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*[[Unattached List]]
*[[:Category:Organisations]] has links to a number of military historical societies which publish journals containing articles about India, including the now closed [[Indian Military Historical Society]], which publishes published the journal ''Durbar''.
*[[Postal Service]] for some details during Military Campaigns.
*[[5th Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry|5th Light Infantry]] for 1915 Singapore Mutiny
*[http://www.fibis.org/shop/researching-ancestors-indian-army-1858-1947/ ''FIBIS research guide No. 3: Researching ancestors in the Indian Army, 1858-1947''] by Peter A Bailey 2014.
:The book guides the reader through the various stages of the development of the Indian Army and covers aspects including the structure of the army, campaigns, the various regiments, as well as details of how to find information on officers, NCOs and other ranks; attestation, training, service history, leave, pensions, wills, etc. There is also a soldier’s detailed career path illustrating what can be found in the various records cited in the book. Available from the FIBIS Store.
*FIBIS database: [http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=679&s_id=137 Soldiers’ and Widows’ Pension details -1896] IOR/L/MIL/14/214 & 215. Includes previous members of the [[Bengal Army|Bengal]], [[Madras Army|Madras]] and [[Bombay Army|Bombay Armies]], including men from the [[Unattached List]]. May also include a few members of the Indian Army which officially was formed in 1895. These records are available on LDS microfilm 2029979 Items 1-2 with [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F774116 catalogue entry], however the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.
*Review by Richard Morgan of ''A Soldier’s Story'' in ''FIBIS Journal Number 26 Autumn 2011'', page 52. For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]. The review may also be read in this [http://www.newhavenpublishing.co.uk/review.html link], along with other reviews.
:[http://www.newhavenpublishing.co.uk/publishing.html Details] of the book ''A Soldier’s Story-From the Khyber Pass to the Jungles of Burma: The Memoir of a British Officer in the Indian Army 1933-1947'' by John Archibald Hislop, edited by Penny Kocher 2010.
The British Library has the book, in five volumes, covering the [[First World War]], ''Alphabetical list giving particulars of officers of the Indian Army Reserve of Officers / [issued by] Army Headquarters, India, Military Secretary’s Branch''. The catalogue entry states
"Contents: [v.1]. 26th June 1916 _ v.2. 24th January 1917 _ v.3. 31st December 1917 _ v.4. 30th June 1918 _ v.5. 31st December 1918". The shelfmark is OIR 355.37 Open Access. There are also the records, Applications for appointments to the India Army Reserve of Officers (1916-1918) IOR/L/MIL/9/552 to IOR/L/MIL/9/552. Search by name, for link see section Records.
:[http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1039&s_id=176# FIBIS database: A List of Officers (I.A.R.O.) recruited to or Re-engaged during the Year 1916 and up to the middle of January 1917]
For conditions of service, see the letters of Thomas Gilbert, in [[Indian Army#External links|External links]], below.
The links for the following catalogue references are National Archives Discovery links. For British Library equivalent links, search directly in the British Library’s "Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts" link above.
There are India Office records in the British Library, reference [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/30346e87-7f04-47dc-9c3f-6176d4596cba '''IOR L/MIL/14''']. The records include Indian Army Records of Service [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/8104f4f4-178f-4c70-bdc4-ac5e570e256d '''IOR/L/MIL/14/239-72481'''] c 1901-1947, stated to "cover mainly European personnel". It appears unlikely that these records contain men in the Volunteer or [[Auxiliary Regiments]]. Previously the catalogue entry advised that the closure period for these files has been set at 75 years from the date of entry of the serviceman/woman into the service. The files are opened on an annual basis. On 1 January 2010, files relating to persons joining the service in 1934 were opened. However, this wording does not now appear. A complete alphabetical index to the opened files is now available on open access in the Asian & African Studies Reading Room at the [[British Library]] or it can be searched by name on [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British Library archive Archives and Manuscripts search]. '''Note''' <nowiki>*</nowiki>The majority of files date from the 1930s. '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>''' "It was the policy for a very long time that on retirement of a regular IA officer to give them their service record when they did retire, and in the case of officers died in service the papers were sent on to the family as a rememberence. That is why if you are researching a regular IA officer of the period say 1900 - 1930 the papers will '''not''' be there. After 1930 you get a selection of papers but not the full lot - these seem to be a mixed bag.<ref>Matthew B. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/97932-3rd-skinners-horse/?do=findComment&comment=950005 3rd Skinner's Horse] ''Great War Forum'' 30 June 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2018.</ref> This policy is illustrated by a researcher who found a relative’s British Army, and Indian Army service records through to 1947, in an old family suitcase.<ref>ShirlD [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/247349-indian-army-miscellanea/?do=findComment&comment=2494314 Indian Army Miscellanea] ''Great War Forum'' 14 February 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2018.</ref> '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''It is not known whether the search facility only locates names where there is an open file. <br>Note, index records for this database are also available on [[Findmypast]] in the dataset "Indian Army Records Of Service 1900-1947" located in Military, Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records.
Additionally, there are publications from the Military Department Library in respect of the Indian Army, catalogue entry [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/6f45402b-a1fb-457d-963e-237c34a24729 '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5'''] 1854-1947 including
Earlier Indian Army Lists may be found in India Office Serials [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/6b309d8d-ab30-40d1-b9d6-79a8464ffb9e '''IOR/V/6'''] 1768-1948 including
*''Indian Army and Civil Service'' List'', from January, 1861 '''IOR/V/6/125-156''' 1861-1876*''India List Civil and Military'', from January, 1877 '''IOR/V/6/157-191''' 1877-1895
For online editions see '''[[Indian Army List online]]'''.
The Military Department Library at the British Library also contains Indian Army First World War - War Diaries, which are printed volumes, series '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2421-4246'''. Also contained in this series are some Indian Army Casualty Returns. See [[First World War#British Library holdings|First World War-Records-British Library holdings]] for more details.
The book ''Index of Indian Army Regimental Titles'' by Anthony Farrington, published 1982 is on the open shelves at the British Library
''India’s Army'' by Major D. Jackson 1940 contains a "potted history" of every Regiment & Corps (including the auxiliary & princely state forces). With 70 chapters, over 100 B & W photos & illustrations, 14 full Colour plates. Now available online, refer below, but the inclusion of, and/or standard of, photographs and illustrations is unknown.
