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Births, marriages and deaths mentioned in the ‘Times of India’ newspaper 1892 have been extracted and uploaded to the FIBIS […]

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More birth, marriages and deaths have been extracted and added to the FIBIS database from the ‘Bombay Times and Journal […]

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FIBIS has just been informed that a total of 91 reels were recently brought up from the storage area and […]

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The Batta Mutiny of 1766 and how Alistair MacGowan’s ancestor, John McGowan, was given his first Commission in the Bengal […]

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The lure of Indigo – and how the Hills family of East Bengal won three VCs A talk on indigo […]

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A fascinating talk given by Andrea Cordani, writer and researcher on East India Company Ships.  The presentation that accompanied this […]

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This is only the first 10 minutes of an hour and a half talk given by Hugh Wilding at the […]