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A female Anglo-Indian at her toilet being attended by three Indian servants. Coloured lithograph by J. Bouvier, 1842, after W. Tayler.

A male Anglo-Indian being washed, dressed and attended by five Indian servants. Coloured lithograph by J. Bouvier, 1842, after W. Tayler.

European men and women being transported by Indian men, in a coach drawn by oxen, in sedan chairs, and in a carriage pulled by men. Wood engraving, 1875.

An auction at which British dominions are sold, according to proposed Liberal reforms; India being sold at auction to a Russian man. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 31 October 1891.

The outsiders : the Western experience in India and China / Rhoads Murphey.

Social history of plague in colonial Punjab / Dr. Sasha Tandon.

Medicine, healthcare and the Raj : the unacknowledged legacy / Daya Ram Varma.

The colonial city and the challenge of modernity : urban hegemonies and civic contestations in Bombay City, 1905-1925 / Sandip Hazareesingh, the Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies, the Open University.

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India - History - British occupation, 1765-1947

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The outsiders : the Western experience in India and China / Rhoads Murphey.

Social history of plague in colonial Punjab / Dr. Sasha Tandon.

Medicine, healthcare and the Raj : the unacknowledged legacy / Daya Ram Varma.

An auction at which British dominions are sold, according to proposed Liberal reforms; India being sold at auction to a Russian man. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 31 October 1891.

The colonial city and the challenge of modernity : urban hegemonies and civic contestations in Bombay City, 1905-1925 / Sandip Hazareesingh, the Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies, the Open University.