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Salim Ali, 1941 The Book of Indian Birds. Published by the Bombay Natural History Society. First edition of this book was produved by a not-for-profit organization prior to Indian Independence from within territory of India. Not protected by copyright per Indian Copyright Act 1957. This edition is uploaded here from the contents on the Digital Library of India website. http://www.dli.ernet.in
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Topics: birds, India, BNHS
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Narendran, T C (1989) Oriental Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Department of Zoology, University of Calicut.
Topic: entomology, taxonomy, systematics, India, hymenoptera
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Raymond Sheppard (1913 - 1958)
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Sheppard, Raymond (1940) How To Draw Birds Published by The Studio Publications Ltd London Fourth Impression 1943 [First Edition 1940].
Topics: birds, drawing, art
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1923
1923
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C. Gopalan Nair
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Nair, Gopalan C (1923) Moplah rebellion, 1921. Normans Printing Bureau, Calicut.
Topics: India, Islam
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Brown, Percy (1942) Indian Architecture (Islamic Period). D B Taraporevala Sons & Co. Bombay.
Topics: India, architecture
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1951
1951
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Sir M. Visvesvaraya
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Visvesvaraya, M (1951) Memoirs of my working life.
Topics: Sir M. Visvesvaraya, autobiography, India
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Gulatee, BL. (1954) The height of Mount Everest. A new determination (1952-54). Survey of India, Technical paper 8.
Topics: India, mountain, survey, height
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1952
1952
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S. G. Narasimhachar
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Narasimhachar, S.G. (1952) Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore. Government Press, Bangalore.
Topics: India, Karnataka, botany, Kannada
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1957
1957
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Julian Huxley
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Huxley, Julian (1957) New Bottles for New Wine. Chatto & Windus, London.
Topics: science, essays
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1933
1933
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J. H. Hutton
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Hutton, J.H. (1933) Census of India 1931. Vol 1. Part 1.
Topics: India, statistics, population
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1918
1918
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Government of India
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1918. Bengal-Nagpur Railway System. Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway System.
Topics: India, Railways, history
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Bibhutibhusan Datta and Avadesh Narayan Singh (1935) History of Hindu Mathematics. A Source book. Parts 1 & 2. Asia Publishing House.
Topics: India, mathematics, history
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Majumdar RC & A D Pusalker (eds.) (1951) The Age of Imperial Unity. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay.
Topic: India, history
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1958
1958
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George Uglow Pope; F.W. Ellis
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Translated into English by G.U. Pope and F.W. Ellis - Naladiyar - Foreword by M. Varadarajanar. The South India Saiva Siddhanta Works. Tirunelveli.
Topics: Indian mythology, religion
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1956
1956
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C. Sivaramamurti
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Sivaramamurti, C. (1956) Amaravati Sculptures in the Madras Government Museum. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum. Volume 4. Government Press, Madras.
Topics: Madras Government Museum, India, history, sculpture
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1948
1948
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Norah Richards
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Richards, Norah (1948). Sir Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar F.R.S. New Delhi: New Book Society of India.
Topics: scientists, biography, India
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1934
1934
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R. Narasimhacharya
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Narasimhacharya, R. (1934) History of Kannada Language. University of Mysore.
Topics: Kannada, linguistics, language, history, India
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Randhawa, MS (1980) A history of agriculture in India. Volume 1. Beginning to 12th century. ICAR, New Delhi.
Topics: India, agriculture
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[Major John Butler] (1847) A Sketch of Assam: with some account of the Hill Tribes. Smith, Elder and Co., London.
Topics: Assam, history
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Reginald Innes Pocock
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Fauna of British India. Mammals volume 2 Reginald Innes Pocock Public domain under Indian Copyright Act 1957
Topics: Fauna of British India, Mammals
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1956
1956
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James Sykes Gamble
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Gamble, J.S. (1936) Flora of the Presidency of Madras. Volume II. Ranunculaceae to Caprifoliaceae. Calcutta: Government of India.
Topics: India, Flora, botany, Madras
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1969
1969
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Eugene F. Irschick
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Irschick, Eugene F. (1969) Politics and social conflict in South India The non-Brahman Movement and Tamil Separatism, 1916-1929. Oxford University Press. Bombay.
Topics: Tami Nadu, social movement, India, history
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Charles S Houston & Robert H Bates (editor) (1954) K2 - the savage mountain. McGraw-Hill From the Digital Library of India
Topic: Mountaineering
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Gajasastram of Palakapya muni Saraswati Mahal Series no 76 Translated by S Gopalan 1958 Copied from the Digital Library of India by L. Shyamal.
