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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/east_india_01.shtml The British Presence in India in the 18th Century] | *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/east_india_01.shtml The British Presence in India in the 18th Century] | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Colonial_schools_in_India Colonial Schools] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Colonial_schools_in_India Colonial Schools] | ||
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*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Schools Former British schools in India] | *[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Schools Former British schools in India] | ||
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*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-India.htm Local Catholic Church and Family History India] | *[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-India.htm Local Catholic Church and Family History 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] | *[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.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] | *[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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*[http://www.mumbainet.com/template1.php?CID=15&SCID=5 Bombay/Mumbai] | *[http://www.mumbainet.com/template1.php?CID=15&SCID=5 Bombay/Mumbai] | ||
Revision as of 09:39, 3 November 2009
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
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Links
British Schools in India
Church Records
Images of India
Major Cities
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