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===National Archives of India===
Indian armed forces personnel records are held at the National Archives of India according to this <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/next_steps/researchplaces_01.shtml Tracing your Asian roots on the Indian subcontinent] by Abi Husainy
(Last updated 2011-02-17) BBC link], </ref> with the contact email address given as: <nowiki>archives@nic.in</nowiki>
"I enquired at the National Archives in Delhi and received 150 pages of my grandfather's service record. An enquiry doesn't cost any money until they copy documents for you. The process is slow but well worth the wait". From a D. Fielder 14 April 2011.<ref> WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/18823-british-indian-army-records-where-are-they/?p=360157 British Indian Army records - where are they?] by D. Fielder dated 14 April 2011. </ref> Some earlier advice is contained in “How to Retrieve Indian War Records” a WW2Talk Forum post dated 2 July 2009 <ref>[http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/15940-how-to-retrieve-indian-war-records How to Retrieve Indian War Records ], a WW2Talk Forum post dated 2 July 2009 by 'Elven6'</ref>
The writer of this section sent an email request in October 2013, using the email address previously quoted. A reply was received seven weeks later, but unfortunately no record is available, (nor is there a record at the British Library).
A researcher visiting India was advised to contact the Adjutant General's Office in Delhi. Eventually she found the actual address to be Adjutant General's Office, Indian Headquarters of the Ministry of Defense (Army), Room No. 280, South Block , New Delhi 110011. Email address <nowiki>agbrancharmyhq@gmail.com</nowiki>. The files in Delhi are filed by the service record numbers, so it is necessary to have this information.<ref>India List Post [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2014-03/1393710362 Address for Adjutant General's Office in Delhi] by Shirley Barbur dated 1 March 2014</ref>
It seems probable that the files accessible through the National Archives of India and the Adjutant General's Office, both located in Delhi, are the same files, but this is not yet known.
===British Army records after January 1921/April 1922===
