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==Links==
  
==General Information==
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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.chater-genealogy.com/ Armenian Family History in India]
  
 
*[http://www.fibis.org/ Families in British India Society (FIBIS)]
 
*[http://www.fibis.org/ Families in British India Society (FIBIS)]
  
*[http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Home.aspx India Office Family History Search ]
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*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/1851bombaycensus/ 1851 Bombay Census]
  
*[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://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ The Digital South Asia Library-Imperial Gazetteer of India]
  
*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/ British India Family History]
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*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html Historical Maps of India]
  
*[http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/default.htm Digital Colonial Documents (India) Homepage]
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*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/ Indian Sub-continent Cemeteries Database]
  
*[http://www.chater-genealogy.com/ Armenian Family History in India]
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*[http://www.kabristan.org.uk/ Kabristan Archives - Graveyards from Ireland and the Indian sub-continent]
  
*[http://www.kamat.com/database/ Kamat Reference Database on India]
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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.athelstane.co.uk/tchodson/ind_ethn/ind_ethn.htm Analysis of The 1931 Census of India]
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*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/ British India Family History]
  
*[http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/juteindia.htm Jute in India]
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*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/1881india/ 1881 British Census India Surname Index]
  
*[http://www.mod.nic.in/ Ministry of Defence ~ India]
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*[http://www.kamat.com/database/ Kamat Research Database]
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==History of India==
 
  
*[http://www.indianchild.com/history_of_india.htm History of India]
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*[http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/juteindia.htm Jute in India]
  
*[http://www.indhistory.com/modern-india-history.html Timeline of Indian History]
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*[http://www.athelstane.co.uk/tchodson/ind_ethn/ind_ethn.htm Analysis of The 1931 Census of India]
  
*[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/India/indiasbook.html#The%20Western%20Intrusion The Western Intrusion ~ British India]
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*[http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Home.aspx India Office Family History Search ]
  
*[http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/BrIndia.html British India]
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*[http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/default.htm Digital Colonial Documents (India) Homepage]
 
 
*[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]
 
 
 
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html Historical Maps of India]
 
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====Cemeteries====
 
 
 
*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/ Indian Sub-continent Cemeteries Database]
 
  
*[http://www.kabristan.org.uk/ Kabristan Archives - Graveyards from Ireland and the Indian sub-continent]
 
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==British Schools in India==
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'''British Schools in India'''
  
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Colonial_schools_in_India Colonial Schools]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Colonial_schools_in_India Colonial Schools]
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*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Schools Former British schools in India]
 
*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Schools Former British schools in India]
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==Church Records==
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'''Church Records'''
  
 
*[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]
  
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==Images of India==
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'''Images of India'''
  
 
*[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.imagesonline.bl.uk/results.asp?lstorients=All+Orientations&lstformats=&wwwflag=&changewwwflag=1&changetncaptions=1&tncaptions=&addposition=&disablepopup=yes&txtkeys1=Madras&collections=&pixperpage=24&searchprev= Madras]
 
*[http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/results.asp?lstorients=All+Orientations&lstformats=&wwwflag=&changewwwflag=1&changetncaptions=1&tncaptions=&addposition=&disablepopup=yes&txtkeys1=Madras&collections=&pixperpage=24&searchprev= Madras]
  
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==Major Cities==
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'''Major Cities'''
  
 
*[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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Wikipedia Image; India Map



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
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British Schools in India

Church Records


Images of India


Major Cities





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