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==General Information==
 
  
 
*[http://www.nationalarchives.nic.in/ National Archives Of India]  
 
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*[http://www.fibis.org/ Families in British India Society (FIBIS)]
 
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*[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]
 
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*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/ British India Family History]
 
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*[http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/default.htm Digital Colonial Documents (India) Homepage]
 
  
 
*[http://www.chater-genealogy.com/ Armenian Family History in India]   
 
*[http://www.chater-genealogy.com/ Armenian Family History in India]   
  
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*[http://www.kamat.com/database/ Kamat Reference Database on India]
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*[http://www.fibis.org/ Families in British India Society (FIBIS)]
  
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*[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/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.mod.nic.in/ Ministry of Defence ~ India]
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*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/ Indian Sub-continent Cemeteries Database]
  
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*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/army-history.htm Indian Army History]
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*[http://www.kabristan.org.uk/ Kabristan Archives - Graveyards from Ireland and the Indian sub-continent]
  
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*[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://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://indianarmy.nic.in/history/index_history.htm History of Indian Army]
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*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/ British India Family History]
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*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/familyhistory/guide/army/indian.htm Indian Army]
 
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==History of India==
 
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*[http://www.indianchild.com/history_of_india.htm History of India]
 
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*[http://www.indhistory.com/modern-india-history.html Timeline of Indian History]
 
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*[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/India/indiasbook.html#The%20Western%20Intrusion The Western Intrusion ~ British India]
 
  
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*[http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/BrIndia.html British India]
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*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/1881india/ 1881 British Census India Surname Index]
  
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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]
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*[http://www.kamat.com/database/ Kamat Research Database]
  
 
*[http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/juteindia.htm Jute in India]
 
*[http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/juteindia.htm Jute in India]
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ Imperial Gazetteer of India]
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*[http://www.athelstane.co.uk/tchodson/ind_ethn/ind_ethn.htm Analysis of The 1931 Census of India]
  
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*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~poyntz/India/maps.html Historical Maps of India]
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*[http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Home.aspx India Office Family History Search ]
  
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*[http://www.trainweb.org/indiarail/OFFICIAL.htm Indian Railways]
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*[http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/dcd/default.htm Digital Colonial Documents (India) Homepage]
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*[http://www.mapsofindia.com/ Maps of India]
 
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*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/ Indian Sub-continent Cemeteries Database]
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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'''
  
 
*[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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*[http://www.harappa.com/photo2/index.html Raj Photography]
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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]
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*[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]
  
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*[http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/results.asp British Library, Images Online: 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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*[http://www.bangaloreindia.org.uk/index.html Bangalore]
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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]
  
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*[http://www.madrasi.info/history.html 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
11006





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Images of India


Major Cities





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