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==Historical Background==
A considerable number of Scots served in British India, a far greater number than would be expected based on the percentage of the Scottish population in Great Britain. See [[Scotland#External links|External link below]], for a podcast which explains the historical background.
====Early Regimental Influence====
* ''Records of Clan Campbell in the military service of the Honourable East India Company 1660-1858'' by Sir Duncan Campbell, (London 1925)<ref> Recommended to FIBIS Research Co-ordinator by a FIBIS member – one copy located in Scottish National Library.</ref>, available online, refer below.
== External Links links==*[http://www.bacsa.org.uk/?page_id=2227 "Scotland’s Empire: The Scots in British India"] by Sir Tom Devine. [[BACSA]] podcast of a lecture 8 April 2019. "Scotland’s most distinguished historian Sir Tom Devine considers the role of Scots in India in administration, the military and trade with special reference to the period from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth centuries. Among the themes examined are the scale of Scottish ‘colonisation’ of the East India Company, the reasons for this and the impact of the India connection on Scotland itself. Sir Tom Devine is Professor Emeritus in History at the University of Edinburgh. His books include ''To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland’s Global Diaspora, The Scottish Nation 1700–2000'' and ''Scotland’s Empire''.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090615074522/http://www.tigerandthistle.net/index.htm The Tiger and the Thistle] Website project focusing on [[Tipu Sultan]] and the Scots in India, 1760-1800, now an archived website.
*[http://anglo-indianfood.blogspot.com/2009/04/tracking-down-traditional-scottish-food.html Tracking down traditional Scottish food] from Anglo-IndianFood.blogspot.com
