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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=sUjRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Military reminiscences: extracted from a journal of nearly forty years' active service in the East Indies Volume 1''] by Colonel James Welsh of the Madras Establishment 1830. Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=8UjRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP13 ''Volume 2''] Google Books (service from 1790)
*''Thirty years in India: or, A soldier's reminiscences of native and European life in the presidencies, from 1808 to 1838'' by Major Henry Bevan late 27th EIC Madras Native Infantry 1839 [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7lQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR4 Volume 1], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0mU6AAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume 2] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6wbmMHtf-FwC&pg=PP11 ''Memorials of Service in India: from the correspondence of the late Major Samuel Charters Macpherson Political Agent at Gwalior during the Mutiny, and formerly employed in the suppression of human sacrifices in Orissa''].1865 Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/memorialsofservi00macprich Archive.org] (has better maps) He initially joined the Madras Army in 1827. In 1831 he was appointed assistant surveyor-general and was engaged in both military and survey work. In 1841 he was appointed as Assistant to the Agent at Ganjam, Political Agent at Bhopal in 1853, and Political Agent at Gwalior in 1854.
*''Ten Years in India: or, The Life of a Young Officer'' by Albert Henry Andrew Hervey of the 40th Regiment Madras Infantry (1850), [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=mrlFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume I], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZnQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume II], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oHQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume III] Google Books. A later edition was published in 1988 as ''A soldier of the Company: Life of an Indian Ensign, 1833-43''.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qDRYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP2 ''Revised Standing Orders, Sections II, III, IV, V and XI for the Native Infantry of the Madras Army''] 1866 Google Books
