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English: British India, from the 17th century until 1947, was all the parts of India owned by the British and under British administration.
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- File:Heathen Temple at Muddoor, India (May 1860, p.66) - Copy.jpg
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- File:Masoola Boats, Employed at Madras, India (January 1848, p.Vignette, V) - Copy.jpg
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- File:Missionaries Travelling in India (p.178, December 1860) - Copy.jpg
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- File:Mrs. Porter's School at Vizagapatam (1849, p.82) - Copy.jpg
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- File:Muni-Sawmy, or Thomas Lawrence (p.34, March 1860) - Copy.jpg
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- File:Negapatam Wesleyan Mission-House and the school-romm as it will be when rebuilt (October 1855, p.108, Rev. Thomas Hodson) - Copy.jpg
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- File:Our Fancy Dress Ball at Dharmshala, Punjab, India - The Graphic 1885.jpg
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- File:The Jubilee Hospital, Neyoor (p.322, 1891) - Copy.jpg
- File:The Little Hindoo School Girl (p.81, June 1866, Sarah Sanderson - 22 March 1866, Leeds) - Copy.jpg
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