''Regiments : Regiments and Corps of the British Empire and Commonwealth, 1758-1993 : a critical bibliography of their published histories'' by Roger Perkins 1994, is available at the BL UIN: BLL01009529783. For those with suitable University access, also available Also searchable but not viewable on the HathiTrust Digital Library. (A few sample pages.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200227012142/https://www.rookebooks.com/product?prod_id=44049 ''Regiments : Regiments and Corps of the British Empire and Commonwealth''] by Roger Perkins 1994, rookebooks.com.</ref>) An expanded edition, originally published 1989 as ''Regiments of the Empire: A Bibliography of their published histories''. The 1994 publication is also available in a reprint edition as part of a CD-ROM.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/armies-of-the-crownthe-bibliographies-of-their-regimental-histories-great-britian-the-empire-and-the-commonwealth/ Armies of the Crown. The Bibliographies of Their regimental Histories Great Britian, The Empire and the Commonwealth] Naval & Military Press. Check compatibility with your computer system.</ref> For books published after 1993, see External links below, for a page from Durbaronline, the website of the Indian Military Historical Society.
A good source of military information is the annual publication of Indian Army Orders '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/245-299''' 1903-1947, issued by the Adjutant General's Department and Army Headquarters India. Volumes 245-85 (to 1942, and partially 1943) contain annual indexes.
The writer of this section sent an email request in October 2013, using the email address previously quoted. A reply was received seven weeks later, but unfortunately no record is available, (nor is there a record at the British Library).
A researcher visiting India was advised to contact the Adjutant General's Office in Delhi. Eventually she found the actual address to be Adjutant General's Office, Indian Headquarters of the Ministry of Defense (Army), Room No. 280, South Block, New Delhi 110011. Email address <nowiki>agbrancharmyhq@gmail.com</nowiki>. The Adjutant General's Office files in Delhi are filed by the service record numbers, so it is necessary to have this information.<ref> ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' post [https://web.archive.org/web/20181027074201/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/311534/ Address for Adjutant General's Office in Delhi] by Shirley Barbur dated 1 March 2014, with more comments in a [https://web.archive.org/web/20181027074116/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/311503/ second post] of the same date, which also mentions the National Archives, Delhi. Archived links.</ref>
It seems probable that the files accessible through the National Archives of India and the Adjutant General's Office, both located in Delhi, are the same files, but this is not yet known.
====Other records in India====
*[https://usiofindia.org/cafhr-2cmhcs/ Centre For Armed Forces Historical Research (CAFHR)], The United Service Institution of India. This Centre may be able to offer advice about military records in India.
*Article [http://tribune.com.pk/story/204911/treasure-trove-awesome-/ "Treasure trove: Awesome collection in awful condition"] by Sonia Malik 8 July 2011, ''The Tribune'', Pakistan, gives details of records held at the Lahore Museum in respect of over 100,000 Indian soldiers who served in the British Army during the [[First World War]].
:'''Update''' [https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ludhiana/british-indian-army-undivided-punjab-soldiers-recordes-world-war-i-7615838/ "Registers accessed from Lahore Museum digitised, records of WW-1 soldiers from undivided Punjab now a click away"] by Divya Goyal 10 November 2021. indianexpress.com. Phase-1 of the platform [http://www.punjabww1.com Punjab & World War One] will be launched with details of three districts – Ludhiana, Jalandhar (then Jullundur) and Sialkot (now in Pakistan).
*State Archives in India, such as West Bengal State Archive, may have records. See [[Indian Libraries and Archives]]. Note however, access may be restricted to persons connected with a university or recognised institution.
*This [http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol141jb.html article]<ref>[http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol141jb.html "Lieutenant-Colonel Seton Churchill and the financial lessons of the African campaigns, 1879-1902"] by J Black ''Military History Journal Volume 14 No 1 - June 2007'' South African Military History Society. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130726010522/http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol141jb.html archive.org] link)</ref> briefly states that "in South Africa [2nd Anglo-Boer War, 1899–1902] there were a large number of officers and natives lent by India" and favourably mentions the Indian Military Accounts Department. [http://www.ladysmithhistory.com/a-to-z/indians/indians-in-the-boer-war/ Indian Army units in the Boer War] from "Ladysmith History & The Boer War". ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131127090736/http://www.ladysmithhistory.com/a-to-z/indians/indians-in-the-boer-war/ archive.org] link). Also see [[Boer War]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141224003551/http://www.indianmilitaryhistory.org/ Center for Indian Military History] from Orders of Battle (orbat.com). now archived, is an index page which has links to articles such as “British-Indian Army: Imperial Service Troops 1888-1918”, “Indian Infantry Regiments of World War I: 1st Brahmans through 30th Punjabis “, “Indian Army, 1939” and the “British Indian Army”. The page [https://web.archive.org/web/20141030135904/http://www.orbat.com/site/history/index.html History] also has some links about the Indian Army pre 1947 which do not appear to be included in the previous index page. As this site is now archived, some articles may not be available.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210126022531/http://www.king-emperor.com/index.html For the King-Emperor.com] ''The Indian Army during on campaign 1901-1939'', now archived. Photos, histories, profiles etc.*[httphttps://cgsc.cdmhostcontentdm.comoclc.org/cdm4digital/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=collection/p4013coll3&CISOPTR=/id/384&CISOBOX=1&REC=/rec/1 "British colonial experience in Waziristan and its applicability to current operations"] by Matthew W Williams, 2005 from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA436296 Archive.org mirror version]. *[httphttps://cgsc.cdmhostcontentdm.oclc.comorg/cdm4digital/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=collection/p4013coll3&CISOPTR=/id/1209&CISOBOX=1&REC=/rec/1#metajump "The Indian Army in Africa and Asia 1940-1942 Implications for the planning and execution of two nearly- simultaneous campaigns"] by Major James Scudieri, 1995 from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library . [https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA300990 Archive.org mirror version].
