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*[http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2020%20No%2022/index.html Secrets of Tamil Nadu's Archives] ''Madras Musings''  Vol. XX No. 22, March 1-15, 2011  "...it became compulsory that any researcher wanting to gain access had to be affiliated to an educational institution"
*[http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2020%20No%2022/index.html Secrets of Tamil Nadu's Archives] ''Madras Musings''  Vol. XX No. 22, March 1-15, 2011  "...it became compulsory that any researcher wanting to gain access had to be affiliated to an educational institution"
*[http://sycd.gov.in/archives/arch_about_eng.htm Gujarat State Archives]
*[http://sycd.gov.in/archives/arch_about_eng.htm Gujarat State Archives]
*[http://keralastatearchives.org/main1.htm Archives Department, Government of Kerala] The Central Archives is at Trivandrum, with Regional Archives at Ernakulam ([[Cochin]]) and Kozhikode  ([[Calicut]])
** Article [http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/25/stories/2010112555520300.htm Kerala Regional Archive to get records from Mumbai] The Hindu 25 November 2010
**[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2513726.ece A guide to Kozhikode archives] October 5, 2011 The Hindu
*[http://www.sindharchives.gov.pk/punjab_archive.aspx Punjab Archives Lahore] sindharchives.gov.pk
*[http://www.sindharchives.gov.pk/punjab_archive.aspx Punjab Archives Lahore] sindharchives.gov.pk
*[http://tribune.com.pk/story/204911/treasure-trove-awesome-/  Article dated  8 July  2011, ''The Tribune'', Pakistan]  by Sonia Malik gives details of records held at the Lahore Museum in respect of over 100,000 Indian soldiers who served in the British Army during the [[First World War]].  
*[http://tribune.com.pk/story/204911/treasure-trove-awesome-/  Article dated  8 July  2011, ''The Tribune'', Pakistan]  by Sonia Malik gives details of records held at the Lahore Museum in respect of over 100,000 Indian soldiers who served in the British Army during the [[First World War]].  
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* Article [http://www.mid-day.com/specials/2010/oct/101010-department-of-archives-elphinstone-college-mumbai-microfilm-department.htm What lies inside the secret state archives [Mumbai<nowiki>]</nowiki>?] Mid-Day.com 10 October 2010
* Article [http://www.mid-day.com/specials/2010/oct/101010-department-of-archives-elphinstone-college-mumbai-microfilm-department.htm What lies inside the secret state archives [Mumbai<nowiki>]</nowiki>?] Mid-Day.com 10 October 2010
*[http://www.livemint.com/2011/11/25201936/Shh-paperwork-in-progress.html Article dated Friday, 25 November 2011] about the collection of the  Asiatic Society of Mumbai and the Maharashtra State Archives livemint.com
*[http://www.livemint.com/2011/11/25201936/Shh-paperwork-in-progress.html Article dated Friday, 25 November 2011] about the collection of the  Asiatic Society of Mumbai and the Maharashtra State Archives livemint.com
* Article [http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/25/stories/2010112555520300.htm Kerala Regional Archive to get records from Mumbai] The Hindu 25 November 2010
*[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

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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