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*''A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon'' published by John Murray, London
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahandbookfortra05murrgoog#page/n6/mode/2up Third Edition 1898], [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahandbookfortra52firgoog#page/n6/mode/2up Fourth Edition 1901], [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahandbookfortra30firgoog#page/n7/mode/2up Fourth Edition, Second Impression 1903], [http://www.archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/n5/mode/2up Eighth Edition 1911] Archive.org. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c049725688?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Tenth Edition (reprinted) 1920] (originally published 1918) Hathi Trust.
**Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India: [http://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.ernet.in/handle/2015/529359 1919] [http://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.ernet.in/handle/2015/236120 Fifteenth Edition 1938] [http://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.ernet.in/handle/2015/462541 17th Edition.]
*[https://archive.org/stream/b24757986#page/600/mode/2up/ “Wintering in India”] page 600 ''Mediterranean winter resorts : a complete and practical handbook to the principal health and pleasure resorts on the shores of the Mediterranean, with special articles on the principal invalid stations by resident English physicians'' by Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball, Fifth edition 1904 Archive.org. Also contains ''Volume II, North Africa and Mediterranean Islands'' from p 331.
*[https://archive.org/details/bygonedaysinindi00dewa Bygone days in India] by Douglas Dewar 1922. Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DEUOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA3 ''‪Messrs. Waghorn & Co.'s Overland Guide to India: by three routes to Egypt''] 2nd edition 1846 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/overlandguideboo00barbrich ''The Overland Guide-book; a complete vade-mecum for the overland traveller, to India via Egypt''] by Captain James Barber HCS 2nd edition 1850. Archive.org
*[http://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.ernet.in/handle/2015/524860 ''British Routes to India''] by Halford Lancaster Hoskins 1928. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
*For travel accounts of the Overland Route, see [[Travel accounts online]]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianidylls00unkngoog#page/n7/mode/2up ''Indian Idylls''] by Edith E Cuthell 1890 Archive.org. Short stories by the wife of an Army Officer
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/mygardenincityg00cutgoog#page/n7/mode/2up ''My Garden in the City of Gardens: A Memory''] by Edith E Cuthell 1905 Archive.org. Memories of life as an Army Officer’s wife in Lucknow.
*[http://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.ernet.in/handle/2015/528072 ''British Social Life In India 1608-1937''] by Dennis Kincaid 1938. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/stream/simpleadventures00dunc#page/n9/mode/2up ''The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib''] 
by Sara Jeannette Duncan ... With illustrations by F. H. Townsend. 1893 Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/221032 ''Indian Notes About Dogs''] by Major C. 1893. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Full title: ''Indian Notes about Dogs, their Diseases and Treatment''. Compiled by Major C- [Chambers], author of ''Horse Notes''. Earlier edition 1889*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/523701 ''Your Dog In India''] Probable author: Pat Sharpe 1944. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
==Imperial Diversions: The Club, the Hills, the Field==
*[[:Category:Sport images| Unique collection of Sport images held on Fibiwiki]]
*[http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/exhibits/e-exhibits/india/chap6b.htm British Voices from South Asia, LSU - Chapter 6] [http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/exhibits/e-exhibits/india/intvw6.htm LSU Interviews, Chapter 6]
*[http://archive.is/OWYO Lahore: Blood on the Tracks] by William Dalrymple 1997. archive of travelintelligence.com. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120830173245/http://www.travelintelligence.com/travel-writing/lahore-blood-tracks Another archived version]). Also an episode in the 1997 TV documentary series [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/28568 Stones of the Raj]
*[http://www.defencejournal.com/dec98/pma.htm [Extract from<nowiki>]</nowiki> ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers''] by Brig (Retd) Francis H B Ingall ''Defence Journal'' December 1998 defencejournal.com. The author travelled from India to Pakistan, to work for the Pakistan Army, and comments on the massacres.
*[http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/curious.html "The Curious Exclusion Of Anglo-Indians From Mass Slaughter During The Partition Of India"]. Experiences in India During 1947 of some who went to New Zealand by Dorothy McMenamin in 'The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies'' Volume 9, Number 1, 2006.
*[http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2009/03/30/bloody-memories-for-child-of-the-raj/ Bloody memories for child of the Raj] Express and Star dated 30 March 2009. Also see [[Biographies reading list]] for more details of ''Farewell Raj: Witness to End of Empire'' by Tony Hearne
*[http://scroll.in/article/748690/how-indian-newspapers-reported-independence-and-partition-in-1947 "How Indian newspapers reported Independence and Partition in 1947"] by Shoaib Daniyal August 15, 2015. Scroll.in
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.defencejournal.com/dec98/pma.htm [Extract from<nowiki>]</nowiki> ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers''] [published 1988] by Brig (Retd) Francis H B Ingall ''Defence Journal'' December 1998 defencejournal.com. The author travelled from India to Pakistan, to work for the Pakistan Army, and comments on the massacres.
*[https://archive.org/details/99999990342498DivideAndQuit ''Divide and Quit''] by Penderel Moon c 1961 Archive.org
*[http://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.ernet.in/handle/2015/124549 ''Freedom At Midnight''] by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre c 1975 Pdf download, Digital Library of India. The events in India in 1947*[http://dliwww.sercnew.iiscdli.ernet.in/handle/2015/220202 ''Partition And Aftermath: Memoirs of an Ambassador''] by Kewal Singh 1992. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Also available to read online on [http://www.apnaorg.com/books/english/partition-aftermath/book.php?fldr=book Academy of the Punjab in North America].
==Miscellaneous==
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