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/indiancavalrypre1857.htm Indian Cavalry] British Empire website
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=eJ-avmU6o80C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Bengal+Cavalry+Regiments+1857-1914&ei=-nDGSZukMpHaMbqWvOwN Bengal Cavalry Regiments 1857-1914] Google Books
*[http://recruitmenthistory.blogspot.com/2010/06/history-of-recruitment-in-indian-army.html "Recruitment History of Indian Army: Historical Perspective"] by Col Deepak Joshi (Retd) June 7, 2010 recruitmenthistory.com
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUvyvodMID0 "The Martial Races of India: Recruitment by Ethnicity in the British Indian Army"] by Jasdeep Singh, recorded on 22 February 2016. YouTube video. nam.ac.uk. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160624002608/http://www.nam.ac.uk/events/daytime-talks/video-archive/martial-races-india Transcript of the video] nam.ac.uk, now an archived page.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=TgNh2MQu0R0C&pg=PA60 Page 60], "Front Lines and Status Lines: Sepoy and Menial in the Great War 1916-1920" by Radhika Singha, a chapter in ''The World in World Wars: Experiences, Perceptions and Perspectives from Africa and Asia'' 2010 Google Books. This article includes information about Indian Army Followers. Radhika Singha is the (later) author of ''The Coolie’s Great War: Indian Labour in a Global Conflict, 1914–1921''. [https://amp.scroll.in/article/1000386/interview-radhika-singha-on-the-need-to-expand-our-understanding-of-indias-role-in-world-war-i "Interview: Radhika Singha"] by Rohan Venkataramakrishnan c 16 July 2021. amp.scroll.in .
*First page of an article [http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/lawhst34&div=41 ''The Rare Infliction: The Abolition of Flogging in the Indian Army, circa 1835-1920''] by Radhika Singha says it was abolished in 1920. ''Law and History Review'', August 2016, Vol 34, No 3.
*Pay to view British Pathe Film, [http://www.britishpathe.com/video/good-news-from-china/query/good+news+from+china Good News From China 1927], an indication that Indian troops were leaving China in 1927 "owing to marked improvement of situation in Shanghai."
*[http://books.stonebooks.com/subject/1003209/ India: Regimental histories] stonebooks.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20201014042129/http://durbaronline.co.uk/books.htm Books: Beyond Perkins] Updates of Indian Army regimental histories etc relating to India and Pakistan, published after Roger Perkins' 1994 book ''Regiments : Regiments and Corps of the British Empire and Commonwealth, 1758-1993''. Durbaronline, the website of the Indian Military Historical Society, archived page at 14 October 2020. IMHS closed at the end of 2020.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2381/8635 ''Swords trembling in their scabbards': A study of Indian officers in the Indian Cavalry, 1858 – 1918''] by Michael John Creese 2007 PhD thesis University of Leicester (retrieved 27 April 2014)
*[https://www.ashgate.com/pdf/SamplePages/Indian_Army_1939_47_Intro.pdf "Introduction" from ''The Indian Army 1939-1947: Experience & Development''] edited by Alan Jeffreys and Patrick Rose.
*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-17-1 Photograph: Kullah, other ranks' (Sepoys'), Field Service Order, Universal pattern, Indian Army, 13th Frontier Force Rifles, 1937 (c)]. National Army Museum
*[http://www.europeana1914-1918.eu/en/europeana/record/9200176/BibliographicResource_3000047052622 Photograph: Officers of the 4th Cavalry [Neuf Berguin, France, WW1<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. Photographer: H. D. Girdwood . To enlarge photograph, click on "View item at: The British Library"
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190607141723/http://www.king-emperor.com/12th%20Cavalry-%20Lt.Col.H.W.Grace%20MC%20Probyns%20Horse-ke.jpg Photograph: Lt.Col.H.W.Grace M.C., Probyn’s Horse] ''King-Emperor.com. , The Indian Army on campaign 1900-1939'', now archived. Photograph is located in Photos/Officers & Other Ranks/[https://web.archive.org/web/20200220124136/http://king-emperor.com/Photographs%20-%20Indian%20Army%20British%20Officers.html Indian Army British Officers]. *[https://booksarchive.google.com.auorg/details/lastofbengallanc0000inga/page/n115/mode/books?id=gW5-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92-IA6 1up Photograph: Francis Ingall when commanding the bodyguard to H E the Governor of the Punjab, Governor’s Cup Day, 1934 [Lahore Racecourse<nowiki>]</nowiki>] and [https://booksarchive.google.com.auorg/details/lastofbengallanc0000inga/page/n110/mode/books?id=gW5-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92-IA1 1up Photograph: Francis Ingall at Miri Khel Camp, October 1930] ([[6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers|6th Lancers]]) following page 92 ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers'' by Francis Ingall Google 1988 Archive.org Booksto Borrow/Lending Library.
*[http://www.militarysunhelmets.com/2012/british-puggarees-2-3-4-and-6-folds "British Puggarees 2, 3, 4 and 6 Folds"] by Stuart Bates. MilitarySunHelmets.com
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.106413/page/n440/mode/1up 1895 photograph ] of two British officers wearing Peshawari, or North West Frontier Chaplis (military sandals) made of thick leather with studded sole, as favoured by PFF [Punjab Frontier Force] (‘piffer’) units.<ref>jf42 Photograph is between pages 358-359 ''Chitral: the Story of a Minor Siege'' by Sir George S Robertson 1898 Archive.org. Also see Frogsmile et al. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180312231252/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=12325 Chitral Uniform Capt. Charles VF Townshend] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 3 Mar 2018, now archived. Retrieved 27 August 2019.</ref>*[https://archive.org/details/hhbooker2_yahoo_067 "Cap Badges of the Indian Army"] by Sergeant H H Booker, article from page 36 of a 1990 magazine, probably ''Military Collector Magazine'' (Phoenix Militaria Corporation) Archive.org. A series of images, not a book format.:[https://www.qcmilitaria.com/indbadges.htm Indian Army Badge Collection]. Earlier [https://web.archive.org/web/20170205000430/http://www.qcmilitaria.com/indbadges.htm archived pages may contain different/more images] qcmilitaria.
==Historical books online==
*See individual regiment pages for online regimental histories.
:There are a number of Indian Army regimental histories available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, in the category [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8 Military Books], (in the Search use the search term "Military Books") subcategories India, and Britain, covers various periods. Also includes some Divisional histories. The books are online editions of Naval & Military Press reprints.
*See [[Indian Army List online]].
*See [[Army List for British Army online]] particularly [[Army List for British Army online#Monthly Army List|''Monthly Army List'']]. This series of publications contains sections relevant to the Indian Army. As an example, noted for 1921 Jan. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=e8E5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP144 "Commands of the Army: East Indies"] Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/details/ourindianarmymil00raftrich/page/n5/mode/2up ''Our Indian Army: a Military History of the British Empire in the East''] by Captain Rafter [1855] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/digestofvitalsta00ewar/page/n3/mode/2up ''A digest of the vital statistics of the European and native armies in India : interspersed with suggestions for the eradication and mitigation of the preventible and avoidable causes of sickness and mortality amongst imported and indigenous troops''] by Joseph Ewart, Bengal Medical Service 1859 Archive.org.
