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*[http://www.dadinani.com/capture-memories/read-contributions/the-unforgettable/93-barefoot-from-burma-to-india-1942-by-benegal-dinker-rao "Barefoot from Burma to India, 1942"] by Benegal Dinker Rao, born 1917 in Rangoon, an employee of the Government of Burma. A nephew Arvind Benegal, is the author of the first part, based on his uncle’s oral accounts.
*[http://amitavghosh.com/blog/?p=432 "Exodus from Burma"] by Krishnan Gurumurthy, aged 9 in 1942. His father was employed in the Burma Railways and was one of the many Indian working in Burma. amitavghosh.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140226095920/https://www.spink.com/lot-description.aspx?id=1300112 Account of Capt. G.J. Stapleton. I.A., Burma Frontier Force: Retreat from Myitkyina] 1942 . He was awarded the King´s Police and Fire Service Medal, for Gallantry. spink.com 25 Apr 2013, now an archived page.
*[http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/megbur.html "Burma, 1942 and the Anglo-Indian and Anglo-Burmese Community"] by Megan Stuart Mills, 1999. Eighth edition of the ''International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies''.
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/581001.html "Retreat from Burma 1942: The Struggles through the Northern Passes"] by Harry Fecitt. “Harry’’s Sideshows” kaiserscross.com/
*[https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/icrc-archives/ ICRC Archives] in Geneva. The International Committee of the Red Cross has some records in respect of refugees from Burma. <ref>Milner, Rowland . [httphttps://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/india.rootsweb.com/thread/1999-0915663356/0936457211 Family History Donald Mellican] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 04 September 1999. Retrieved 20 January 20152 November 2018.</ref>
====Historical books online====
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528129 ''Forgotten Frontier''] by Geoffrey Tyson, published 1945. Archive.org. The book is about the escape of refugees from Burma in 1942 and the help provided by the tea planters of Assam in assisting the refugees from north Burma into India.
*[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2012/02/family-budgets-in-1920s-india.html Family budgets in 1920s India] by John O’Brien 27 February 2012 British Library Blog: Untold Lives: Sharing stories from the past. Includes a mention of Rangoon.
*"Browsing Through a Treasure House: The Literature of the Burma Campaign" by Gordon Graham. Part of [[Second World War|WW2]]. From the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 2011 [http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/11668/1/BCML-W.G.Graham2011.pdf pdf], [https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/11668 Abstract]
:[https://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/collections/rare_books/bcml/ Burma Campaign Memorial Library, SOAS, London], and [https://digital.soas.ac.uk/bcml Digital catalogue]
===Historical photographs online===
*[https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/album-of-photographs-of-burma-india-and-egypt#/?tab=about Photographs: Burma] from a collection "ca. 1889, some photographs later” New York Public Library Digital Collection.
