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:*Tamil Nadu 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] *[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]
*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]
*[http://www.ica.org/en/members ICA International Council on Archives] has some entries for [http://www.ica.org/en/node/30812/?filter0=&filter2=**ALL**&filter3=3166 India]
*[http://www.goidirectory.nic.in Directory of Indian Government websites] has a page [http://www.goidirectory.nic.in/sectors_categories.php?ct=ST021 Art and Culture] including some Archives and Libraries
*[http://indiaculture.nic.in/indiaculture/index.asp html Ministry of Culture] *It appears likely that the West Bengal State Archives is part of the [http://www.wbgovwestbengal.comgov.in/portal/banglarMukh/ImportantLinksGovernment/Departments/ImportantLinksPortletWindowDepartmentListPortletWindow?action=2e&Detailwindowstate=yesnormal&showImpInfomode=true Government of view West Bengal Web DirectoryDepartment of Information and Cultural Affairs] , but currently (November 2011) there does not appear to be a mention of the State Archives on this Department's website
*[http://www.asiaticsocietycal.com/ Asiatic Society], Kolkata is an “Autonomous Body” linked with the Ministry of Culture
*[http://nationalarchives.nic.in/ National Archives of India] is an “Attached Office” of the Ministry of Culture.
**[http://nationalarchives.nic.in/writereaddata/html_en_files/html/StatesList.html List of State Archives]
*[http://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/index2.html The National Library], Kolkata is a “Subordinate Office” of the Ministry of Culture
*[http://www.tanap.net/content/archives/archives.cfm?ArticleID=202 Tamil Nadu Archives] from [http://www.tanap.net/content/archives/introduction.cfm TANAP] a website about the Archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC or Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie), 1602-1796.
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