*[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/22576 ''Copy of any Correspondence with the Government of India, relating to the Number and Expenses of the European Troops now doing Duty in India. Returns to an address of The Honourable The House of Commons, dated 22 May 1862''. East India (European Troops)] Pdf download, Digital Repository of GIPE (Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune])
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=nDRYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP4 ''Articles of War for the Government of the Native Officers and Soldiers in Her Majesty's Indian Army''] Revised third edition 1863 Google Books
*[http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=WgYTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP11 ''East India Military and Budget Estimates. Session 5 February-21 August 1867''] ''House of Commons Accounts and Papers, Volume 15'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xSNYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Abolition of the bonus system in the Indian Army''] compiled by Lt.-Col. J.C. Phillips, retired list, late Bengal Army. 1869 Google Books
*[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012224477 ''The Victoria Cross in India''] by Major Knollys 1886, first published c 1877. Awards for the [[Indian Mutiny]]. HathiTrust Digital Library. Also [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DnY4AQAAMAAJ Google Books version], USA etc access only.:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1880-the-victoria-cross-in-the-colonies-and-gallant-sepoys-and-soward-by-knollys-s-pdf/ ''The Victoria Cross in the Colonies and Gallant Sepoys and Sowars''] by William Wallingford Knollys. Catalogued 1880. (Note: catalogued title includes ''Soward''.) Link to a pdf download PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.0972 Archive.org mirror version]. Includes details of the Victoria Cross awarded in India after the Indian Mutiny. First part to page 85; 2nd part to page 176, or 91 pages of text. :[https://wwwbooks.google.com.au/books/edition/Gallant_Sepoys_and_Sowars/eZABAAAAQAAJ?hlid=en&gbpv=1eZABAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP1 PA5 ''Gallant Sepoys and Sowars''] by Major Elliott and Lieut-Col. Knollys 1882 (although catalogued 1889). 176 pages of text. Google Books. Both books were part of the series ''Deeds of Daring Library''.
*Series title ''Her Majesty's Army; a descriptive account of the various regiments now comprising the Queen's forces, from their first establishment to the present time'', by Walter Richards. [https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.405/page/n1/mode/2up [Volume III<nowiki>]</nowiki> ''Her Majesty's Army: Indian And Colonial Forces''] With Coloured Illustrations. [https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.402/mode/2up 2nd file, Vol III] c 1891 Archive.org, K.K. Venugopal Collection.
*[https://archive.org/stream/armybookforbrit00daltgoog#page/n472/mode/2up "Part III The Army in India and Colonial Forces"] page 442 ''The Army Book for the British Empire: A Record of the Development and Present Composition of the Military Forces and their Duties in Peace and War'' by William Howley Goodenough R A and James Cecil Dalton R A. 1893. HMSO. Archive.org. Includes Indian Army.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285040 ''Indias Fighters''] Full title: ''India's Fighters: their Mettle, History and Services to Britain'' by Saint Nihal Singh 1914 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*''Five Years in India: Comprising a Narrative of Travels in the Presidency of Bengal, a Visit to the Court of Runjeet Sing, Residence in the Himalayah Mountains, an Account of the Late Expedition to Cabul and Affghanistan, Voyage Down the Indus, and Journey Overland to England'' by Henry Edward Fane, late Aide-de-Camp to his Excellency the Commander-In-Chief in India. [https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinindiavol1 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/fiveyearsinindi00fanegoog Volume II] 1842 Archive.org. The author travelled with his regiment to Ceylon in 1835, where he was soon appointed to the staff of his uncle, General Sir Henry Fane, who was Commander-In-Chief in India.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1610/page/n1/mode/2up ''Leaves from the Diaries of a Soldier and Sportsman during twenty years’ service in India Afghanistan Egypt and other countries 1865-1885''] by Lt.-General Sir Montagu Gilbert Gerard 1903 Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1912_supplement/Gerard,_Montagu_Gilbert Biographical details from Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement] wikisource. Born 1842, he had a varied Army career, including Royal Artillery, Bengal Staff Corps, various missions and commissions, and took part in many military campaigns.
*[https://archive.org/details/avariedlifearec00gordgoog ''A varied life: a record of military and civil service, of sport and of travel in India, Central Asia and Persia 1849 -1902''] by Gen. Sir Thomas Edward Gordon. 1906 Archive.org. He initially served in the British Army with the [[61st Regiment of Foot]], with the 52nd (briefly), became on attachment, 2nd in command, and then in command, of the [[7th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|7th Punjab Infantry]], Bengal Army for approximately 20 months, during the [[Indian Mutiny]], [https://archive.org/stream/avariedlifearec00gordgoog#page/n46/mode/2up page 21], was then with the 25th (in England) and exchanged into the [[95th Regiment of Foot|95th]] in order to return to India, which he did in in 1860, appointed to the Indian Army Indian Staff Corps 1862, appointed to the Kashgar Mission in 1873. Finished his service in India in February 1887. To Persia in 1889, as Military Attache and Oriental Secretary to Her Majesty’s Legation at Tehran until late 1892.
*[https://archive.org/details/flyonwheelorhowi00lewiiala/page/n7/mode/2up ''A fly on the wheel; or, How I helped to govern India''] by Lieut.-Col. Thomas H Lewin 1912. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6879/page/n1/mode/2up 1885 edition] with illustrations. Archive.org. He arrived in India 1857, expecting to join the Bengal Army, but was appointed as an officer in the British [[34th Regiment of Foot|34th Regiment]]; was with the Police from 1861. In 1866 he was appointed to officiate as Superintendent of Hill Tribes in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, then permanently appointed Deputy Commissioner and Political Agent of the Hill Tracts of Chittagong. He was also appointed as a Captain in the Bengal Staff Corps, so he appears to have been "attached" as a Political Agent. He retired due to health issues c mid 1870s.
