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==External links==
*[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Desi-Irish-Raja-of-Haryana/articleshow/53360680.cms “Desi Irish Raja of Haryana”] by Amit Arora July 24, 2016 ''The Times of India'' Chandigarh. The story of George Thomas, born 1756. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Thomas_(soldier) Wikipedia]
*Europeans in Sikh History from [http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/british/europeans-in-sikh-history All About Sikhs]
*European adventurers, scholars and officials from [http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/75/european-adventurers-scholars-and-officials The Sikh Encyclopedia]
===Historical books online===
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=23pCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA9 ''Military Memoirs of Mr. George Thomas; Who, by Extraordinary Talents and Enterprise, Rose from an Obscure Situation to the Rank of a General, in the Service of the Native Powers in the North-West of India''] by William Francklin 1805. Reprinted in London 1805
*[http://www.archive.org/details/aparticularacco00goog ''A Particular Account of the European Adventurers of Hindustan 1784 to 1803''] by Herbert Compton (1893) Includes George Thomas . Archive.org*[http://www.archive.org/stream/hindustanunderf01keengoog#page/n10/mode/1up ''Hindustan Under Free Lances, 1770-1820: Sketches of Military Adventure in Hindustan''] by Henry George Keene 1907 Archive.org. Includes George Thomas.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/14971 ''European Adventurers Of Northern India 1785 to 1849''] by C. Grey first published in 1929 . Pdf download, Digital Library of India. It is also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1929-european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-1849-by-grey-and-garrett-s-pdf/ download as a pdf file] from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. A description of the book says “This is a record of the adventurers, buccaneers, buffoons and entrepeneurs who cut a swathe through the heart of the Raj, before and during the golden age of British-ruled India.”<ref>[http://www.naval-military-press.com/european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-to-1849.html Naval and Military Press]</ref> Read more about the book in this link from [http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/historical-events/the-british-and-sikhs-1849-1947/european-adventurers-of-northern-india The Sikh Encyclopedia]. It contains biographical sketches of over one hundred Europeans who came to or served in the Punjab during Sikh times.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/533458 ''European Freebooters In Moghul India''] by Lester Hutchinson 1964, Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Full title has the additional wording ''[With special reference to Walter R. Sombre, George Thomas and Benoît de Boigne]''
===Recommended Reading ===
*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Biographies_reading_list The Maharajah’s Box by Christy Campbell] . The story of Duleep Singh, last King of the Sikhs, and his attempts to regain his Kingdom.
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