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*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/1851bombaycensus/ 1851 Bombay Census]
 
*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/1851bombaycensus/ 1851 Bombay Census]
  
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ The Digital South Asia Library-Imperial gazetteer of India]
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ The Digital South Asia Library-Imperial Gazetteer of India]
  
 
*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/ Indian Sub-continent Cemeteries Database]
 
*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/ Indian Sub-continent Cemeteries Database]
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*[http://www.kamat.com/database/ Kamat Research Databas]
 
*[http://www.kamat.com/database/ Kamat Research Databas]
  
*[http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/jute.htm Jute industry in India ]
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*[http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/jute.htm Jute Industry in India ]
  
*[http://www.athelstane.co.uk/tchodson/ind_ethn/ind_ethn.htm Analysis of the 1931 Census of India]
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*[http://www.athelstane.co.uk/tchodson/ind_ethn/ind_ethn.htm Analysis of The 1931 Census of India]
  
 
*[http://vlib.iue.it/history/asia/India/Index.html WWW-VL: HISTORY: INDIA ]
 
*[http://vlib.iue.it/history/asia/India/Index.html WWW-VL: HISTORY: INDIA ]
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'''Church records'''
 
'''Church records'''
  
*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-India.htm Local Catholic Church and Family History INDIA ]
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*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-India.htm Local Catholic Church and Family History India]
  
 
*[http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/churches.htm List of Church Records.]
 
*[http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/churches.htm List of Church Records.]
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*[http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/britishlibrary/controller/subjectidsearch?id=2764 Madras]
 
*[http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/britishlibrary/controller/subjectidsearch?id=2764 Madras]
*[http://www.harappa.com/photo2/index.html 130 photographs by famous and unknown photographers of people and places/landmarks from the early 1860's through 1947.]
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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.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/2207/index.html Welcome to the India Family Collection Photo Album]
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/2207/index.html Welcome to the India Family Collection Photo Album]
*[http://www.geocities.com/valmayukuk/index.html Postcards from India]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/valmayukuk/index.html Postcards From India]
  
  

Revision as of 07:23, 14 September 2007

Jaipur submitted by Patience of Pendle

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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.






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British Schools in India.


Church records


Images of India.


Major Cities.



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