*''The Life And Opinions Of Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor'' Edited by Lady MacGregor 1888 Archive.org [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.181193 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.29522 Volume II], [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.29522/2015.29522.The-Life-And-Opinions-Of-Major-General-Sir-Charles-Metcalf-Macgregor-Vol-ii#page/n411/mode/2up An overview of his career] page 395. Charles MacGregor arrived in India in December 1856, aged 16, served in the Bengal Army in many wars and campaigns, and explored in Eastern Persia. He was Quartermaster General 1880-1885, retired on medical grounds in 1886 and died 1887, aged 46. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_MacGregor Wikipedia]
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023004264#page/n7/mode/2up ''My Service Days: India, Afghanistan, Suakim '85, and China''] by Maj.-Gen. Sir Norman Stewart 1908 Archive.org The author initially came to India in 1872 with the [[68th Regiment of Foot]] and subsequently joined the Indian Army where he held many positions, retiring in 1904
*''Life of Lord Kitchener'' by Sir Arthur George 1920. ([https://archive.org/details/lifeoflordkitche01arthuoft/page/n6 Volume I]); [https://archive.org/details/lifeoflordkitche02arthuoft/page/n8 Volume II], including [https://archive.org/details/lifeoflordkitche02arthuoft/page/114 pages 114-284] Commander-in Chief in India, 1902-1909. ([https://archive.org/details/lifeoflordkitche03arthrich/page/n8 Volume III]) Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/kitchener00balliala/page/n5 ''Kitchener''] by Brig.-General C R Ballard. A book in the series ''Private Lives Library''. Probably a 1936 reprint, originally published 1930. Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/kitchenermanbehi0000warn/mode/2up ''Kitchener : the man behind the legend''] by Philip Warner 2006, first published 1985. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.824/page/n17/mode/2up “The Simplicity of Yesterday”] by Field–Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck page 8 ''The Times of India Annual 1949''. Note missing pages 11-12. Then continues [https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.824/page/n73/mode/2up page 77] and pages 79 and 81. Archive.org, K.K. Venugopal Collection. This volume is also available at the British Library UIN: BLL01002827019 . Auchinleck joined the 62nd Punjabis in 1904. The latter pages include details about the structure of a regiment c 1904, and the training of men.
*[https://archive.org/details/lifeinindianoutp00cassiala/page/n9 ''Life in an Indian Outpost''] [Buxa Duar, North East India] by Major Gordon Casserly, Indian Army, first published c 1910. Archive.org. Also see Fiction, below.
*[httphttps://searchfind.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:Everything:SLV_VOYAGER197595 permalink/61SLV_INST/s6pvau/alma991975953607636 ''The Indian Army A B C : being a record of some of those depressing events that occur in the daily life of every Officer of the Indian Army''] by Myauk [John William Jerome Alves] 1915. With download link, State Library of Victoria. [http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/87039 Direct link]. The quoit mentioned in Q for Quoit is known as a Chakram or Chakkar. [http://www.whoosh.org/issue8/rudnick6.html 'What The Heck Is A Chakram, Anyway?"] by Bret Ryan Rudnick.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha''] by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org . The author, who was in a British Army regiment, arrived in India c 1883, and was subsequently appointed to the Indian Army where he held many positions.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.38633/page/n321 "The Defence of India"] page 273 ''The Life of General Lord Rawlinson of Trent: from his journals and letters'' edited by Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice 1928 Archive.org. Rawlinson became Commander-in Chief in India at the end of 1920, until he died in March 1925. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Rawlinson,_1st_Baron_Rawlinson Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson] Wikipedia.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1960-hired-to-kill-some-chapters-of-autobiography-by-morris-s-pdf/ ''Hired to Kill: Some Chapters of Autobiography''] by [Charles] John Morris 1960. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3164 Archive.org mirror version]. John Morris was in the British Army from 1914, commissioned in 1915 (Leicestershire Regiment), then an officer with the [[3rd Gurkha Rifles]] from 1918 until 1934 in Palestine, Afghanistan (the Third Afghan War in 1919) and Waziristan, with headquarters at [[Lansdowne]], near the Himalayas. He took part in the 1922 Mount Everest Expedition as transport officer, and trekked in Chinese Turkestan in 1927. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morris_(anthropologist) John Morris (anthropologist)] Wikipedia.*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1959-indian-cavalryman-by-guest-s-pdf/ ''Indian Cavalryman''] by Captain Freddie Guest, [Reginald Edwin Guest] 1959. Pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3146 Archive.org mirror version].
:Recommended by Peter Moore in [[Military reading list#Other|Military reading list]] who says "Selected in England to be trained as an Officer Cadet in Wellington, Southern India, he was commissioned into the 8th King George’s Own Light Cavalry, Indian Army... This story covers the period between the wars and up to the end of the World War. He saw active service in the North-West Frontier; Africa; China and was the first prisoner-of-war to escape from the Japanese in Hong Kong; ending the war as the Equitation Instructor at the Officer Cadet School in Bangalore”. His earlier book ''Escape From The Bloodied Sun'' was a more detailed account of his escape from Hong Kong when he was an officer in the Middlesex Regiment.
*See [[John Masters]] for two online autobiographies covering his time in the Indian Army, c 1935-1947, initially with the [[4th Gurkha Rifles]], ''Bugles and a Tiger'' and ''Road Past Mandalay''.
*[https://archive.org/details/FriendsNotMastersAPoliticalAutobiographyByPresidentAyubKhan_201705 ''Friends Not Masters: A Political Autobiography''] by Mohammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan 1968 (first published 1967) Archive.org.[https://archive.org/stream/FriendsNotMastersAPoliticalAutobiographyByPresidentAyubKhan_201705/Friends-Not-Masters-A%20Political%20Autobiography%20by-President%20Ayub-Khan-#page/n21 ”Early Days in the Army”] page 9, he attended Sandhurst in 1926.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126753 ''The Untold Story''] by B M Kaul [Brij Mohan] 1967. Archive.org, , Public Library of India Collection. [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.126753/2015.126753.The-Untold-Story#page/n21 Page 16], he applies to join the Indian Army and is selected to go to train at Sandhurst where he passed out in July 1933. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brij_Mohan_Kaul Brij Mohan Kaul] He became Chief of General Staff (CoGS) in the Indian Army.
*[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. [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.525048/page/n7/mode/2up Original edition] Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. 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.:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.276895/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Pattern Of War''] by Lieut. General Sir Francis Tucker 1948 Archive.org.*[https://archive.org/details/life-among-the-pathans-khattaks/mode/1up ''Life Among The Pathans (Khattaks)''] by Buster Goodwin 2nd edition 1999, first published 1969. Archive.org. Colonel Eric Goodwin of the Indian Army was posted to Jatta in the Kohat District, [[North West Frontier Province]] in 1927. He subsequently also held civilian roles. He remained in Pakistan after Partition, until he died in 1981, and appears in the following [https://es-la.facebook.com/QissaKhwani/videos/farewell-british-india-1947/1076838415782370/ Qissa Khwani video]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200625214245/https://www.himalayanclub.org/hj/39/25/in-memoriam-39/ Obituary]. '''Note''': The book has been filmed two pages to each digital page, also some pages are "on the side" so difficult to read on a fixed computer screen.*[https://archive.org/details/lastofbengallanc0000inga/mode/2up ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers''] by Francis Ingall 1988. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3453/page/n1/mode/2up ''Memories of the British Raj: a Soldier in India''] by Brigadier R C B Bristow 1974. Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Born 1900, Bristow joined the Indian Army in 1918, and spent most of his career with the 38th/17th Dogras until he left India January 1948, having been involved with trying to protect refugees from the massacres which followed Independence.
