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*[http://archive.org/stream/incidentsandane00sprogoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''Incidents and Anecdotes in the Life of Lieut.-General Sprot Volume 1''] 1906 Archive.org. The author spent 12 years in India, from 1849, [http://archive.org/stream/incidentsandane00sprogoog#page/n34/mode/2up page 13], with the British Army [[83rd Regiment of Foot]] but much of this time was attached to the Public Works Department, Bombay Presidency.
*[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee/index.htm Frederick Lewis Dibblee]. Railway engineer. Worked in India 1864-1888
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924022898211 ''Village, Town, and Jungle life in India''] 
by A.C. Newcombe 1905 Archive.org He was in India 1874-1902 as a Civil Engineer in the Public Works Department*Tom Salkield , was Engineer to the Municipality of Delhi 1905-1922. He was awarded the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaisar-i-Hind Kaiser-i-Hind] decoration for public service in India .He was also in the Punjab Volunteer Rifles for 16 years..There are further details in his obituary ''ICE Proceedings Volume 16, Issue 3, 01 July 1960'' , pages 348 –349. <ref>[httpshttp://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:l0jG6ImKhqUJ:www.icevirtuallibrary.com/delivercontent/fulltextissue/iicep.1960.11747.pdf?itemId%3D/content16/article/10.1680/iicep.3 ''ICE Proceedings Volume 16, Issue 3, 01 July 1960.11747%26mimeType%3Dpdf+m+Salkield+'' ,+was+Engineer+to+the+Municipality+of+Delhi&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjWSLnOFecZqXD0UsUe1d6t2LofOczUFZykw888t4pyjtyXhrSC0-fCybftVq6G7qPxGV5_J3bAfXurc9X7Cf50opR701VS1FeUs0HajnV-nZLQz1pTUsS_JX0WiBlB3hGZneEn&sig=AHIEtbRK3IwYQ5JoDGlruYE3jbSFD1FQ0g ICE obituarypages 348 –349]. </ref> Details of [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FY3022YY Tom Salkield Delhi Photograph Album 1905-1916] Janus (Archives in Cambridge)
*Charles Spedding, Engineer, of the road making contacting company Spedding & Co, making the road from Gilgit to Kashmir c 1891, and W.P. Appleford, an engineer employee - refer [[Punjab Rifles]]
*[httpshttp://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:aU8qvAGjoSoJ:www.icevirtuallibrary.com/deliver/fulltext/iicep.1957.1945.pdf?itemId%3D/content/article/10.1680/iicep.1957.1945%26mimeType%3Dpdf+Chota+Nagpur+Regiment+Auxiliary+Force+(India)&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShtn2S5OTvZPGg1xm5NktjnRNTRJwWM4j_0OQI7cj059_sDgKnG5d_do09Cdwlsq5YU45rFXm7sfIIxWOIlpI87-XyIh-o_NaJeBgLZQY-K62WX2BpAP2H149I4_TJHLTs-RHJN&sig=AHIEtbQtPWvNgC-2k2rHO12FWzkY4T3lpQ 1944 Colonel Frederick Charles Temple, C.I.E., C.B.E., V.D., 1879-1957] Obituary ICE Virtual Library. He came to India c 1905 and served in various capacities with the Military Works Services and with the Public Works Department. In 1919 he was appointed Chief Town Engineer and later Administrator, for the Tata Iron and Steel Co., being responsible for the design and building of the town of [[Jamshedpur]]. Later, he became Relief Engineer and Supply Officer to the Government of Bihar and Orissa after the January 1934 earthquake and was responsible for the reconstruction of the towns, roads and bridges destroyed.*[http://nstyabji.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/the-drowsy-guest/ The Drowsy Guest]. Includes details of the competitive exam for the Indian Railways for those with Engineering Degrees c 1936-37. "Retroblog of Najm Tyabji (1930+)" He was an Indian engineer born 1912, who married Scottish Mona Knight c 1936 in Bombay.
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*[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-openpage/article2443690.ece "How our British rulers 'legalised' bribery"] The Hindu.com
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120901/j&k.htm#2 Heritage tag for 110-yr-old power project] by Majid Jahangir. The second oldest power project, the Mohura [Mohra] Power House located in the Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, was commissioned in 1902. This article also mentions the first power house set up in 1901 by the Maharaja of Mysore. ''The Tribune'' Saturday, September 1, 2012, Chandigarh
*[https://www.facebook.com/QissaKhwani/photos_stream#!/photo.php?fbid=296707910462095&set=pb.173386152794272.-2207520000.1368526673.&type=3&theater Photograph: Irrigation tunnel]. "Built nearly a century ago, this irrigation tunnel through the Sikri Hills in Mardan (now Pakistan) is living proof of the genius of British engineering". Includes historical details. Qissa Khwani on Facebook*[https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Historical-Pakistan/190053491103230#!/photo.php?fbid=405082869600290&set=a.190081737767072.37476.190053491103230&type=1&theater Photograph: Train passing over Chappar Rift bridge ‎Balochistan in 1920s]. "My Historical Pakistan" on Facebook. Details of the construction are given in this [http://web.archive.org/web/20130127073811/http://pakistaniat.com/2009/10/18/chappar-rift link] from "All Things Pakistan", now archived.
====Historical books online====
*Also see [[Corps of Royal Engineers‎#Historical books online|Corps of Royal Engineers‎-Historical books online]]
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