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*[http://archive.org/stream/memoriesofrugbyi00arburich#page/n9/mode/2up ''Memories of Rugby and India''] 
by Sir Alexander J. Arbuthnot 1910 Archive.org. The author was in the Madras Civil Service from 1842 for thirty years.
* ''Life of Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Andrew Clarke, Colonel-Commandant of Royal Engineers'' edited by Col. RH Vetch 1905 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/lifeoflieutgener00vetc/page/n239 "Member of Council of the Viceroy of India 1875-1880"] pages 193-221. He was head of the Indian Public Works Administration.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1128/page/n1/mode/2up ''Autobiography and Reminiscences of Sir Douglas Forsyth''] edited by his daughter Ethel Forsyth 1887. Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR. Born 1827, he went to India in 1848 to the Civil Service, having passed top of the class at the East India College at Haileybury. During his career he was involved in the Indian Mutiny, was Commissioner in the Punjab from 1860, [he was in this role at Jullundur and Umballa], was involved with the Kooka Outbreak of 1872, headed diplomatic missions to Kashgar in 1873 and Mandalay in 1875. In 1877 he resigned from the Civil Service and became involved with Indian Railway companies, and a company building a harbour and railway in Portuguese India. He died 1886.
*[https://archive.org/details/servantofjohncom00keen ''A Servant of "John Company"; being the Recollections of an Indian Official''] by Henry George Keene 1897 Archive.org. Born 1825, he was in North West India 1847-1882 when he was obliged to retire, having served for thirty five years.
:[https://archive.org/details/heretherememorie00keenrich ''Here and There: Memories, Indian and Other''] by H G Keene 1906 Archive.org.
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