India Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

All requests to the National Archives of India may be addressed to:

:'''National Archives of India'''<br>Director General of Archives<br>Janpath, New Delhi 110001<br>Telephone: 00-91-11-23383436 (Director General of Archives) <br>00-91-11-23389027 (Deputy Director of Archives, Records) <br>00-91-11-23073007 (Asstt. Director of Archives, Records) <br>00-91-11-23073462 (Research Room) <br>00-91-11-23384797 (Public Relations Cell) <br>Fax: 00-91-11-23384127<br>Internet: http://nationalarchives.nic.in/content/library<br>Email: [mailto:archives@nic.in archives@nic.in]

In 1891 (during the British period), the National Archives of India was established as the Imperial Record Department in Calcutta. Since 1947, the National Archives of India has established four regional offices at Bhopal, Jaipur, Bhubaneswar and Pandicherry. Their contact details are as follows:

'''Record Centre, Janpath'''<br>National Archives of India<br>Janpath<br>New Delhi-110001, India<br>Telephone: 00 91 23383436<br>Fax: 00 91 3384127<br>Email: [mailto:archives@.nic.in archives@.nic.in]

'''Regional Office of Bhopal'''<br>National Archives of India<br>Civil Lines (near Hamidia College)<br>Bhopal – 462001, India<br>Telephone: 0755-2660173<br>Fax: 0755-2660117

'''Record Centre, Jaipur'''<br>National Archives of India<br>10-A, Jhalana Institutional Area<br>Jhalana Doongr<br>Jaipur - 302 004, India<br>Telephone: 0141-2707499<br>Fax&nbsp;: 0141-2701815

'''Record Centre, Bhubaneswar'''<br>National Archives of India<br>1078/3355<br>Shatabdi Nagar<br>P.O. Baramunda Colony Unit-8<br>Bhubaneswar - 751 003, India<br>Fax: 674 2471327

'''Record Centre, Pondicherry'''<br>National Archives of India<br>Jeevanandapuram Lawspet<br>Pondicherry - 605 008, India<br>Fax: 0413 2253104

Many records have been collected and maintained in Great Britain. The National Archives of England and The British Library are the best sources of genealogical research.

'''The National Archives of England'''<br>Kew<br>Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU<br>England<br>Telephone: 44 (0) 20 8876 3444<br>Minicom: 44 (0) 20 8392 9198<br>Internet: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ <br>Email: [mailto:oioc-enquiries@bl.uk oioc-enquiries@bl.uk]

'''National Library (Calcutta)<br>'''Belvedere<br>Kolkata 70027<br>West Bengal, India<br>Telephone: 91-33-2479-1381 to 1384<br>Fax: 91-33-2479-1462<br>Internet: http://www.nlindia.org/index2.html<br>Email: [mailto:nldirector@rediffmail.com nldirector@rediffmail.com]

'''American Library'''<br>24 Kasturba Gandhi Marg <br>New Delhi 110001 <br>Telephone: 91-11-2331-4251 and 91-11-2331-6841 <br>Fax: 91-11-2332-9499 <br>Internet: [https://in.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/new-delhi/ http://in.usembassy.gov]<br>E-mail: libdel@state.gov

'''St. Xavier's College'''<br>30 Mother Teresa <br>Sarani, Kolkata - 700 016 INDIA<br>Telephone: 0091 33 2280 1919<br>Internet: http://www.goethals.in/ <br>Email: [mailto:goethalscal@gmail.com goethalscal@gmail.com]

'''Nehru Memorial Museum and Library'''<br>Teen Murti House<br>New Delhi - 110 011, India <br>Telephone: 91-11-3010666 <br>Fax: 91-11-3793296<br>Internet: http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=130921<br>Email: [mailto:nmml@vsnl.net <u>nmml@vsnl.net</u>]

'''Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library'''<br>Ashok Rajpath<br>Patna (Bihar), India - 800004<br>Telephone: 91-612-2301507<br>Fax: 91-612-2300315<br>Internet: http://kblibrary.bih.nic.in/<br>Email: [mailto:pat_kbopl@dataone.in <u>pat_kbopl@dataone.in</u>]

'''The Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji's <br>Saraswathi Mahal Library<br>'''Thanjavur-613009<br>Tamil Nadu, India<br>Internet: http://www.tmssmlibrary.com/