Topics: elephant, animal husbandry, sanskrit
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National Book Trust
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Salim Ali & Laeeq Futehally (1967) Common Birds. National Book Trust. Government of India work eligible for availability through lowest cost medium per RTI Act 2005.
Topics: India, birds
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1875
1875
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Government of India
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Gazetteer of Bangalore, 1875?
Topics: India, Bangalore, history
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1908
1908
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Basel Mission, Mangalore
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Anon. (1908) Five hundred Indian plants. Their use in medicine and the arts. In Canarese. Basel Mission Press.
Topics: India, plants
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1968
1968
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Government of India
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(1968) Panorama of Indian Painting. Publications Division.
Topics: India, painting, history
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1950
1950
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James H. Cousins and Margaret E. Cousins
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James H. Cousins and Margaret E. Cousins (1950) We Two Together. Ganesh & Co., Madras.
Topics: India, theosophy, history
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1942
1942
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Sir Robert Reid
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Reid, RObert (1942) History of the Frontier areas bordering on Assam From 1883-1941.
Topics: India, Assam, history
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1919
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V. Rangacharya
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Rangacharya, V. (1919) A topographical list of the inscriptions of the Madras Presidency. Volume I. Madras: Government Press.
Topics: south India, history
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2004
2004
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Wildlife Institute of India
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WII (2004) Ungulates of India. ENVIS. 7(1)
Topics: India, fauna, wildlife, ungulates
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Chopra, RN (1933) Indigenous drugs of India. The Art Press, Calcutta.
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Topics: India, ethnobotany, medicine
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James Fergusson and James Burgess (1880) The cave temples of India.
Topics: India, archaeology, religion
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1933
1933
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E.W.C. Sandes
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Sandes, E.W.C. (1933) The Military Engineer in India. Volume I. Institution of Royal Engineers, Chatham.
Topics: India, army, military history, Royal Engineers
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Kalpavriksh 1991 The Delhi Ridge Forest. Decline and conservation.
Topics: India, Aravallis, Conservation
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Talks by Subhas Chandra Bose at Haripura Congress, 1938 published from Kumaran Press Bangalore
Topics: India, Independence, history
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1931
1931
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Franklin Edgerton
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Edgerton, Franklin (1931) The elephant-lore of the Hindus. The Elephant-sport (Matanga-lila) of Nilakantha. Yale University Press. New Haven.
Topics: elephants, India, ethno-zoology, Sanskrit
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1936
1936
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Government of Assam
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Kanjilal UN, Kanjilal PC, A Das & C. Purkayastha (1936) Flora of Assam. Volume 1. Part 2. Linaceae to Moringaceae. Government of Assam.
Topics: India, botany
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1991
1991
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Indian Institute of Public Administratin
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Pande, P.; Kothari, A.; Singh, S. (eds.) (1991) Directory of National Parks and Sanctuaries in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Management status and profiles. Indian Institute of Public Administration. New Delhi.
Topics: Andamans, Nicobar, protected areas, conservation
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1963
1963
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Michael Edwardes
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Edwardes, Michael (1963) The Last Years of British India. Cassell, London.
Topics: India, history, colonialism
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Allen, BC (1905) Naga hills and Manipur. Socio-economic history.
Topics: India, history, Nagaland, Manipur
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1930
1930
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Edwin S. Montagu
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Montagu, Edwin S. (1930) An Indian Diary. London: William Heinemann.
Topics: India, history
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Anonymous (1998). "Vernacular Names of the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent" (PDF). Buceros 3 (1): 53â109. Published by ENVIS centre BNHS (not for profit organization funded by the government of India)
Topics: birds, India, ornithology
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Pandurang V. Sukhatme
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Sukhatme, Pandurang V. (1954) Sampling theory of surveys with applications. Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics.
Topics: statistics, agriculture
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1930
1930
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Constance E. Parsons
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Parsons, Constance E. (1930) Mysore City. Oxford University Press.
Topics: Mysore, history, India
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Laurie and Cecilia Norman (eds.) (1999) The Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners 1939 to 1947. The Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners Officers' Association.
Topics: Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners, World War II, combat engineering, British Indian Army, military...
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1943
1943
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Julian Huxley
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Huxley, Julian (1943) The Uniqueness of Man. London: Chatto & Windus.
Topics: Evolution, anthropology
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1959
1959
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Humayun Kabir (editor)
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Kabir, Humayun (Editor) (1959) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. A Memorial Volume. Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
Topics: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India, history
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2017
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Wildlife Institute of India
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WII (2017) Diversity and ecology of amphibians of India. Envis 19
Topics: India, fauna, amphibia, wildlife
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1958
1958
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Anant Kakba Priolkar
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Priolkar, Anant Kakba (1958) The Printing Press in India. Its beginnings and early development. Marathi Samshodhana Mandala, Bombay.
