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Novels with an Indian theme

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Historical books online
==External links==
*[http://www.goldenline.bcdedu.net/anglo-indian-novels/ "Studying Anglo-Indian Novels: A Forgotten Genre"] by Ayusman Chakraborty. ''The Golden Line'' A Magazine of English Literature, Bhatter College, Dantan, West Bengal.
*[http://www.ampltd.co.uk/digital_guides/colonial_discourses_series_three_parts_1_to-3/Contents.aspx "Colonial Discourses: Series Three: Colonial Fiction, 1650-1914"] ampltd.co.uk. Contains a bibliography of general works and fiction from India.
 
===Historical books online===
'''About Anglo-Indian fiction'''*''A Survey Of Anglo-Indian Fiction'' by Bhupal Singh 1934. [httphttps://wwwarchive.neworg/details/in.ernet.dli.ernet2015.62453 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. This book was used as a source for the following book.*[https://archive.org/details/indiainenglishfi0000gupt/page/n3 ''India inEnglish Fiction, 1800-1970; an Annotated Bibliography''] by Brijen Kishore Gupta 1973 Archive.org Lending Library. The previous book was used as a source.*[https:/handle/2015archive.org/details/chroniclesofrajs0000sham/page/285607 n5 ''A Survey Of Anglo-Indian FictionChronicles of the Raj : a study of literary reaction to the imperial idea towards the end of the Raj''] by Bhupal Singh 1934Shamsul Islam 1979. Archive. Pdf download, Digital org Lending Library .*[https://archive.org/details/afterrajbritishn0000rubi/page/n5 ''After the Raj: British novels of Indiasince 1947''] by David Rubin 1986. Archive.org Lending Library.*[https://archive.org/details/afterempirescott0000gorr/page/n5 ''After Empire : Scott, Naipaul, Rushdie''] by Michael Edward Gorra 1997 Archive.org Lending Library. '''Books'''*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62453 Archive282843 ''Some Passages In The Life Of An Adventurer In The Punjab''] Printed at Delhi 1842. Easier to read, but missing at least 2 pages, compared to [https://archive.org /details/in.gov.ignca.14891/page/n3 version, different digital file2]Archive.org.
*''Oakfield or Fellowship In the East'' by W D Arnold [William Delafield], Lieut. 58th Regiment, BNI [Bengal Native infantry]. 2nd edition 1854 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.200691 Volume I] Archive.org. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KnQQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume II] Google Books. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakfield;_or,_Fellowship_in_the_East ''Oakfield or Fellowship In the East''] Wikipedia, which states "The novel is an indictment of the moral standards of the British regiments in India." Originally published (1853) using the pseudonym Punjabee. Volume II is set in the period of the [[2nd Sikh War]].
*''Chronicles of Dustypore; a Tale of Modern Anglo-Indian Society'' [by H S Cunningham [Henry Stewart], Sir] 1875. [https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofdust01cunn/page/n7 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofdust02cunn/page/n8 Volume II] Archive.org [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._S._Cunningham H. S. Cunningham] Wikipedia. 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://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.169320/page/n89 Review of ''Chronicles of Dustypore''] page 73 ''Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham, K.C.I.E.'' by Margaret M. Verney 1923 Archive.org.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000045A5C ''The Dead Man's Gift: a Tea-planter's Romance''] by Herbert Compton (London) 1890. British Library Digital Collection. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Eastwick_Compton Herbert Eastwick Compton] Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/borderofbladesan00foraiala ''The Border of Blades : an Anglo-Indian Romance''] by Captain Bedford Foran 1916 Archive.org. Author is cataloged as William Robert Foran. Set in Peshawar and the North West Frontier. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Robert_Foran W. Robert Foran] Wikipedia. [https://aussiehunter.org/hunting/hunting-books/great-white-hunters/w-r-foran/ W R Foran] (aussiehunter.org) indicates he was in India with the British Army for a short time in the early 1900s.
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