National Archives of India

Aug. 11, 2018

The Minister for Culture inaugurated an exhibition entitled ‘Prathibandhit Sahitya mein Swatantrata Sangram’ organized by National Archives of India.

About:

  • The National Archives of India is an Attached Office under the Ministry of Culture.

  • It was established in 1891 at Kolkata(Calcutta) as the Imperial Record Department.

  • Following the transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911, the present building of the National Archives of India was constructed in 1926 in Delhi.

  • There are over 50 lakhs files/documents presently in the holdings in the National Archives of India.

Source : PIB

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