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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]
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ The Digital South Asia Library-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]
  
 
*[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]
  
*[http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/juteindia.htm Jute in India]
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*[http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Home.aspx India Office Family History Search ]
  
*[http://www.mod.nic.in/ Ministry of Defence ~ India]
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*[http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/default.htm Digital Colonial Documents (India) Homepage]
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==History of India==
 
  
*[http://www.indianchild.com/history_of_india.htm History of India]
 
  
*[http://www.indhistory.com/modern-india-history.html Timeline of Indian History]
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'''British Schools in India'''
  
*[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/India/indiasbook.html#The%20Western%20Intrusion The Western Intrusion ~ British India]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Colonial_schools_in_India Colonial Schools]
  
*[http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/BrIndia.html British India]
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*[http://science.jrank.org/pages/9087/Education-in-India-Colonial-India.html Education in Colonial India]
  
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/east_india_01.shtml The British Presence in India in the 18th Century]
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*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Schools Former British schools in India]
  
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ Imperial Gazetteer of India]
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'''Church Records'''
  
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html Historical Maps of India]
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*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-India.htm Local Catholic Church and Family History 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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'''Images of India'''
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==British Schools in India==
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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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Colonial_schools_in_India Colonial Schools]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/2207/index.html Welcome to the India Family Collection Photo Album]
  
*[http://science.jrank.org/pages/9087/Education-in-India-Colonial-India.html Education in Colonial India]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/valmayukuk/index.html Postcards From India]
  
*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Schools Former British schools in 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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==Church Records==
 
  
*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-India.htm Local Catholic Church and Family History India]
 
 
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==Images of India==
 
 
*[http://www.harappa.com/photo2/index.html 130 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.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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