HIST 1861: History of Modern India

Partially digitized as a result of past projects. MU students and faculty may request digitization/digital delivery of not-yet-digitized newspaper issues.

When requesting newspaper copies from the Center for Research Libraries, add the note "CRL: Please Deliver Digitally if possible" to the Notes field of the ILL@MU form. Expect ILL to take 5-10 business days.

1920's-1960's newsreels on events in India, from a British perspective, for British moviegoing audiences

A few documents from the 1800's-1850's by and for British colonizers of India, with accompanying material

90 maps depicting India, dating from the 1500's through 1940's

Especially helpful for the statistical, maps and historical photos,

Searchable database of "The Hansard," the record of British Parliamentary debates spanning 1800's-1990's

Scroll to the bottom for the subset of these collections available online

Fordham University's longstanding linked guide to primary sources on Indian history

Digitized speeches, correspondence and publications of M.N. Roy (1887-1954)

An small but increasing number of U.S. National Archives records is available online; be sure to limit your search to only those items.

The South Asian Digital Collection features selected books, serials, and manuscripts related to the present-day countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The digital collection includes items in South Asian languages (e.g., Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu) as well as items relevant to South Asia in English, French, German, and other languages. Researchers will find materials about colonialism in South Asia; vernacular literature; religion and philosophy; grammar and linguistics; the rebellion of 1857; American and European accounts of travel in colonial India; and many other subjects in the broad field of South Asian studies.