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==Historical background==
The history of civil registration in India dates back to the middle of the nineteenth century. It started with the registration of deaths with a view to introducing sanitary reforms for control of pestilence and disease and not so much for studying population trends.<ref name=namePad> [http://74www.125cdc.155.132gov/search?q=cache:ZWzg9rOf7y4J:gvmc.gov.innchs/phdata/handbookisp/civil009_Organization_of_Civil_Registration_and_Vital_Stat_System_in_India.doc+bengal+Births+and+Deaths+Registration+Act+1873&cd=112&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Handbook on pdf "0rganization of Civil Registration. Office of the Registrar General and Vital Statistics System in India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi "] by P. PADMANABHA Padmanabha, Registrar Generaland Census Commissioner, India March 7. Technical Papers Number 9 July 1980: International Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics, 1981: Chapter 2Bethesda, Historical background] [http://gvmcMaryland U.govS.in/ph/handbook/civilA.doc Original link] </ref>
Thacker's 1865 ''Bengal Directory'', on page 147, states "Registration of Births and Deaths under Section 94 of Act VI of 1864...Registration of Births and Deaths took effect from 1st April 1864." [[Calcutta]] was divided into 6 districts. Read the [[Registration of births and deaths in Calcutta|full transcript of page 147]]. Although Thacker says Act VI of 1864, it seems probable that it was in fact Act VI of 1863. <ref> The Corporation of Calcutta was constituted by Bengal Act No. VI of 1863 and was then constituted, as would appear from Section III of the Act, of 'Justices of the Peace for the Town of Calcutta', which meant all Justices of Peace for Bengal, Behar and Orissa, resident in the Town and all Justices of the Peace for the Town itself. The object of the Act was to vest the property of the Town of Calcutta and the management of its Municipal affairs in a Corporation and to make better provision for, inter alia, the conservancy and improvement of the Town. [http://indiankanoon.org/doc/782493 Kanoon] </ref>
Generally, the officials of the revenue, police or health departments were also made responsible for registration. In municipal towns and cities the municipal authority was responsible for registration of vital events and this function was usually a part of the duties of the health department. Health officials like sanitary inspector, vaccinator and health assistant were made responsible for this work.
The hospitals were required to report to the local Registrar in respect of events occurring therein. <ref name=namePad/>.
==Records==
**[https://www.ccmc.gov.in/ccmc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=30 Public Health] , section "Birth & Death records custodian" states "...transfer the birth and death records to the Commissioner's office and the same is kept under the custody of Commissioner....previous year's records (ie 1871 to 2009) are stored at Corporation main office - Birth & Death record room." [https://www.ccmc.gov.in/ccmc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=43 Contact the Commissioner]<br>
'''Previously Bombay Presidency'''
*[http://www.mcgm.gov.in/The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai] The [http://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/portal/anonymous/qlhealth# Health Department] is an administrative department of MCGM which is responsible for Birth/ Death registrations
====Death registration====
*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=File:Shimla_Register_of_deaths.jpg 2 pages from the Simla Death Register 1886 and 1887]. The registers are held at the Municipal Office in Shimla. For details of a visit made in 2013 see [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117103647/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=166043 Shimla: Manual record-keeping that's eye-popping efficient] daijiworld.com
==External links==
*[http://www.womenstudies.in/elib/legal_resources/lr_the_birth.pdf Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 [Act No. 6 of 1886 dated 8th March, 1886<nowiki>]</nowiki>]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090918230213/http://masterpiece.com.au/books/?p=35 Image of part of a birth registration record] for Estelle Merle Thompson, born in Bombay in 1911, who became the actress Merle Oberon. See [[Anglo Indian]] for more details.