*''The Travels of Risaldar Shahzad Mir Khan'' of the 11th K E O Lancers (Probyn’s Horse), who enlisted 14th February 1882, died 1924. Translated extracts from his autobiography ''Shah Safar Sair-i-Dunya'', in Urdu, official text-book for the elementary Urdu examination. [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284708/2015.284708.Usi-Journal#page/n345/mode/2up '''Part I'''] includes the Herat Boundary Commission under General Lumsden in 1885, page 326-340 and [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284708/2015.284708.Usi-Journal#page/n569/mode/2up '''Part II'''], Journey to Tibet and China, with Capt. M S Wellby 18th Hussars 1895-1896, pages 543-553 ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 62, 1932'' Archive.org; [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.280027/2015.280027.Usi-Journal#page/n121/mode/2up '''Part III'''] Africa with Captain Wellby in 1898-99, pages 114-122; [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.280027/2015.280027.Usi-Journal#page/n211/mode/2up '''Part IV'''] England, pages 204-214. ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 63, 1933'' Archive.org. (Captain Wellby wrote two books about these expeditions, see [[11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers]]). Published later as ''The life & adventures of K.B. Risaldar Shahzad Mir : O.B.I. (1863-1924) : 11th (K.E.O.), Bengal Lancers (Probyn's Horse)'' with the contents given in this [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6491400 catalogue entry] (nla.gov.au).
*[https://archive.org/stream/illustratednava05unkngoog#page/n143/mode/2up "Indian Life: The Cantonment Magistrate"] by Major-General de Berry, page 120 ''The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine, Volume 8, 1888''. Archive.org. The Cantonment Magistrate was invariably a military officer of one of the Indian Staff Corps.
**[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.206513/2015.206513.Report-Of#page/n133/mode/2up "Conditions of Service of Followers"] page 87 . Recommendations.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35547 ''Report Of The Army In India Committee 1919-20 Part II''] Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/36694 ''The Army in India and Its Evolution: Including an account of the establishment of the Royal Air Force in India''] 1924. Compiled Officially. Digital Repository of GIPE (Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune, India]). A pdf download to your computer. Also available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207847 Archive.org version].
*[http://cslrepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/7986 ''India's Army''] by Major Donovan Jackson 1940. Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7986/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[http://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b19395371#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0 ''Short History of the Indian Army''] by Lieutenant Colonel B.N. Majumdar 1971. Reprinted from ''The Bulletin'', Military Historical Society. Wellcome Library Digital Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/matterofhonour0000maso ''A Matter of Honour''] by Philip Mason 1974. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Additional title on cover: ''An account of the Indian Army, its officers and men''.
*[https://archive.org/details/indianarmygarris0000heat/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Indian Army : The Garrison of British Imperial India, 1822-1922''] by T A Heathcote 1974. A volume in the series ''Historic Armies and Navies''. A comment elsewhere said [contains] "... important detail concerning organisation, recruitment and pay". Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/sonsofjohncompan0000gayl/mode/2up ''Sons of John Company : the Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903-91''] by John Gaylor 1992. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/catalogueofbooks00cockrich#page/n1/mode/2up ''A catalogue of books relating to the military history of India''] drawn up by Maurice J.D. Cockle 1901 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278755 ''Handbook For Indian Cavalry''] By F.W.P. [Frederick William Pakenham] Angelo 1898. Published at Allahabad. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/cavalry-journal-1934-vol24/page/375/mode/2up "The Silladar Cavalry of India"] by Thistle page 376 ''The Cavalry Journal'' Volume 24 1934. Archive.org
:A follow on article [https://archive.org/details/cavalry-journal-1935-vol25/page/191/mode/2up "The Indian Cavalry of To-day"] by Major-General E D Giles page 192 ''The Cavalry Journal'' Volume 25 1935. Archive.org
*''India Army Orders''. Include Appointments, Promotions, Long Service Medals etc. Originally from the Digital Library of India, with mirror images on Archive.org. Based on catalogue details unless otherwise specified. Some volumes are catalogues as ''Indian Army Orders''.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.116147 1908] (catalogued Jan,vi Th, 1945); [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72282 1910] (catalogued Jan,thired 1855); [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548370/page/n1 1911]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72288 1912]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108702/page/n1 1913]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108703/page/n3 1914]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108686/page/n1 1915]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108822/page/n1 1916]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548369/page/n1 1919], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548567/page/n1 1919 Special Orders]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108866/page/n1 1920]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108847 1922]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108844 1923]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108855 November 1924]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548590/page/n1 1925] [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.117224 1927]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548368 1928]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108848 1929]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72293 1931]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.117202 1932]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.117213 1933].
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72295 ''Compendium of the More Important Army Order''] 1919. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Full title: ''Compendium of the More Important Orders of the Government of India, Army Department and India Army Orders issued from the 1st August 1914, to the 31st December 1917''.
:Additional editions are available at the British Library with catalogue entry Indian Army Orders (1903-1947) IOR/L/MIL/17/5/245-299
*'' Government Of India: Army Department Army Instruction (Instructions)''. Originally Digital Library of India, with mirror versions on Archive.org. Based on catalogue details. Note some years have multiple files which may, or may not, have different content.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548441 1918]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72286 1919]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108867 1920]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548554 No.2 Of 1920]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.515142 1921]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.515144 1922]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548422 Index To Army Instructions India January To December 1922]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.515155 1923]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.552730 2nd Jan.1923]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.69273 Index To Army Instructions India] 1924; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548540 1926].
:Additional editions are available at the British Library with catalogue entry Indian Army: Army Instructions (India) (1918-1946) IOR/L/MIL/17/5/501-529
*[https://archive.org/details/1928ukfspbpt2india/page/n2/mode/1up ''Field Service Pocket Book. Part II – India. Corrected to January 1928''] Government of India publication Calcutta 1928. Archive.org, Vickers MG Collection & Research Association Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108708/page/n1 ''The Army in India: [Regulations<nowiki>]</nowiki> Corrected up to, and including, amendments to Regulations, Books and Forms, dated 1st April 1930''] Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*''Armaments Year-Book : General and Statistical Information''. Published by the League of Nations at Geneva from 1924. These books have been digitised separately in [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160901214707/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-4a08.html Chapters]. Northwestern University Library Evanston, IL, USA, archived webpages. Chapters relating to British Empire/ India or India, which contain details about the structure of the Army, training schools etc. Catalogue entries for India, followed by pdf links.
