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*[http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/juteindia.htm Jute in India] | *[http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/juteindia.htm Jute in India] | ||
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| + | ====East India Company==== | ||
| + | *[http://www.nmm.ac.uk/researchers/library/research-guides/shipping-companies/research-guide-f5-the-east-india-company The East India Company] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.honeastindiaco.com/index.html Finding East India Company Ancestors] | ||
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| + | *[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Records_within_The_National_Archives_Relating_to_the_East_India_Company Records within The National Archives Relating to the East India Company] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.archive.org/details/EastIndiaCompanyRecordsVolIV East India Company Records Vol-Iv (1900)] | ||
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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] | ||
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*[http://members.lycos.co.uk/calcutta1940s/ Calcutta 1940s] | *[http://members.lycos.co.uk/calcutta1940s/ Calcutta 1940s] | ||
Revision as of 11:48, 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
11006
General Information
Military History
History of India
East India Company
Maps and Gazetteers
Cemeteries
British Schools in India
Church Records
Images of India
Major Cities
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