Title: India, Raj & Empire
Description: Drawing upon the manuscript collections of the National Library of Scotland, this searchable online resource provides access to digital facsimiles of diaries and journals, official and private papers, letters, sketches, paintings and original Indian documents containing histories and literary works. The collection documents the relationship between Britain and India in an empire where the Scots played a central role as traders, generals, missionaries, viceroys, governor-generals and East India Company officials. The dates of the documents range from 1710 to 1937.
Subjects: Sources, History, Colonies, Administration, Relations, Imperialism, Scots, Scottish Manuscripts, East India Company, National Library of Scotland
Places: India, Great Britain
Time periods: British occupation, 1765-1947