:[https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902000309/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-c818.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=28 Volume 1 1924], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902000303/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0282ak.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902000826/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-6c8a.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=67 Vol. 2 1925/1926], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902000819/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0283ak.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902001518/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-e583.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=126 Vol. 3 1927], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902001509/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0284ak.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902002123/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-f7a9-2.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=189 Vol. 4 1928], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902002118/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0285al.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902003027/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-3101.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=253 Vol. 5 1928/1929], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902003022/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0286al.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902003700/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-d7c4.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=318 Vol. 6 1929/1930], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902003654/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0287al.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902004754/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-0dcd.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=388 Vol. 7 1930/1931], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902004747/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0288al.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902005541/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-ff0c.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=475 Vol. 8 1931/1932], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902005538/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0289bd.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902010424/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-8bd4.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=542 Vol. 9 1933], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902010419/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0290be.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902011814/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-32f6.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=613 Vol. 10 1934], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902011809/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0291bf.pdf pdf]; [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902012859/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/otcgi/digilib/llscgi60-6c74.html?DB=8&SORTBY=%4D%32%34%35&ACTION=View&QUERY=%61%72%6D%61%6D%65%6E%74%73%20%79%65%61%72%20%62%6F%6F%6B%20%67%65%6E%65%72%61%6C%20%61%6E%64%20%73%74%61%74%69%73%74%69%63%61%6C%20%69%6E%66%6F%72%6D%61%74%69%6F%6E&RGN=%4D%32%34%35%53&OP=and&SUBSET=SUBSET&FROM=1&SIZE=1000&ITEM=686 Vol. 11 1935], [https://wayback.archive-it.org/6321/20160902012854/http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0292bh.pdf pdf].
:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/ien.35556028984169?urlappend=%3Bseq=1 ''First Year '''1924''', 2nd Edition''] including [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/ien.35556028984169?urlappend=%3Bseq=240 "India"] Page 240. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/ien.35556028984169?urlappend=%3Bseq=72 "Great Britain and the British Empire"] page 72 also includes some references to India. HathiTrust Digital Library. HathiTrust has editions for additional years which may become full view in time, at least for some areas.:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KXAAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3 '''''1937'''''] including [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KXAAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA432 "India"] page 432. Google Books.:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.13105 ''Armaments Year-Book 15th Year '''1940'''''] including [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.13105/page/n183 "India"] page 184. Archive.org.:[https://digital.nls.uk/league-of-nations/archive/195479746 National Library of Scotland Collection] of ''Armaments Year-Book''. 15 editions 1924-1940, volumes 1-15, complete series.
*[https://archive.org/details/ahandbookfighti00bonagoog ''A Handbook of the Fighting Races of India''] by P D Bonarjee, Assistant in the Military Department of the Govt. of India 1899 Archive.org
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000003545A ''Handbook on Sikhs for the use of Regimental Officers''] by Captain R W Falcon 4th Sikh Infantry, Punjab Frontier Force (lately Officiating District Recruiting Officer, Sikh District) 1896. British Library Digital. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284923 Archive.org version], mirror of DLI file.
**[https://archive.org/stream/Sikhs#page/n137/mode/2up "Recruiting"] , Chapter V, page 106 ''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Sikhs'' by Captain A H Bingley, 7th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Bengal Infantry. Compiled under the orders of the Government of India. 1899 Archive.org
***[https://archive.org/stream/sikhsofpunjab00parruoft#page/104/mode/2up "Recruiting Methods"] [WW1] Chapter VI page 104 ''The Sikhs of the Punjab'' by R E Parry late Indian Army Reserve of Officers; sometime Acting Captain and adjutant 2/15th Ludhiana Sikhs. Sometime attached 35th Sikhs. [1921] Archive.org.
** ''Handbook for the Indian Army: Sikhs'' by A E Barstow 2/11th Sikh Regiment (late 15th Ludhiana Sikhs) 1928. 1940 reprint of 1928 edition, is available to read on line on the [http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/displayPage.jsp?ID=2673&page=1&CategoryID=1&Searched= Panjab Digital Library].[https://archive.org/details/sikhs-handbook-for-indian-army/mode/2up Archive.org 1928 edition]
**[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.92297/page/n3/mode/2up ''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Pathans''] by Major R. T. I. Ridgway, 40th Pathans. 1910. Archive.org, mirror from Granth Sanjeevani Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.499098 ''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Hindustan Musalmans and Musalmans of the Eastern Punjab''] by W. Fitz G. Bourne 1914 Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.237136 ''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Gurkhas''] Compiled under the orders of the Government by Lieut- Colonel Eden Vansittart 2nd Bn 10th Gurkha Rifles. revised by Major B U Nicolay 1st Bn, 4th Gurkha Rifles 1915 (Reprint 1918), Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection, catalogued as Gurkhas (1915).
*:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.238360 ''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Gurkhas''] Compiled under the orders of the Government by Major C J Morris, late 2nd Bn, 3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles Second edition 1936, revised by the author, first published 1933. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection, catalogued as Gurkhas (1936).
**[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1924-garhwalis-handbook-for-the-indian-army-by-henderson-s-pdf ''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Garhwalis''] revised by Lt.-Col. K. Henderson 1924, original text by John Thorold Evatt. Pdf download PAHAR- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2242/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278759 ''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Kumaonis 1933 (1941 Reprint)''] by A Latham Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/stream/ashorthistoryofl00jeha#page/n15/mode/2up/search/Sikh Page viii] and [https://archive.org/stream/ashorthistoryofl00jeha#page/44/mode/2up/search/Sikh page 44] ''A Short history of the lives of Bombay opium smokers'' by Rustom Pestanji Jehangir 1893 Archive.org. Details and a comment about the use of opium by Sikh soldiers.
*[https://archive.org/details/indianarmyunifor00carm/page/n7 ''Indian Army Uniforms under the British from the 18th century to 1947: Cavalry''] by W Y Carman 1961. Archive.org Lending Library. Includes a [https://archive.org/details/indianarmyunifor00carm/page/232 Regimental index, page 232].
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.131698 ''Indian Army Uniforms''] by W Y Carman 1969. Full title: ''Indian Army Uniforms under the British from the 18th century to 1947 : Artillery, Engineers and Infantry''. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Note: Original colour plates are in black and white and most illustrations are of poor quality.
