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Established on 11 March 1891 at Calcutta (Kolkata) as the Imperial Records Department, the National Archives of India is the custodian of the records of enduring value. It is the biggest archival repository in South Asia.
What is the National Archives? National Archives by the Numbers; Doing Business with Us; Plans and Reports; Open Government; Our Plain Language Activities
The National Archives of India subsequently released digital copies of 75 declassified files relating to Netaji in the public domain in two batches on 29 March 2016 and 27 April 2016. The 4th batch of 25 files consists of 5 files of the PMO, 4 files of MHA and 16 files of MEA pertaining to the years 1968-2008 was launched on 27 May, 2016.
National Archives of India is the custodian of a huge collection of public records acquired from various records creating agencies covered under the Public Records Act, 1993.
National Archives Of India. Minutes Of The Meeting Of The Grants Committee Under The Scheme Of Financial Assistance To State/ Union Teeeitories Archival Repositories, Government Libraries And Museums For Developmental Activities And For Preservation Of Public Records/ Manuscripts And Rare Books.
The National Archives of India was set up in 1891 at Calcutta as the Imperial Record Department to act as the Central Record Office of the Government of India.
The National Archives of India (NAI) is a repository of the non-current records of the Government of India and holds them in trust for the use of administrators and scholars. Originally established as the Imperial Record Department in 1891, in Calcutta , the capital of British India , the NAI is situated at the intersection of the Janpath and ...
Collection at a Glance. GAZETTESIndia Gazette (1864 onwards):- One of the most important holdings of the Library, is the India Gazette which is a unique document containing information about various Acts, Rules, Legislations passed by the Parliament, in addition to information about key appointments, and Orders of the Government.
The genesis of the National Archives of India may be traced back to the year 1860 when Sandeman, the Civil Auditor, in his report stressed the need of relieving the offices of congestion by destruction of the papers of routine nature and transfer of all valuable records to a ‘Grand Central Archive’.
The National Archives of India is an attached office under Ministry of Culture. The organisation is headed by the Director General of Archives who is assisted by Deputy Directors of Archives looking after various Divisions like Records, Records Management, Administration, Training, Publication, Library, Conservation, Digitisation etc.,