Topics: printing, history, India
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Randhawa, MS (1986) A history of agriculture in India. Volume 4. 1947-1981. ICAR, New Delhi.
Topics: India, agriculture
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1962
1962
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Sardar Singh
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Singh, Sardar (1962) Beekeeping in India. ICAR, New Delhi.
Topics: apiculture, India
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1920
1920
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A Berriedale Keith
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Keith, A Berriedale (1920) A history of Sanskrit literature. Oxford University Press, London.
Topics: Sanskrit, history, India
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Rajayyan, K. (1971) South Indian Rebellion. The First War of Independence, 1800-1801. Mysore: Rao and Raghavan.
Topics: India, history
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1926
1926
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Robert Greenhalgh Albion
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Albion, Robert Greenhalgh (1926) Forests and sea power. The Timber problem of the Royal Navy 1652-1862. Harvard University Press: Cambridge.
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Topics: Forests, wood, shipbuilding, environment, deforestation
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1918
1918
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Major Arthur Neve
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Neve, Arthur (ed.) (1918) The Tourist's Guide to Kashmir, Ladakh, Khardo, &c. 11th Edition. Civil and Military Gazette Press, Lahore.
Topics: India, tourism, Pakistan, history, geography
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1962
1962
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K. Subramanyam
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Subramanyam, K. (1962) Aquatic angiosperms: A systematic account of common Indian aquatic angiosperms, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. Bot. Monograph No.3
Topic: India botany
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1962
1962
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Jean Philippe Vogel
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Vogel, Jean Philippe (1962) The Goose in Indian Literature and Art. E.J. Brill, Leiden.
Topics: India, goose, mythology, symbolism, architecture, art
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Newsletter for Birdwatchers 1961 Volume 1 (some missing and damaged pages) Scanned from the collection of Dr Gift Siromoney by L. Shyamal. Online archival permission granted by Zafar Futehally (founder-editor)
Topics: India, Newsletter for Birdwatchers, Birds
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1947
1947
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Jaqueline Tyrwhit
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Tyrwhitt, Jaqueline (ed.) (1947) Patrick Geddes in India. Lund Humphries, London.
Topics: India, town planning, histor
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1934
1934
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Government of Assam
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Kanjilal UN, Kanjilal PC & A Das (1934) Flora of Assam. Volume 1. Part 1. Ranunculaceae to Eleaeocarpaceae. Government of Assam.
Topics: Botany, India, Assam
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Fauna of British India Mammalia Volume 1 (second edition) Reginald Innes Pocock Public domain under Indian Copyright Act 1957
Topics: Fauna of British India, Mammals
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Narayan, Shiv (1937) Indian water power plants. A companion volume to Hydro-electric installations of India. The Poona Electric Supply Co. Ltd., Poona.
Topics: India, power, electricity, rivers
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1948
1948
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B. R. Ambedkar
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Ambedkar, B.R. (1948) Untouchables: Who were they and why they became untouchables. Delhi, Amrit Books.
Topics: India, castes
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1865
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John Murdoch
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Murdoch, John (1865) Classified catalogue of Tamil printed books, with introductory notices. Christian Vernacular Education Society, Madras.
Topics: Tamil, language, books, history, India
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1955
1955
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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
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Roy, Dilip Kumar & Indira Devi (1955) Kumbha: India's ageless festival. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.
Topics: India, religion, history
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Hegner, Robert W. (1933) Invertebrate Zoology. Macmillan, New York
Topic: zoology
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Rhind, D. (1945) The grasses of Burma. Baptist Mission Press, Calcutta.
Topics: botany, Burma
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Raman, K.V. (1957) The Early History of the Madras Region. Madras. [ From Digital Library of India ]
Topics: India, Madras, History
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1936
1936
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F. H. Gravely
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Gravely, F.H. (1936) An outline of Indian temple architecture. Madras Government Press.
Topics: India, architecture
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1926
1926
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Government of Mysore
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Administration Report of the Agricultural Department. Mysore. 29 January 1926.
Topics: Mysore, India, agriculture, history
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Volume 1 issue 1 of the J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. All JBNHS volumes published prior to 1947 are in public domain by Indian Copyright Act 1957
Topics: natural history, India, BNHS
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1985 Cover article on Salim Ali by Pritish Nandy in the Illustrated Weekly of India.
Topics: Salim Ali, ornithology, India
