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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.genealogylinks.net/country/india/index.html India Genealogy Links]
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ The Digital South Asia Library-Imperial Gazetteer of India]
  
*[http://www.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/ Genealogy in India]
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*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html Historical Maps of India]
  
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/next_steps/researchplaces_03.shtml Tracing your Asian roots on the Indian subcontinent]
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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]
  
 
*[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://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/default.htm Digital Colonial Documents (India) Homepage]
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*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/1881india/ 1881 British Census India Surname Index]
  
*[http://www.chater-genealogy.com/ Armenian Family History in India]
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*[http://www.kamat.com/database/ Kamat Research Database]
  
*[http://www.kamat.com/database/ Kamat Reference Database on India]
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*[http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/juteindia.htm Jute in 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]
  
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*[http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Home.aspx India Office Family History Search ]
  
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*[http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/default.htm Digital Colonial Documents (India) Homepage]
  
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==Military History==
 
  
*[http://www.mod.nic.in/ Ministry of Defence ~ India]
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'''British Schools in India'''
  
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/army-history.htm Indian Army History]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Colonial_schools_in_India Colonial Schools]
  
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/sites/history/pages/indianarmy.shtml Royal Indian Army's station in North West Wales during WWII]
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*[http://science.jrank.org/pages/9087/Education-in-India-Colonial-India.html Education in Colonial India]
  
*[http://indianarmy.nic.in/history/index_history.htm History of Indian Army]
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*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Schools Former British schools in India]
  
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/familyhistory/guide/army/indian.htm Indian Army]
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'''Church Records'''
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==History of India==
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*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-India.htm Local Catholic Church and Family History India]
 
 
 
 
*[http://www.indianchild.com/history_of_india.htm History of India]
 
 
 
*[http://www.indhistory.com/modern-india-history.html Timeline of Indian History]
 
 
 
*[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/India/indiasbook.html#The%20Western%20Intrusion The Western Intrusion ~ British India]
 
 
 
*[http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/BrIndia.html British India]
 
 
 
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/east_india_01.shtml The British Presence in India in the 18th Century]
 
 
 
*[http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/juteindia.htm Jute in India]
 
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====East India Company====
 
*[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Records_within_The_National_Archives_Relating_to_the_East_India_Company Records within The National Archives Relating to the East India Company]
 
 
 
*[http://www.nmm.ac.uk/researchers/library/research-guides/shipping-companies/research-guide-f5-the-east-india-company The East India Company]
 
 
 
*[http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/bmh/BMH-IRO-east_india_co.htm The East India Company]
 
 
 
*[http://www.aigs.org.au/britind.htm The East India Company and British India]
 
 
 
*[http://www.honeastindiaco.com/index.html Finding East India Company Ancestors]
 
 
 
*[http://www.archive.org/details/EastIndiaCompanyRecordsVolIV East India Company Records Vol-Iv (1900)]
 
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==Maps and Gazetteers==
 
 
 
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ Imperial Gazetteer of India]
 
 
 
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html Historical Maps of India]
 
 
 
*[http://www.trainweb.org/indiarail/OFFICIAL.htm Indian Railways]
 
 
 
*[http://www.mapsofindia.com/ 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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'''Images of India'''
  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Colonial_schools_in_India Colonial Schools]
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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://science.jrank.org/pages/9087/Education-in-India-Colonial-India.html Education in Colonial India]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/2207/index.html Welcome to the India Family Collection Photo Album]
  
*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Schools Former British schools in India]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/valmayukuk/index.html Postcards From India]
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==Church Records==
 
  
*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-India.htm Local Catholic Church and Family History India]
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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]
  
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==Images of India==
 
 
*[http://www.harappa.com/photo2/index.html Raj Photography]
 
 
*[http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/results.asp British Library, Images Online: India]
 
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==Major Cities==
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'''Major Cities'''
 
 
*[http://www.bangaloreindia.org.uk/index.html Bangalore]
 
  
 
*[http://www.mumbainet.com/template1.php?CID=15&SCID=5 Bombay/Mumbai]
 
*[http://www.mumbainet.com/template1.php?CID=15&SCID=5 Bombay/Mumbai]
 
*[http://www.calcuttaweb.com/history.shtml History of Calcutta/Kolkata ]
 
  
 
*[http://members.lycos.co.uk/calcutta1940s/ Calcutta 1940s]
 
*[http://members.lycos.co.uk/calcutta1940s/ Calcutta 1940s]
  
*[http://www.delhicapital.com/ Delhi]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi#History Delhi]
  
*[http://www.madrasi.info/history.html Madras/Chennai]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai Madras/Chennai]
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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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