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*[http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/husband-hunting-in-the-raj/4164578 Husband-hunting in the Raj] Download a radio interview with Anne de Courcy, journalist and author by presenter Phillip Adams, broadcast Tuesday 31 July 2012 ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3YVPArbsBs Interview: The Fishing Fleet. Anne de Courcy] Anne de Courcy paints a fascinating portrait of 'husband-hunting in the Raj the subject of her new book. (host Paul French) Adelaide Week, March 2013 YouTube
*[https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2019/07/finding-mermanjan-the-star-of-the-evening-part-1.html "Finding Mermanjan – the star of the evening"] Four blogs (linked from the first) by Felicia Line from the British Library’s Untold lives blog, 2 July 2019-22 July 2019. Mermanjan was the only daughter of an Afghan noble, niece of the Amir of Afghanistan Dost Mohammed, who married Thomas Maughan of the Bombay Army. They first met in 1849. Her story was told in the book ''Mermanjan, Star of the Evening'' by Gertrude Dimmock published 1970.
*British women married to Indian men.
:It is interesting to note that two of the following couples met in Britain when the future husband was studying.