:[https://archive.org/details/cavalryuniformsi0000wilk/page/n5/mode/2up ''Cavalry uniforms; including other mounted troops of Britain and the Commonwealth in colour''] by Robert and Christopher Wilkinson-Latham 1969 Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Also includes some Indian Army uniforms, scattered throughout the book, which may be located using the [https://archive.org/details/cavalryuniformsi0000wilk/page/214/mode/2up Index] at the back of the book. Includes a seemingly incorrect description for Plate 94 (1938) of 13th (Duke of Cornwall's Own) Lancers, should be [[13th Duke of Connaught's Own Bombay Lancers|13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]].
:[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780850453089 ''Bengal Cavalry Regiments, 1857-1914''] by R G Harris. Colour plates by Chris Warner. 2000 reprint, first published 1979. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Digital file is rather pale, so unfortunately images, particularly photographs, could be better.
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284668/2015.284668.Usi-Jounral#page/n83/mode/2up "Badges and Devices worn by the Sillidar Trooper"] by Yusuf page 72 ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 68, 1938'' Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/b29003830/page/n3/mode/2up ''Army Regulations, India. Volume II - Regulations and Orders for the Army. Corrected up to 1st January 1904'']. Published at Calcutta. Archive.org.*[https://archive.org/details/b29003908/page/n5/mode/2up ''Army Regulations, India. Volume VI Medical. Corrected up to 1st April 1906''] by Government of India Military Department. Archive.org*''Army Regulations (India) 1913. Volume VII. Dress''. [Dress Regulations are in respect of Officers]. There are two copies available, however both copies appear to be incomplete. The better copy is catalogued as ''army regulations, india'', 1913 barcode 99999990265902, but is missing the rear index, pages 91-96. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.505458 Archive.org version]; [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72252 Archive.org version, 2nd file]. Mirrors from Digital Library of India. Also available to read online on [httphttps://wwwarchive.scribd.comorg/details/armyregulationsi0000indi/page/docn5/270813385mode/Army-Regulations-India-Vol-VII#scribd Scribd2up 1991 reprint edition]which is best copy. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
: ''Dress Regulations India'' 1926. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548365 Archive.org version]. Mirror from Digital Library of India. Print quality is poor for most pages. The text commences digital file page 8. Index, digital file page 106. It seems likely that pages are missing from the digital file.
: ''Dress Regulations For The Army(1934)'' [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206295 Archive.org version]. Mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100043188480.0x000001 ''Russian Advances in Asia''] Prepared at the Topographical and Statistical Department, War Office. (The first portion reprinted from a paper prepared by Colonel Cooke.) Great Britain. War Office. Intelligence Division. [London], 1873. British Library Digital. "For Official Circulation Only"
:[https://archive.org/details/defenceindiaast00macggoog ''The Defence of India: a Strategical Study''] by Major-General Sir C M Macgregor Quartermaster General of India 1884 Archive.org
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1885-indias-danger-and-englands-duty-history-of-russian-advance-upon-afghanistan-by-russell-s-pdf/ ''India's Danger, and England's Duty with reference to Russia's Advance into the territory upon the borders of Afghanistan''] by Richard Russell 1885. PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. If the download link does not display, locate under Books /Afghanistan.[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1082 Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/details/defenceofindia00coll "The Defence of India"] by Lieut.-General Sir Edwin Collen ''Proceedings of the Central Asian Society'' March 1906. Archive.org
*''The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia'' by Peter Hopkirk 1992. [https://archive.org/details/greatgame00pete Book File 1]. [https://archive.org/details/greatgamestruggl00hopk Book File 2] Archive.org Lending Library. Published in the UK with title ''The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia''. “The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia… When play first began, the frontiers of Russia and British India lay 2000 miles apart; by the end, this distance had shrunk to twenty miles at some points.”
:[https://archive.org/details/settingeastablaz00pete ''Setting the East Ablaze : Lenin's Dream of an Empire in Asia''] by Peter Hopkirk 1985 Archive.org Lending Library. 1920s-1930s.
: Peter Hopkirk was with ''The Times'' of London for nineteen years, as chief reporter and Middle and Far East specialist.
*[https://archive.org/details/tournamentofshad00meye ''Tournament of Shadows : the Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia''] by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac 1999. Archive.org Lending Library. Also available as a pdf download [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1999-tournament-of-shadows-the-great-game-and-the-race-for-empire-in-central-asia-by-meyer-s-pdf/ PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]. If the download link does not display, locate under Books/Central Asia.[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3713 Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/stream/indiandefencepro031317mbp#page/n7/mode/2up'' Indian Defence Problem: A Study''] by Capt G V Modak 1933 Archive.org. The author “spent many years in active military service in an important Indian State”. [https://archive.org/stream/indiandefencepro031317mbp#page/n27/mode/2up Contents], [https://archive.org/stream/indiandefencepro031317mbp#page/n29/mode/2up Statistical Contents]
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=qfgDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The Duties of Judge Advocates: Compiled from Her Majesty’s and the Hon. East India Company’s Military Regulations…''] by Captain R M Hughes 12th Regiment Bombay Army, Deputy Judge Advocate General, Scinde Field Force. 1845 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.162536/mode/2up ''Indian Munitions Board : Industrial Handbook 1919''] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/guidetohindustan00rank/page/96 "Military Phrases"] page 96 ''A guide to Hindustani in Persian and Roman character : specially designed for the use of officers and men serving in India, including colloquial phrases, a collection of arzis, with transliteration and English translations'' by G S A Ranking Surg.-Lieut.-Col., Indian Medical Service. Fourth Edition, Revised and enlarged 1897, first published 1889. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/language-of-the-camp/mode/2up ''Dictionary: Language of the Camp. Army Hindustani and Other Soldier Slang''] by Charles Tustin Kamps 2022. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/defenceofduffers0000swin_r2s8/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Defence of Duffer's Drift''] by Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton with a foreword by Field Marshal Earl Wavell 1949 reprint, first published 1904. It is stated "Translated into Urdu for use of the Indian Army". [https://archive.org/details/defenceofduffers0000swin/mode/2up 1986 edition] Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24842 Gutenberg.org 1905 USA edition] A book on small unit tactics. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defence_of_Duffer%27s_Drift Wikipedia article].
*Fiction
**[https://archive.org/details/junglegirl00cass_0/page/n5 ''The Jungle Girl''] by Gordon Casserly 1922
