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The Batta Mutiny of 1766

fibis-webmaster@fibis.org (Valmay Young) — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:51:09 +0000

How Alistair MacGowan’s ancestor, John McGowan, was given his first Commission in the Bengal Army. Share

The Lure of Indigo

fibis-webmaster@fibis.org (Valmay Young) — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:48:16 +0000

‘The lure of Indigo – and how the Hills family of East Bengal won three VCs.’ A talk given by Miles Macnair at the FIBIS AGM last November. Miles’ ancestor was one of the largest indigo planters in East Bengal (at Neechindapur, now in Bangladesh) with 11 factories and employing up to 60,000 ryots! Miles is a FIBIS Member. Share

Wrecked or Captured, the East India Company Ships that Failed to Arrive

fibis-webmaster@fibis.org (Valmay Young) — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:45:21 +0000

A fascinating talk given by Andrea Cordani, writer and researcher on East India Company Ships. The presentation that accompanied this talk is available to FIBIS members in the FIBIS Social Network along with a booklist. Share

Railways of India – Part 1

fibis-webmaster@fibis.org (Valmay Young) — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:39:56 +0000

This is only the first 10 minutes of an hour and a half talk given by Hugh Wilding at the FIBIS Spring Lecture meeting 23 May 2009 on the Railways of India. The full version is available to FIBIS members only in the FIBIS Social Network along with the PowerPoint presentation that accompanied the talk. Share

Railways of India – Part 2

fibis-webmaster@fibis.org (Valmay Young) — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:35:41 +0000

This is only the first 10 minutes of the second part of an hour and a half talk given by Hugh Wilding at the FIBIS Spring Lecture meeting 23 May 2009 on the Railways of India. The full version is available to FIBIS members only in the FIBIS Social Network. Share

Life with Tea and India: diaries of Family Life in the Cachar Area

fibis-webmaster@fibis.org (Valmay Young) — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:30:08 +0000

This is only the first 10 minutes of a talk given by Wendy Pratt (FIBIS Member) and Peter Bleakley at the FIBIS Spring Lecture meeting 22 May 2010 on ‘Life with Tea and India: diaries of Family Life in the Cachar Area’. The full version is available to FIBIS members in the FIBIS social network along with the PowerPoint presentation that accompanied the talk. Share

Medals for Service in India

fibis-webmaster@fibis.org (Valmay Young) — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:01:03 +0000

Talk given by Allan Stanistreet, FIBIS Member and Collector of Medals after the FIBIS Annual General Meeting on 7 November 2009. This recording is of the complete talk, but an extended version that includes the question and answer session at the end of the talk is available for FIBIS members only in the members area of the FIBIS website. Share