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===Historical books online===
*[http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/savifadok/volltexte/2013/2777 ''An outline of postal history and practice with a history of post office of India''] by Ivie George Joseph Hamilton 1910 . Download from Heidelberg University Digital Repository South Asian Studies. Also available [httphttps://nlirepositoryarchive.org/details/dli.nvliministry.in04961/page/1/handlemode/1234567892up Archive.org], mirror from Ministry of Culture/9467 National Library of India] as pdfs, but note some pages near the front of the book, together with pages 129-174 are '''missing''' in the latter version.
*[http://archive.org/stream/postofficeofindi00claruoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Post Office of India and its Story]'' by Geoffrey Clarke, Indian Civil Service 1921 Archive.org. “With sixteen illustrations”
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Post Office of India in the Great War''] edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org. [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n11/mode/2up Contents]
:Probable [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.548621/page/n1 1903 edition], (although not cataloged as such) Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Generally poor quality print.
:[http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-412337031 ''Henry S. King & Co.'s Hand book for homeward-bound travellers from India, Australia and the East''] 1893 National Library of Australia. Includes the [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-412337031/view?partId=nla.obj-412339007#page/n12/mode/1up telegraph code] to be used, (from page 12) as words or phrases more than ten letters are charged double.
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.199750/mode/2up ''Word Code For Foreign State Telegrams, compiled for the Government of India. Part II-Code Phrase''] by J H Lane Indian Government Telegraph Department. 4th Edition prepared under the direction of J J Allen. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.115584/page/n3/mode/2up Another file, easier to read in parts] but some pages towards the back are scanned/printed upside down. Archive.org. Elsewhere 4th edition was published 1903 (3rd edition 1890 in two volumes Part 1 Phrase, Code]
:Article [http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~CS4HS/talks/codebooks.pdf "Compression, Correction, Confidentiality, and Comprehension: A Look at Telegraph Codes"] by Steven M. Bellovin "Preliminary version – March 25, 2009". cs.columbia.edu
:Article [https://www.jmcvey.net/cable/government/index.htm government and colonial administration codes] jmcvey.net
===Indo-European Telegraph===
*[https://iranicaonline.org/articles/indo-european-telegraph-company Indo-European Telegraph Company] (Encyclopaedia Iranica) was privately owned and operated by the Siemens Company. Telegrams along this route commenced from India to London in January 1870
*[http://atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/Indo-Eur/index.htm The Indo-European Telegraph Company] by Steven Roberts Also includes brief information about the Indo-European Telegraph Department atlantic-cable.com
*[https://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/IJHS/Vol26_3_3_AKarbelashvili.pdf "Europe-India Telegraph “Bridge” via the Caucasus"] by Andre Karbelashvili ''Indian Journal of History of Science 26 (3) 1991'', pages 277-281. Alternatively from [https://insa.nic.in/UI/Archivesection.aspx Archives at Indian National Science Academy Journals], or [https://web.archive.org/web/20200728142811/https://insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/IJHS/Vol26_3_3_AKarbelashvili.pdf archived version].
*[https://www.istampgallery.com/indo-european-telegraph-line-centenary/ A Commemorative postage stamp on the Centenary of the Indo-European Telegraph Service] issued 9 November 1967. istampgallery.com. This stamp probably relates to the foundation of the Indo-European Telegraph Company, or commencement of construction of it's line. Image of First Day cover.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210125212854/https://www.collectorbazar.com/item/india-first-day-cover-indo-european-telegraph-line-centenary-1967-f1037-123753/ Image of First Day cover, Centenary of the Indo-European Telegraph Service] collectorbazar.com, archived.</ref>
==== Bombay - Aden – Suez Cable====
*[http://www.atlantic-cable.com/Cables/1870BritishIndian/index.htm 1870 British - Indian Cable (Bombay - Aden - Suez)] by Bill Glover atlantic-cable.com. The British-Indian Submarine Telegraph Company.**[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/documents-reveal-contents-of-the-first-telegraph-message-between-india-england/articleshow/11976488.cms Documents reveal contents of the first telegraph message between India & England] via thousands of km of cables laid below the seas, on 23 June, 1870. economictimes.indiatimes.com Feb 22, 2012.
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