Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency

Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency is a publication of the erstwhile British India first published in the year 1894 and printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1896. Since the early 19th Century the English East India Company and later the British Empire annexed most of Western India and collectively named the provinces in Western India as Bombay Presidency.

Most of these texts are now available free to read online as scanned books (see External Links).

Each volume in the publications consists of the historic, geographic and demographic information of the numerous British and princely states under the presidency. The general editor of the first edition was James Macnabb Campbell.[1]


Volumes

Part I

Part I consists of

  • History of Gujarat
  • History of other minor states - Sholapur, Belgaum, etc.

Part II

Part II consists of five books, namely;

References
  1. Harnetty, Peter. "Campbell, Sir James Macnabb". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32266. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. "History of the Konkan". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  3. "Early History of the Dekkan". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. "Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  5. "Dakhan History Musalman and Maratha (AD 1300-1818)". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
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