Historical Maps of India (original) (raw)

Historical Maps of India

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map of the sub-continent * Regional Maps * Constable's 1893 Area Maps * Index of place names for Constable's 1893 Area Maps * Local Maps * Bengal Presidency * Bombay Presidency * Madras Presidency * Burma * Ceylon * The Perry-Casta�eda Library * Digital South Asia Map Library * Ronnie Johnson's maps * India-L mailing list * Credits and Links

Regional Maps

Constable's 1893 Area Maps

If you are looking for a particular place name, check the index first to get the Plate number and coordinates.

Index of place names for Constable's 1893 Area Maps

Beside the place name you will see 2 letters, one in upper case the other in lower case. These letters correspond to letters in the border of each map and indicate the area of the map in which the name can be found. The number after the letters is the Plate number of the map.
(If you can't see the whole page, use your scroll bars to go up or down and side to side).

"Straits Settlements" from the Encyclopaedia Britannica

"British crown colony on the Strait of Malacca, comprising four trade centres, Penang, Singapore, Malacca, and Labuan, established or taken over by the British East India Company. The British settlement at Penang was founded in 1786, at Singapore in 1819; Malacca, occupied by the British during the Napoleonic Wars, was transferred to the East India Company in 1824. The three territories were established as a crown colony in 1867. Labuan, which became part of Singapore Settlement in 1907, was constituted a fourth separate settlement in 1912."

Local Maps

From: Constable's 1893 Hand Atlas to India and Murray's 1924 Handbook, provided by Jill Grey

Bengal Presidency

Title Year file size

Agra, 1893

1893

194 K

Allahabad, 1893

1893

173 K

Calcutta, 1893 new January 30, 2002

1893

561 K

Calcutta, 1924 new January 30, 2002

1924

966 K

Calcutta and environs, 1893

1893

221 K

Calcutta and environs, 1924

1924

114 K

Cawnpore, 1893

1893

140 K

Delhi, 1893

1893

208 K

Dacca, 1924

1924

209 K

Darjeeling, 1924

1924

213 K

Delhi, 1924

1924

127 K

Lahore, 1893

1893

206 K

Lucknow, 1893

1893

216 K

Murree added June 29, 2003

1924

331 K

Naini Tal, 1893

**1893

**184 K

Patna, 1924

1924

75 K

Simla and Jutogh, 1924

1924

205 K

Srinagar, 1924

1924

**253 K

Bombay Presidency

Title file size

Bombay, 1893 new January 29, 2002

455 K

Bombay, 1924 new January 30, 2002

521 K

Karachi, 1893

156 K

Mahabaleshwar, 1924

63 K

Matheran, 1924

258 K

Poona and Kirkee, 1924

100 K

Madras Presidency

Burma

Note: Burma was included in the Madras Presidency for military purposes (see military map showing presidency boundaries), however, family historians will find that records of baptism, marriage and burial for Burma are filed with the Ecclesiastical Returns for Bengal... JG.

Ceylon

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The following maps are on David Minshall's "Research Press" web site

The Perry-Casta�eda Library - Map Collection

Digital South Asia Library - Maps

The following are links to maps, dated 1914, on Ronnie Johnson's web site.
* Bengal Presidency
* Agra
* Allahabad
* Benares
* Cawnpore
* Delhi
* Gwalior
* Mutiny
* Rangoon
* Simla * Bombay Presidency
* Ahmedabad
* Matheran
* Nagpur * Madras Presidency
* Bangalore
* Bijapur
* Hampi
* Madras
* Ootacamund
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