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*[http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/default.htm Digital Colonial Documents (India) Homepage]
 
*[http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/default.htm Digital Colonial Documents (India) Homepage]
 
  
  
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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]
 
*[http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/churches.htm List of Church Records]
 
  
  
 
'''Images of India'''
 
'''Images of India'''
  
*[http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/britishlibrary/controller/subjectidsearch?id=2764 Madras]
 
 
*[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.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]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/valmayukuk/index.html Postcards From India]
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/valmayukuk/index.html Postcards From India]
  
  
 
'''Major Cities'''
 
'''Major Cities'''
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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]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi#History Delhi]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi#History Delhi]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai Madras/Chennai]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai Madras/Chennai]
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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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