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| + | [[Image:INDIA map copy.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Wikipedia Image; India Map]] | ||
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| + | '''Capital''' New Delhi<br><br> | ||
| + | '''Languages''' Hindi, English and at least 16 other official languages<br><br> | ||
| + | '''Currency''' Indian Rupee<br><br> | ||
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| + | India extends down from the Himalayan Mountains in the north, right down to the Indian Ocean in the south. | ||
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| + | In the 19th and early 20th centuries India was governed by the British. Independence was gained in 1947. | ||
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| + | Despite increasing tourism and growing industry, some parts of India are still home to some of the poorest people in the world where people live day to day in conditions of poverty. | ||
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| + | ==Register Office== | ||
| + | Deputy Registrar<br> | ||
| + | General Collection<br> | ||
| + | Vital Statistics Division<br> | ||
| + | Office of the Registrar General<br> | ||
| + | Ministry of Home Affairs<br> | ||
| + | West Block 2<br> | ||
| + | RK Puram<br> | ||
| + | New Delhi<br> | ||
| + | 11006 <br> | ||
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| + | ==Links== | ||
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| + | *[http://www.nationalarchives.nic.in/ National Archives Of India] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.chater-genealogy.com/ Armenian Family History in India] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.fibis.org/ Families in British India Society (FIBIS)] | ||
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| + | *[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/1851bombaycensus/ 1851 Bombay Census] | ||
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| + | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ The Digital South Asia Library-Imperial Gazetteer of India] | ||
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| + | *[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html Historical Maps of India] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/ Indian Sub-continent Cemeteries Database] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.kabristan.org.uk/ Kabristan Archives - Graveyards from Ireland and the Indian sub-continent] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=187&subject_disp=India&columns=*,0,0 Index for India from Family Search Library Catalogue] | ||
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| + | *[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/ British India Family History] | ||
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| + | *[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/1881india/ 1881 British Census India Surname Index] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.kamat.com/database/ Kamat Research Database] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/juteindia.htm Jute in India] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.athelstane.co.uk/tchodson/ind_ethn/ind_ethn.htm Analysis of The 1931 Census of India] | ||
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| + | *[http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Home.aspx India Office Family History Search ] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/default.htm Digital Colonial Documents (India) Homepage] | ||
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| + | '''British Schools in India''' | ||
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| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Colonial_schools_in_India Colonial Schools] | ||
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| + | *[http://science.jrank.org/pages/9087/Education-in-India-Colonial-India.html Education in Colonial India] | ||
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| + | *[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Schools Former British schools in India] | ||
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| + | '''Church Records''' | ||
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| + | *[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-India.htm Local Catholic Church and Family History India] | ||
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| + | '''Images of India''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.harappa.com/photo2/index.html 130 Photographs by Famous & Unknown Photographers of People & Places/Landmarks From The Early 1860's through 1947] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/2207/index.html Welcome to the India Family Collection Photo Album] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.geocities.com/valmayukuk/index.html Postcards From India] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/results.asp?lstorients=All+Orientations&lstformats=&wwwflag=&changewwwflag=1&changetncaptions=1&tncaptions=&addposition=&disablepopup=yes&txtkeys1=Madras&collections=&pixperpage=24&searchprev= Madras] | ||
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| + | '''Major Cities''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.mumbainet.com/template1.php?CID=15&SCID=5 Bombay/Mumbai] | ||
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| + | *[http://members.lycos.co.uk/calcutta1940s/ Calcutta 1940s] | ||
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| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi#History Delhi] | ||
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| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai Madras/Chennai] | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:43, 10 September 2022
Contents
Capital New Delhi
Languages Hindi, English and at least 16 other official languages
Currency Indian Rupee
India extends down from the Himalayan Mountains in the north, right down to the Indian Ocean in the south.
In the 19th and early 20th centuries India was governed by the British. Independence was gained in 1947.
Despite increasing tourism and growing industry, some parts of India are still home to some of the poorest people in the world where people live day to day in conditions of poverty.
Register Office
Deputy Registrar
General Collection
Vital Statistics Division
Office of the Registrar General
Ministry of Home Affairs
West Block 2
RK Puram
New Delhi
11006
Links
British Schools in India
Church Records
Images of India
Major Cities
Back to World Index Page
