leader'' of Allahabad.
:[https://archive.org/details/indianunrest191900nund/page/n3/mode/2up ''Indian Unrest, 1919-20''] by Alfred Nundy, Bar-at Law 1921. Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8753/mode/2up ''Revolution or Evolution''] by Alfred Nundy, Bar-at Law 1922. 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>
*[httphttps://krishikosharchive.org/details/in.ernet.egranthdli.ac2015.in/handle/1/2027793 111310 ''Histories Of The of the Non-Co-Operation And and Khilafat Movements''] by P C Bamford 1925. Pdf download, KrishiKosh: An Institutional Repository Deputy Director, Intelligence Bureau, Home Department, Government of Indian National Agricultural Research SystemIndia. Also available on [https://archive1974 reprint edition, first published 1925.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.
* ''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.
*''The Men Who Ruled India'', by Philip Woodruff (pseudonym), published in three two volumes, ''The Founders'' (1953), [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126942 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India; ''The Guardians, Volume I'', [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127071 Archive.org version] mirror from Digital Library of India; and ''The Guardians, Volume lI'', (1954) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127070 Archive.org version] mirror from Digital Library of India; (1954) by Philip Woodruff (pseudonym). The author was Philip Mason who joined the Indian Civil Service in 1928.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.2624/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Transfer of Power in India 1945-7''] by E W R Lumby 1954 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/transferofpowerinindiamenonv.p._948_q/page/n3/mode/2up ''The Transfer of Power in India''] by V P Menon 1957 Archive.org
:[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/britishimperiale0000hutt/page/n3/mode/2up ''The British Imperial Experience''] by Robert A Huttenback 1966. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Includes chapters on India.
*[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/transferofpower10001unse/page/n7 Vol. 1], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10002unse/page/n7 Vol. 2], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10003unse/page/n9 Vol. 3], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10004unse/page/n9 Vol. 4], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10005unse/page/n9 Vol. 5], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10006unse/page/n9 Vol. 6], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10007unse/page/n7 Vol. 7], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10008unse/page/n9 Vol. 8], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10009unse/page/n7 Vol. 9], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10010unse/page/n7 Vol. 10], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10011unse/page/n7 Vol. 11], [https://archive.org/details/transferofpower10012unse/page/n7 Vol. 12] Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/solespokesmanjinnahmuslimleaguethedemandforpakistanayeshajalalcup_781_y/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the demand for Pakistan''] by Ayesha Jalal 1994 edition, first published 1985 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/raj00lawr/mode/2up ''Raj : the Making and Unmaking of British India''] by Lawrence James 1997. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/fightingretreatb0000neil/page/n5/mode/2up ''A Fighting Retreat : the British Empire, 1947-1997''] by Robin Neillands c 1997. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Includes chapters about India prior to Independence.
*[https://archive.org/details/liontigerrisefal0000judd/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Lion and the Tiger : the Rise and Fall of the British Raj, 1600-1947''] by Denis Judd 2004. [https://archive.org/details/liontigerrisefal0000judd_h7u5/page/n3/mode/2up 2010 reprint edition]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/shamefulflightla00wolp ''Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India''] by Stanley A. Wolpert 2006 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.
