India

Jaipur submitted by Patience of Pendle

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.

Links

• National Archives Of India

• Families in British India Society (FIBIS)

• 1851 Bombay Census

• The Digital South Asia Library-Imperial Gazetteer of India

• Indian Sub-continent Cemeteries Database

• Kabristan Archives - Graveyards from Ireland and the Indian sub-continent

• Index for India from Family Search Library Catalogue

• British India Family History

• India Office Records

• 1881 British Census India Surname Index

• Kamat Research Database

• Jute Industry in India

• Analysis of The 1931 Census of India

• WWW-VL: HISTORY: INDIA

• India Office Family History Search

• Digital Colonial Documents (India) Homepage

British Schools in India

• Colonial Schools

• Education in Colonial India

Church Records

• Local Catholic Church and Family History India

• List of Church Records

Images of India

• Madras
• 130 Photographs by Famous & Unknown Photographers of People & Places/Landmarks From The Early 1860's through 1947
• Welcome to the India Family Collection Photo Album
• Postcards From India

Major Cities

• Bombay/Mumbai
• Calcutta 1940s
• Delhi
• Madras/Chennai

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