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*[https://archive.org/details/forwardpolicyit00bruc ''The Forward Policy and its Results; or, Thirty-five Years' Work amongst the Tribes on our North-Western Frontier of India''] by Richard Isaac Bruce, formerly Political Agent, Beluchistan, and late Commissioner and Superintendent Derajat Division, Punjab, India. 1900 Archive.org. The author arrived in India in 1862 and retired 1896. The Forward Policy was initiated by Sandeman, refer book above.
*[https://archive.org/details/leavesfromdiaryi00clay ''Leaves from a Diary in Lower Bengal''] by C. S. [Arthur Lloyd Clay] 1896 Archive.org. With illustrations. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005A67E British Library Digital Collection] with rotatable images. He joined the Bengal Civil Service 1862 and the diary covers the years to 1870. He retired 1890.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-FjmQ4xTgkQC&pg=PA59 Page 59] ''Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge'' edited by John Venn Google Books</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.169320/page/n6 ''Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham, K.C.I.E.''] by Margaret M. Verney 1923 Archive.org. Born 1832, he went to India in 1866 as Government Advocate and Legal Advisor to the Punjab, based at Lahore. He became Advocate-General of Madras Presidency 1872 and judge of the Calcutta High Court 1877-1887. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._S._Cunningham H. S. Cunningham] Wikipedia.
:He was the author of the novel ''Chronicles of Dustypore; a tale of modern Anglo-Indian society'' [by H S Cunningham] 1875 [https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofdust01cunn/page/n7 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofdust02cunn/page/n8 Volume II] Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.169320/page/n89 Review of ''Chronicles of Dustypore''] page 73 of Verney's biography.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.174722 ''The Garden Of Fidelity Being The Autobiography Of Flora Annie Steel 1847-1929''] 1930 (first published 1929). Archive.org. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Annie_Steel Flora Annie Steel] Wikipedia. Married to Henry William Steel, a member of the Indian Civil Service, they were in India 1868 to 1889, mainly in the Punjab. During her time in India she became involved with education, and subsequently became an Inspectress of Schools. Also see [[Food and Drink]]. After leaving India she became a novelist.
*''Memoirs of a Bengal Civilian'' by John Beames [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.99022 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. He served as Collector of Cuttack from 1875 to 1878 and earlier as Collector of Balasore District from 1869 to 1873. For more details about this book, and John Beames, see the [[Cuttack]] page.
