Britain and India, 1600-1947: sources by Discovering Historical Sources https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources Explore this collection of sources from the British Library and other archives to learn more about the East India Company and British rule in India, with a document of labels providing context for each item. All content is available for educational purposes only, unless otherwise stated. Some of these sources include content that may be considered discriminatory, offensive or distressing. en-us 2024-02-09 10:00:01 UTC 2026-04-28 14:32:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/2322213877/35ab619a55c0d9a37b81e6d58338374d/BL_logo_padlet__2_.jpg The Asiatic in England by Joseph Salter, 1873 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2878968392 Location: London, England

Creator: Joseph Salter

Format: Printed book, illustration

Copyright: Public domain

]]> 2024-02-09 10:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2878968392 Photograph of the interior of the Ayahs' Home in Hackney, 1904 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880827408 Location: London, England

Creator: Unknown

Format: Photograph

Copyright: Public domain

]]> 2024-02-12 11:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880827408 Painting of the Login children with their ayah and Indian playmate, 1846 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880828370 Location: Lucknow, India

Creator: Unknown

Format: Painting

Copyright: Public domain

]]> 2024-02-12 11:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880828370 Tom Raw introduced to the colonel, 1828 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880828989 Location: India

Creator: Charles D'Oyly

Format: Printed book, illustration

Copyright: Public domain

]]> 2024-02-12 11:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880828989 Portrait of the Palmer family, 1785 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880829556 Location: Lucknow, India

Creator: Johann Zoffany

Format: Painting

Copyright: Public domain

]]> 2024-02-12 11:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880829556 Confidential British colonial correspondence on Indian students, 1898 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880829949 Location: Simla, British India

Creator: Captain H. Daly and Lieutenant-Colonel H Wylie

Format: Letter, official correspondence

Copyright: Open government licence

]]> 2024-02-12 11:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880829949 Letter from Cornelia Sorabji to her family, 1892 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880830613 Location: Oxford, England

Creator: Cornelia Sorabji

Format: Letter

A transcript is available in the sources label document on this Padlet.

Copyright: Usage granted by Professor Sir Richard Sorabji for the estate of Cornelia Sorabji

]]> 2024-02-12 11:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880830613 Mina Ayah's employment agreement, 1896 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880830990 Location: Calcutta, British India

Creator: Mrs G F Greenhill

Format: Manuscript

A transcript is available in the sources label document on this Padlet.

Copyright: We have been unable to locate the owner of the copyright in this material. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.

]]> 2024-02-12 11:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880830990 Photograph of an ayah with the Greenhill family, c. 1890-1910 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880831420 Location: British India

Creator: Unknown

Format: Photograph

Copyright: Public domain

]]> 2024-02-12 11:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880831420 'Bhagwar Jassiwarra accused of murder', Dundee Evening Telegraph, 1891 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880831784 Location: Dundee, Scotland

Creator: Dundee Evening Telegraph

Format: Newspaper

Copyright: Public domain

]]> 2024-02-12 11:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880831784 East India Company Army recruitment advertisement, Dublin Evening Press, 1779 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880833274 Location: Dublin, Ireland

Creator: Dublin Evening Post

Format: Newspaper

Copyright: Public domain

]]> 2024-02-12 11:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880833274 Photographic collage featuring lascars, 1906 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880835551 Location: London

Creator: Reinhold Thiele, The Illustrated London News

Format: Collage, photograph

Copyright: Chronicle / Alamy Stock Photo

]]> 2024-02-12 11:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880835551 Photograph of Somerville Hall, Class of 1891 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880837556 Location: Oxford, England

Creator: Unknown

Format: Photograph


Copyright: Principal and Fellows of Somerville College, Oxford

]]> 2024-02-12 11:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880837556 'Indian Gentlemen in the West', The Indian Magazine, 1890 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880838030 Location: Bristol, England

Creator: The Indian Magazine

Format: Magazine

Copyright: Public domain

]]> 2024-02-12 11:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880838030 Britain and India, 1600-1947: source labels https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880845725 Learn more about the sources on this Britain & India Padlet board.

]]> 2024-02-12 11:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880845725 Britain and India, 1600-1947: teaching resources https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880882657 Explore the Britain and India Padlet board with teaching activities, expert films and other resources.

]]> 2024-02-12 12:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2880882657 Photograph of the exterior of the Ayahs' Home in Hackney, 1921 https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2881043364 Location: London, England

Creator: Unknown

Format: Photograph

Copyright: Public domain

]]> 2024-02-12 14:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/2881043364 Proclamation announcing the transference of the government of India to the British Crown, 1858 discovering_historical_sources https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/3290759586 Location: British India

Creator: British Crown; Queen Victoria

Format: Proclamation

Copyright: Public domain

]]> 2025-01-14 16:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/3290759586 Examination papers for Indian Civil Service, 1858 discovering_historical_sources https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/3300446630 Location: London

Creator: Indian Civil Service

Format: Examination papers

Copyright: Public domain

]]> 2025-01-22 14:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/3300446630 Yusef Abdullah on the lascar community in South Shields, 1999 discovering_historical_sources https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/3761910486 Location: Newcastle

Creator: Yusef Abdullah and Virtue Jones

Format: Oral history

A transcript of this interview is available in the source label document on this Padlet.

Copyright: BBC

]]> 2026-01-23 12:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/3761910486 Lascari-Bât, 1896 discovering_historical_sources https://padlet.com/discovering_historical_sources/dhs_britain_and_india_sources/wish/3762175026 Location: London

Creator: A L Valentini

Format: Printed book, dictionary

Copyright: Public domain

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