India

Jaipur submitted by Patience of Pendle

Capital New Delhi

Languages Hindi, English and at least 16 other official languages

Currency Indian Rupee

The huge and diverse Indian sub-continent - from the mountainous Afghan frontier to the jungles of Burma - was under foreign rule from the early 1800s until the demise of the British Raj in 1947.

The country has made great strides in fields such as information technology. Its large, skilled workforce makes it a popular choice for international companies seeking to outsource work. Despite that a great number of the rural population remains illiterate and impoverished.

Links

• National Archives Of India

• 1851 Bombay Census

• The Digital South Asia Library-Imperial gazetteer of India

• Indian Sub-continent Cemeteries Database

• Kabristan Archives - Graveyards from Ireland and the Indian sub-continent

• Index for India from Family Search Library Catalogue

• British India Family History

• India Office Records

• 1881 British Census India Surname Index

• Kamat Research Databas

• Postcards from India

• jute industry in India

• Analysis of the 1931 Census of India

• WWW-VL: HISTORY: INDIA

British Schools in India.

• Former British schools
• Colonial schools
• Education in Colonial India

Church records.

• Local Catholic Church and Family History INDIA

• List of Church Records.

Images of India.

• Madras
• This section of the site displays a growing selection of photographs by famous and unknown photographers from the early 1860's through 1947.
• Welcome to the India Family Collection Photo Album

Major Cities.

• Bombay/Mumbai
• Calcutta 1940s
• Delhi
• Madras/Chennai

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