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*[http://www.nationalarchives.nic.in/ National Archives Of India] | *[http://www.nationalarchives.nic.in/ National Archives Of India] | ||
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*[http://www.fibis.org/ Families in British India Society (FIBIS)] | *[http://www.fibis.org/ Families in British India Society (FIBIS)] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Home.aspx India Office Family History Search ] |
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*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=187&subject_disp=India&columns=*,0,0 Index for India from Family Search Library Catalogue] | *[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=187&subject_disp=India&columns=*,0,0 Index for India from Family Search Library Catalogue] | ||
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*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/ British India Family History] | *[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/ British India Family History] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/default.htm Digital Colonial Documents (India) Homepage] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.chater-genealogy.com/ Armenian Family History in India] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.kamat.com/database/ Kamat Reference Database on India] |
*[http://www.athelstane.co.uk/tchodson/ind_ethn/ind_ethn.htm Analysis of The 1931 Census of India] | *[http://www.athelstane.co.uk/tchodson/ind_ethn/ind_ethn.htm Analysis of The 1931 Census of India] | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/juteindia.htm Jute in India] |
| − | + | *[http://www.mod.nic.in/ Ministry of Defence ~ India] | |
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| − | *[http://www.mod.nic.in/ Ministry of Defence ~India] | + | ==History of India== |
*[http://www.indianchild.com/history_of_india.htm History of India] | *[http://www.indianchild.com/history_of_india.htm History of India] | ||
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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] | ||
| + | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ Imperial Gazetteer of India] | ||
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| + | *[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html Historical Maps of India] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/ Indian Sub-continent Cemeteries Database] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.kabristan.org.uk/ Kabristan Archives - Graveyards from Ireland and the Indian sub-continent] | ||
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==British Schools in India== | ==British Schools in India== | ||
Revision as of 10:18, 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
History of India
Cemeteries
British Schools in India
Church Records
Images of India
Major Cities
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