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:*West Bengal State Archives
:*West Bengal State Archives
*These four India List posts give details of visiting the The National Archives, Janpath, New Delhi; Uttar Pradesh main archives at Lucknow, and their sub-office at Allahabad;Madhya Pradesh State Archives;  West Bengal State Archives.  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2001-04/0988325941 Post 1, 2001] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2001-04/0988433871 Post 2, 2001] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2001-12/1009540833 Post 3, 2001] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-01/1168939868 Post 4, 2007]
*These four India List posts give details of visiting the The National Archives, Janpath, New Delhi; Uttar Pradesh main archives at Lucknow, and their sub-office at Allahabad;Madhya Pradesh State Archives;  West Bengal State Archives.  [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2001-04/0988325941 Post 1, 2001] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2001-04/0988433871 Post 2, 2001] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2001-12/1009540833 Post 3, 2001] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-01/1168939868 Post 4, 2007]
*[http://www.usiofindia.org/CAFHR Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research (CAFHR)] part of the  United Service Institution of India(USI) may be a source of advice about location of military records
*[http://www.usiofindia.org/CAFHR Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research (CAFHR)] part of the  United Service Institution of India (USI) may be a source of advice about location of military records
*The University of Chicago Digital South Asia Library’s [https://coral.uchicago.edu:8443/display/lasa/Home Libraries & Archives in South Asia (LASA) Wiki]
*The University of Chicago Digital South Asia Library’s [https://coral.uchicago.edu:8443/display/lasa/Home Libraries & Archives in South Asia (LASA) Wiki]
*American Historical Association’s [http://archiveswiki.historians.org/index.php/Main_Page  Archives Wiki] has some entries for [http://archiveswiki.historians.org/index.php/Category:India  India]
*American Historical Association’s [http://archiveswiki.historians.org/index.php/Main_Page  Archives Wiki] has some entries for [http://archiveswiki.historians.org/index.php/Category:India  India]
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*[http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2008/Feb/25/what-a-way-to-annihilate-history--24.asp  What a way to annihilate history!] by Fozia Nazir Lone 26 February 2008 Greaterkashmir.com. Article about the Jammu and Kashmir State Archives in 2007. Regarding the records in Srinagar,  "My real worry started when I was informed that the documents are not catalogued and the records in the boxes have got mixed up during the ‘pesticidal operation’ in late 1980s. The employees in the archives literally refused to enter the ‘hall’ due to health risks".
*[http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2008/Feb/25/what-a-way-to-annihilate-history--24.asp  What a way to annihilate history!] by Fozia Nazir Lone 26 February 2008 Greaterkashmir.com. Article about the Jammu and Kashmir State Archives in 2007. Regarding the records in Srinagar,  "My real worry started when I was informed that the documents are not catalogued and the records in the boxes have got mixed up during the ‘pesticidal operation’ in late 1980s. The employees in the archives literally refused to enter the ‘hall’ due to health risks".
*Article [http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2011/Mar/5/dust-consumes-kashmir-s-precious-documents-42.asp  Dust consumes Kashmir’s precious documents] by Faheem Aslam 5 March 2011 Greaterkashmir.com  
*Article [http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2011/Mar/5/dust-consumes-kashmir-s-precious-documents-42.asp  Dust consumes Kashmir’s precious documents] by Faheem Aslam 5 March 2011 Greaterkashmir.com  
*[http://indiancourts.nic.in Indian Courts], a Government of India website.  
*[http://indiancourts.nic.in Indian Courts], a Government of India website.
 
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Revision as of 12:45, 1 December 2011

A researcher’s experience in 2011

A researcher of pre 1800 military history,who was not connected with an academic institution, in 2011 wrote "I did visit the Madras Archives ...with little clue as to where to go. There was no Index and no one to help barring a few students of history who were wrestling with their own difficulties. All the archives at Madras were stacked high and one could not reach any of them except through a request put into the Librarian!! This could take up to a 24 - 48 hour period --- and one came out from there feeling quite dusty, suffocated, coughing and sneezing".[1] Regarding the Maharashtra State Archives he wrote "To my many queries to them, I did get replies which were primarily to become certified to be able to use the Archives. There was, however, no reply as to whether there was an index to the contents of the Archives. In my correspondence with them over an extended 6 months it became clear that there were no researchers who would be able to handle any requests for people who could not physically access the Archives and so were not able browse through relevant documents".[2]

External Links

  • London School of Economics’ Archives Made Easy India gives details, written by Erica Wald in 2006-2007, of
  • Asiatic Society (Calcutta)
  • National Archives of India
  • Tamil Nadu State Archives
  • West Bengal State Archives

References

  1. By email to User:Maureene dated 23 August 2011
  2. By email to User:Maureene dated 21 August 2011