Indian Libraries and Archives

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

• 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. Post 1, 2001 Post 2, 2001 Post 3, 2001 Post 4, 2007
• The University of Chicago Digital South Asia Library’s Libraries & Archives in South Asia (LASA) Wiki
• American Historical Association’s Archives Wiki has some entries for India
• ICA International Council on Archives has some entries for India
• Directory of Indian Government websites has a page Cultural Institution/Organisations including some Archives and Libraries
• Ministry of Culture
• Government of West Bengal Web Directory
• Asiatic Society, Kolkata is an “Autonomous Body” linked with the Ministry of Culture
• National Archives of India is an “Attached Office” of the Ministry of Culture.
• The National Library, Kolkata is a “Subordinate Office” of the Ministry of Culture
• Tamil Nadu Archives from TANAP a website about the Archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC or Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie), 1602-1796.
• Tamil Nadu Archives from Government of Tamil Nadu website.
• Some Archives in India and other counties from the BBC’s Next Steps- Tracing your Asian roots on the Indian subcontinent.
• Article What a way to annihilate history! about the Jammu and Kashmir State Archives in 2007 from KashmirWatch.Com
• Indian Courts, a Government of India website.